By Matthew Bennett Read Part 1 here. In particular, this essay's attention is focused on the purportedly shared character of Jesus. As one publication puts the matter, "Among the major world religions, Islam is the only non-Christian faith that recognizes the person...
By Matthew Bennett The Qur'an endorses and reveres Jesus, providing Christian missionaries with communicative traction as they can lean into a shared Messiah. Or does it? This article compares the qur'anic Jesus ('Isa) and the biblical Jesus (Yasua') in order to...
A Cautionary Analysis of Missionary Language In Genesis 12 Abraham receives the promise that his offspring will be a blessing to the nations. Revelation 7:9 provides a picture of the future consummation of this promise. In this passage, men and women of every nation,...
Unoccupied Fields Building on this growing interest in missions, a major conference was held in 1910 in Edinburgh, bringing missionary delegates together representing missions work around the globe.Zane G. Pratt, Michael David Sills, and Jeffrey Kirk Walters,...
To the degree that the pursuit of world evangelization is a first step, leading to deep, full disciple-making discipleship and consequent church planting of “kingdom outpost” churches, let the church throw herself towards the strategic targeting of the unreached....
Does Insider Movement Contextualization Produce Biblically Faithful Churches or a Mere Mosquerade? Read part 1 here and part 2 here. 3. The Church: A Pillar and Buttress of the Truth As stated above, for an evangelical who is unwilling to pit the teachings...
Does Insider Movement Contextualization Produce Biblically Faithful Churches or a Mere Mosquerade? Read part 1 here. 1. History of IM Discussion The contextualization discussion surrounding what has come to be known as Insider Movement strategy has a...
Does Insider Movement Contextualization Produce Biblically Faithful Churches or a Mere Mosquerade? In 2013, my family and I were living in Alexandria, Egypt, along with a small team of expats. We had been in North Africa and the Middle East for two years and had...