As you grow older, you increasingly find yourself at milestones that feel a bit surreal. For instance, this July, John Piper and I will mark three full and wonderful decades of ministry partnership that, by God’s grace, resulted in the birth of the mission we call Desiring God. Why does the milestone feel surreal? Well,…
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Our Joyful Duty
Audio Transcript God commands us to love him. He commands us to delight in him. He commands our cheerfulness. We see this all over our Bibles, in a cluster of texts we’ve talked about many times over the years: Deuteronomy 28:47; Psalm 32:11; 37:4; 100:2; Romans 12:8; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Philippians 3:1; 4:4; 1 Thessalonians…
End of the Global South? Updating the State of World Missions
ABSTRACT: In the early 1980s, missionary and researcher David Barrett published the World Christian Encyclopedia, a massive survey of global Christianity and missions. Since then, the work of Barrett and others has shaped the church’s approach to missions in profound ways, not least by focusing attention on the world’s remaining unreached peoples. Now, new generations…
Raw Passion and Messy Missiology: A Tribute to George Verwer (1938–2023)
One of my heroes died on April 14, 2023. His personal and global influence was inestimable. In 1967, my fiancée and I attended the student missions conference at Urbana. George Verwer was one of the speakers. That was my first exposure to the raw passion of one of the greatest missions leaders of the last…
Shall we tear down the idols of our fathers?
Shall we tear down the idols of our fathers? Posted by appolus on April 18, 2023 1Sa 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. Can I put it to you that we live in days where…
Do they have their hooks into you?
Do they have their hooks into you? Posted by appolus on April 16, 2023 1Sa 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. Another way of saying this was that the sons of Eli were corrupt, wicked and worthless. They represented God but by their actions they misrepresented God.…
Anointed or appointed by men?
Anointed or appointed by men? Posted by appolus on April 18, 2023 The gifts of the Spirit in the church today are not only desirable but absolutely imperative. It is extremely necessary that we should have the gifts of the Spirit in the church and let me show you why…….Un-gifted men can do religious work, but…
Do not be deceived!
Do not be deceived! Posted by appolus on February 14, 2023 2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Deception is never very far away. In all ages, unscrupulous men,…
Revival?
Revival? Posted by appolus on February 16, 2023 I remember I was involved in some meetings in Scotland and Wales. The first one in Scotland was a large outreach to the community over several nights, the second one was a revival meeting in Wales. A dear brother, one of my dearest friends, a pastor…
Some thoughts on Asbury.
Some thoughts on Asbury. Posted by appolus on February 16, 2023 Like this:Like Loading… Related This entry was posted on February 16, 2023 at 4:17 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Source