An honest account of a church-planter who came to the end of herself and why it was just what she needed Pulling my mask aside to sip my coffee, and thankful that the people around me in my local coffee house didn’t know English, I poured out my heart down the phone to a mentor …
I’m really enjoying Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia, and am struck by this paragraph summarising Jacob Baradaeus (Yaqub al-Barada’i) and his extraordinary church-planting impact. Here’s the paragraph: “Jacob never really lived in Edessa, his episcopal seat. The police were too hot on his trail… For over thirty-five years, from 542 to 578, Jacob eluded …
Andy McCullough’s new book is coming out soon. Below is a sample from the story of Rahab. Jericho. One of the oldest cities in the world. City of palms, where the Judean wilderness meets the Jordan valley, and date palms stretch as far as the eye can see. It’s harvest time, early spring, when the …
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One of our friends in the Middle East was in the mountains last week and bumped into a shepherd. They had a chat about the Parable of the Good Shepherd and caught it on video. Enjoy a brief watch.
Here’s a Turkish Resurrection Song from Yaşam Kilisesi, “Life Church” in Istanbul. The song is called Dirildin, “You Rose.” It’s part of a 2015 Easter album called Diriliş Ezgileri, “Resurrection Songs.” Enjoy!
This is part four of a series of blog posts on Moses. “And I will give this people favour in the eye of the Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty,” Exodus 3:21 “Eye” is a word often associated with Envy. To “place one’s eye” on someone or something is to invoke …
