Yesterday was Ascension Sunday—forty days after the celebration of Christ’s resurrection, when we remember Christ being “taken up” into heaven before the disciples (Acts 1:9). Two realities struck out to me yesterday as I reflected on the biblical accounts of the ascension, one related to mission and the other related to prayer. First, in […]Continue Reading →
My challenge to local churches, as often as I can convince them to listen to me, is to see immigration to the United States not—as many in the larger society do—as a threat, but rather as a missional opportunity. God, in his sovereignty, has brought people from every nation to our communities (Acts 17:26), […]Continue Reading →
Late last week, on my day off, I decided to head down the street to Wheaton College to take in a few sessions of their annual Wheaton Theology Conference. The conference, cosponsored by Wheaton’s Department of Biblical and Theological Studies and InterVarsity Press, was focused this year on “Global Theology in Evangelical Perspective.” […]Continue Reading →