Bad Herod… Really Bad
If few people love to play the part of innkeeper at the Christmas play, then no one wants to play Herod! From our previous blog we looked at some misconceptions about the Bethlehem “innkeeper.” Perhaps we have been wrong about him! But regarding Herod, perhaps we do...
Bad, Bad Innkeeper – Kicking a Pregnant Mother to the Curb (Or NOT!)
You’ve seen the drama and the movies. A rushing Joseph enters Bethlehem looking for a room for his very pregnant, laboring wife. Doors slam in his face while Mary looks concerned as the baby presses. The Christmas story passed down seems to include two really mean...
What Do the LEAST REACHED Think About Christians Who Never Share the Gospel with Them?
“What took you so long to tell us about Jesus?” This genuine, yet stinging, question came from the lips of a young Nepali woman, rescued from human trafficking at the Indian border. While living in a safe home, she realized that Jesus not only wanted to save her...
What Does GOD Think of Christians Who Never Impact the Least Reached?
Some years back we were correcting our kids as they dragged their feet and moaned instead of promptly obeying. Then one of us boldly proclaimed, “Delayed obedience is disobedience!” It just rolled off the tongue so easily. Then it hit our ears also. …Selah… Uh-oh, how...
Why Would God Create People He Knows Will Never Hear About Jesus?
God wants his name and culture, his love and purposes to fill the earth, so he shares his heart with people. In Genesis 1 he commands people to multiply and fill the earth. Centuries later in the final chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus commissions the Church again to...
Choosing Life and Deuteronomy 30
As a teenager, Reha chose life for her unborn child. Though young and alone, Reha bravely faced social stigma by completing her pregnancy as a single mom. “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death,...
What Happens to People Who Never Hear the Gospel?
As we enter into the new year of 2019, we thought we would address a question raised to us recently – “What happens to people who have never heard of Jesus? What happens after they die?” It makes us sad to even ponder this question, and it also moves us forward with...
Jesus Who?… The Barriers to Knowing Him
At a roadside café in Nepal, a university-educated, Nepali man asked, “Jesus? No, never heard of him. What does that God do?” How can an educated man not know who Jesus is? It’s quite easy. Over 2 billion people on earth have had no exposure to Jesus Christ. 86% of...
Triangular Forgiveness
How can an ancient sacrifice impact you today? For the following illustration you will need to use your mind’s visual imagination. In the days of Moses, during the first Passover in Egypt, the Israelites spread the blood of a lamb on three parts of the door frame –...
Engage the Nations…With Strategy
I remember in 4th grade my friends and I (Leslie) loved playing basketball. But a problem arose on the playground when there were limited basketball goals and the boys also liked to play. So to deal with this conundrum, I established a strategy. I still laugh when I...
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