During Holy Week, I’ll be attempting to post one new devotional each day. Enjoy. Many of us know Palm Sunday—when Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem a week before his crucifixion, hailed as the coming Messiah—but what happened next? Holy Monday marks the events that followed. We’re told: “On the following day, when they came from Bethany, … Continue reading Holy Monday: Jesus the Fruit Inspector
The Downgrade of Evangelism
“If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go … Continue reading The Downgrade of Evangelism
What the Order of Love Means for Global Missions
In recent years, American culture has revived interest in a classic Christian idea: the ordo amoris, the order of love. The phrase comes most famously from Augustine, who taught that virtue consists in rightly ordered love. “Living a just and holy life,” Augustine wrote, “requires one to be capable of an objective and impartial evaluation of things: to love … Continue reading What the Order of Love Means for Global Missions
We Need High Agency Missionaries
In the book of Nehemiah, when Nehemiah found out what was happening in Jerusalem—that the walls were broken down and the gates burned—he prayed, quietly and earnestly. He fasted and sought the Lord for days (Nehemiah 1:4). But Nehemiah also acted. Nehemiah approached the king and asked for permission to go rebuild. He worked with … Continue reading We Need High Agency Missionaries
Spectacle, Globalism, and the Soil of Missions
In recent weeks, public attention has been pulled in a dozen directions at once. Super Bowl LX took place in the middle of the Winter Olympics and just days after the Grammy Awards. For many, this layering of spectacle has felt disorienting. It forces a question worth pausing to consider: what is spectacle doing to … Continue reading Spectacle, Globalism, and the Soil of Missions
Root Causes, Restless Nations, and the Hope of the Gospel
Recent headlines remind us that the world is restless. Social unrest, cultural confusion, and moral disagreement seem to surface everywhere at once. From protests in American cities to renewed debates over marriage, nationhood, and power, the questions before us are not merely political—they are spiritual. In recent weeks, unrest in Minneapolis has again drawn national … Continue reading Root Causes, Restless Nations, and the Hope of the Gospel
Why Ordered to Love Needed to Be Written
For several years now, I have found myself having the same conversation with pastors, missionaries, parents, and friends from very different settings. People describe a growing sense of pressure coming from every direction. Family life feels harder to sustain. Commitment to the local church requires more intentional effort. Work and community obligations press in with … Continue reading Why Ordered to Love Needed to Be Written
About That Photo…
My family’s recent viral moment says more about the problem of sin than the state of the political right.
Serving with Open Hands: Paul & Patty Collier (Part 2)
On this week’s episode of Cloud of Witnesses, we hear the second of a two-part story featuring missionaries Paul and Patty Collier. In the first part of the Colliers’ story, we heard remarkable accounts from Paraguay—stories of lives transformed as individuals surrendered themselves to Christ. In this episode, we follow their move from Paraguay to … Continue reading Serving with Open Hands: Paul & Patty Collier (Part 2)
Serving with Open Hands: Paul & Patty Collier (Part 1)
On this week’s episode of Cloud of Witnesses, we begin the first of a two-part story featuring missionaries Paul and Patty Collier. Their story marks the final two episodes of the Cloud of Witnesses podcast series. Paul and Patty served with ABWE for 35 years, first in Paraguay and later in Costa Rica, serving God … Continue reading Serving with Open Hands: Paul & Patty Collier (Part 1)
