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Doctor Killed in Afghanistan Had Already Died in Christ
In 1967, a student named Libby attended with her boyfriend, Tom. During the final commitment evening, both submitted their lives to the Lord. For 30 years, ...
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Christian Missions' Human Rights Advocates
Few people have written about the real-life 19th-century missionary John Mackenzie. When white settlers in South Africa threatened to take over the natives' ...
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A Native American Prophecy of Christmas
In 1740 the Skitswish, a small Native American tribe in northern Idaho, had a prophet/chief named Circling Raven of whom it was said he could communicate ...
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Evangelism and Social Justice Should Both Get Our Attention
Editor's Note: Andy Crouch sets up the quote below with these two sentences: "These days I do not often meet Christians so passionate about evangelism ...
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Churches in India Practice Radical Generosity
Churches in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram have a beautiful phrase to express the way they give to God—"Buhfai Tham.'" It ...
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A Parable about How Our 'Help' Can Hurt Others
An African Christian leader shared the following story about his experience with receiving "help" from well-meaning American mission partners: ...
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God's Work through Immigrants in Our Neighborhood
In his book Strangers Next Door, J.D. Payne argues that through immigration God has been moving the nations of the world right into our neighborhoods. ...
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Missionary's Efforts Bear Fruit 150 Years Later
The American missionary Adoniram Judson arrived in Burma, or Myanmar, in 1812, and died there thirty-eight years later in 1850. During that time, he suffered ...
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Most Christians Need a Global Perspective
A pocket-sized book sits on my bookshelf. The cover promises that it contains a "compact guide to the Christian life." But when I scan the pages, ...
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Unknown Christian Brings Bibles into North Korea
In their book The Privilege of Persecution, Carl Moeller and David Hegg tell the following story about a courageous believer who has helped their ministry ...
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