September 2010

It isn’t that Muslims aren’t responsive to the Gospel, International Mission Board strategist Sam McAlister* says. The issue, he says, is that most Muslims have never heard it or seen a committed Christian live it out. via Baptist Press. The challenge here is: due largely to fear and anger, many if not most Western Christians [...]

The Economist writes about the power struggles in Iran. It might be hard for Western readers to imagine, but Ahmadinejad is not the favorite of Iran’s conservatives: he is seen as too liberal. Only the Ayatollah’s support has kept him in office. And this is his last term: Iran, like the US, has term limits.

I am planning to do a series of podcast interviews for JustinLong.org. Who would you nominate for me to talk to – someone who really knows their stuff, who is passionate about their subject, that relates to missions or unreached peoples? (Hint: you can’t nominate yourself!–grin)

Erich Bridges recounts five myths Christians believe as discussed by Larry Osborne in his new book. Love the magical force field one.

via Haaretz.com. “In Iraq’s conservative society, women are expected to be married in their teens or early 20s. Women who cross the 30-year threshold and are single face powerful social stigmas and live under heavy limitations.” But after seven years of turmoil, many young men have been killed and social networks have been destroyed.

Do you feel God leading you toward the mission field, but you arent sure where you would want to go or what you would want to do?Approximately six years ago Wycliffe Bible Translators and Operation Mobilization joined together to create a program that allows young people, ranging in age from 19 to 26, a chance [...]