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March 29, 2010

Haiti: Tent City Economics

A nine-hole golf course in Port-au-Prince is now home to 50,000 people, and an economy that includes a makeshift movie theater and a lot of beauty salons. In NPR.

Missionaries killed in Haiti disaster are not martyrs.

Lest anyone think they are, the general definition of a martyr that I use – and probably most would agree with this – is: A believer in Christ killed prematurely as a result of human hostility in a situation of witness {and some here add, “as a result of their faith.”} The bit in brackets [...]

Haiti vs. Aceh: an instructive illustration of “hiddenness.”

Today, there is an enormous amount of Twitter traffic representing the enormous amount happening on behalf of Haiti. This small, poor island country suffered a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake with thousands – perhaps tens of thousands – killed. I am all for work on behalf of Haiti. Yes, we should bless this little nation. Jesus loves [...]