The Neighborhood and the Nations
When it comes to issues like extreme poverty, HIV, economic development and education, does the American church have a new responsibility? One we didn’t have just a few years ago?
When it comes to issues like extreme poverty, HIV, economic development and education, does the American church have a new responsibility? One we didn’t have just a few years ago?
"People will admire you for your success, but they will relate to you because of your pain."
Richard Stearns, president of World Vision U.S., visits a phenomenally successful entrepreneur in Rwanda.
"Jesus’ agenda is about changing the world. It’s a breath-taking revolution to bring all things under the reign of Jesus Christ. We are to show the world an extraordinary new way to live."
Only God can fix the world; but as we fulfill our calling and carry God’s good news of salvation, healing and justice into the world, we become a very real part of changing it.
When it comes to illegal immigration, should we build a bigger fence or cultivate more compassion?
There are many ways churches can actively engage in responding to the persecution of Christians worldwide.
“For effective North American-global partnerships to exist, we need to revise our paradigms, or the ways we look at things.”
“The dream of God is not merely a future reality. It is a reality that we can taste, touch, feel and live today if only we would reach for it together.”
“There are so many who need rescuers ... . Each of them is God’s missing treasure.”