Books for Serbia

'The state of theological resources in Serbian is abysmal, so the need is spectacular,' wrote Dwayne Baldwin, the Director of a Theological Seminary in Serbia. He continues, 'While there are …

Preach the word with umpf!

'At NETS I met Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. This is what I received and this is what I’m ready to give'. Kwatouta …

Ongoing repentance

It took me a few weeks at church before I could put my finger on what was missing: there was no confession. Perhaps that doesn´t seem like a …

A different hope

A poll of 100 countries reported by the BBC a few years ago put Kenya as one of the most optimistic countries surveyed. Kenyans are hard-working, positive and very …

Good news for The Gambia

It was once called ‘a snake in a French desert’. Descending into Banjul gave a fine prospect of the River Gambia, weaving its way west from the foothills …

Liberation Day

25 April is a national holiday in Italy celebrating the liberation of Italy by the Allied forces from the Nazi occupation. Naples has its own reason for celebrating Liberation Day …

Is there joy in repentance?

Is there joy in repentance? Repentance definitely brings grief, and rightfully so, because sin is serious. Sin is an assault against God and we must mourn it. Remorse should be …

Teaching Christ in Context

I live in Melbourne, Australia. Everyone here knows what the word ‘football’ means. It means AFL, or ‘Aussie Rules’ or usually just ‘footie’. If …

Transforming discipleship

Over the past few decades, Africa and most of the developing world has been experiencing dramatic Christian growth. However, the encouraging trend of increased Christian profession does not necessarily equate …