Lessons & Encouragements for Pastors (from the story of Moses)
Photo: Fishing on the Nile (Aaron Dunlop) The story of Moses at the burning bush is a fascinating insight into the call to ministry and the inward struggle of the Lord's servants. Rejected [...]
David & Goliath (Commentary on 1 Samuel 17)
Photo by Mateus Campos Felipe on Unsplash The story of David and Goliath is a best seller as far as Old Testament stories go. It has all the adventure and suspense of a [...]
The Story of the Fall (Genesis 3:1-24)
Photo by Chris Curry on Unsplash When God created Adam and his wife, he put them in a beautiful garden called Eden. It was “God’s Garden,” (Ezekiel 28:13), without sin, and as the name suggests a place “enriched” [...]
Rachal Watt and her Journey to the Hill Country of Ukambani
“The sun was beaming down in all his tropical power and splendour on that glorious morning in 1893 when we landed at the Arab town of Mombasa, on the eastern shore of the continent of [...]
The Reformation was Missional
In 1544 John Calvin wrote a letter to Emperor Charles V to be presented at the Imperial Diet at Spires. In that letter, he defended the work of Luther and the Reformation and identified a [...]
Did the Protestant Reformation have a Missionary Vision?
It has often been claimed that the Protestant Reformation did not stimulate missions and that the Reformers had no missionary vision. One Italian Jesuit, Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), claimed that the Protestant Church lacked evangelistic zeal which, he said, [...]