Stories

The commission that Jesus gave His followers to go into all the world and preach the Gospel is a mission that continues for the Church today. Howev...

When we speak of the mission of the Church, the calling to the Church to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19), there are at least two ques...

I am indebted to a sermon by John Piper for the approach I have taken in this chapter (a member of my congregation gave it to me several years ago—...

In 1989 a remarkable event took place, forever changing the trajectory of history in Eastern and Central Europe. On November 8, 1989, the Berlin Wa...

When I reflect on my early spiritual nurture in, what I would call a healthy, vibrant, growing Alliance church in the 1980s, as well as the educati...

Does your streaming news feed frustrate you? It frustrates me. Every day, day after day, I learn about a new war, the threat of war, a heartbreakin...

In 1986 my wife and I left with another Canadian couple to the newly opened field of Guinea, West Africa. A particular focus of The Christian and M...

While pregnant with our fourth child, I was involved in a bizarre and unsettling car accident with a taxi driver who became very upset after unsucc...

From my perch in the little café on the town square, Piata Unirii, I watch people shuffle past clutching cheap burlap carry-bags, probably hoping t...