Opinion

Happy family mother and daughter together painting. Asian woman helps her child. “Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favour of him.  “What is it you want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right […]

STITAR, CROATIA – NOVEMBER 24: Return of the prodigal son, Relief on main altar in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, Croatia on November 24, 2015 How flippantly in the wild mustang years of his youth he demanded his inheritance from the wise patriarch of the family; and then chose to lead a life, […]

Happy family with baby boy relaxing in park In her article entitled ‘The Trouble With Modern Marriage’, published in Psychology Today, Erica B. Slotter echoed the questions asked by many marital researchers: “‘What gives?’ What has changed about the nature of marriage since the 1970s that makes it less appealing to some, less satisfying to […]

LESVOS GREECE February 02 2016: Refugees arriving in Greece in dinghy boat from Turkey. These Syrian Afghanistan and African refugees land their boat near Mytilene Lesvos. Our world is currently facing a displacement crisis at an unprecedented scale. In 2015 alone, more than 65 million people have been forced from their homes by conflict and […]

John Wesley had a wholesome view of holiness and Christian witness. Not only interested in personal spiritual development (important though that is), his spirituality expressed itself in the social dimension of his life and ministry.  Against the temptation of Christians to keep their faith a private matter, his faith interacted with life and encouraged responsible […]

“The reality, as Mark Greene has said, is that 98 per cent of people in church will spend 95 per cent of their time outside of church, and their pastors should be thinking more creatively about equipping them for those mission fields.” (Preface to Workship) There is growing awareness among Christians that our faith is […]

child holding a small pink heart. symbol of love family hope. Backgrounds for cards on Valentine’s Day. Backgrounds for social posters about the preservation of the family and children. One of the great figures who comes to mind when we talk about serving the marginalised is Mother Teresa. She is a great inspiration to the […]

Young man holding a Bible in a modern office (concept for a successful businessman who has principles from the Holy Bible) In his first epistle to the Christians of the disapora scattered throughout Asia Minor, the apostle Peter used vivid and powerful imagery drawn from the Old Testament to describe the Church. “You are a […]

The Church has had a long history of missions – starting from the book of Acts where Paul and Barnabas started the first missionary band to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles, to the Monastic movement in the 5th century, the Moravian Missions in 1732, and to the modern missions movement we have today. While […]

god making a pact with the devil shaking hands. That is why I can reminisce on my past, not being ashamed or guilty, but in quiet humility and understanding the process of maturity; because only when I see the contrast I understand the transforming nature of Christ no matter how far I had run and […]

Matteo Ricci (Matthew Ricci, Pinyin ‘Limadou’) was born in Macerata, central Italy, 1552. He entered the Jesuit Roman College where, in addition to philosophy and theology, he also studied mathematics, cosmology, and astronomy under Father Christopher Clavius, a renowned mathematician and astronomer. It was this education in mathematics and science that would be used very effectively […]

Hand showing the Holy Bible against world map Community that fulfils the Great Commission These days, churches cast their own vision and mission statements, which I believe is a good thing as each church has its own local conditions, history and culture. But no vision or mission statement can deviate far from a church’s most […]