This crie de Coeur is very apparent to missionaries who work with Muslims, both in traditional Islamic countries and in the West. I recently heard from a reliable source that in the Muslim world, there is roughly one missionary for every one million Muslims. If the USA were a Muslim nation, there would be a total of 325 missionaries in our entire country. No wonder few Muslims ever hear the gospel.
Read moreThis collapse will herald the arrival of an anti-Christian chapter of the post-Christian West. Intolerance of Christianity will rise to levels many of us have not believed possible in our lifetimes, and public policy will become hostile toward evangelical Christianity, seeing it as the opponent of the common good.
Read moreChristian morality does not stop there; it understands that the way of life and action of Jesus Christ is the highest expression of morality. Jesus Himself said in the Sermon on the Mount that He came to fulfill the moral law, that unless His followers were more righteous than the most scrupulous moralists, they would not make it to heaven. (Matt. 5: 17-20)
Read moreToday, estimates of Christians range between 40 million and 100 million.
Read moreApgar gave nurses a way to rate the health of babies at delivery: "Ten points meant a child born in perfect condition. Four points or less meant a blue, limp baby."
This simple score, devised by an unlikely person-she had never delivered a baby, as a doctor or even as a mother-"turned an intangible and impressionistic clinical concept-the condition of new babies-into numbers that people could collect and compare."
Read moreState funding
On the outskirts of Nanjing, a building site illustrates the scale of the communist state's commitment to supporting the development of Christianity.
Local officials say that the building under construction will become China's largest state-sanctioned church - with space for 5,000 worshippers.
The land - and 20% of the building costs - are being provided not by local Christians, but by the municipal government.
Read moreWhat we need is total conversion. Muslims who see the real differences between Christian scriptures (especially those about Christ) and the Quran will have a better chance at believing, especially if bolstered by our personal testimony about what Christ has done for us.
Read moreI opted for the traditional apologetics approach, pointing out to Muslims why the New Testament is superior to the Quran and why they're wrong about denying the divinity of Jesus and the atonement. I never seriously questioned this approach until I read Carl Medearis's excellent book Muslims, Christians, and Jesus. In his book, Carl shares stories of his interactions with Muslims who deeply love Jesus and strive to follow his teachings - yet remain committed Muslims.
Read more* Fault-picking in thought or word over the ministries of fellow Evangelicals.
* Resentment over the 'success' in ministry of fellow Evangelicals.
* A sense that one could do better than fellow Evangelicals in their ministries, reflected in a feeling of frustrated ambition.
* A sense that one's own ministry is not properly appreciated by fellow Evangelicals.
* Inner gloating over set-backs in ministry for fellow Evangelicals.
Read moreThe ecumenical leader compared freedom of religion in the country now to a decade ago, when the church kept a tight grip on the goings on in churches. He said the situation had "much improved" and that the government was now starting to "favour" religious people.
In the early 1970s, there were an estimated 3 million Christians in China. Now, the number may be as high as 130 million.
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