With practical information and personal stories, Carl Medearis shows readers how they can build life-changing bridges between the world's two largest religions--one person at a time, whether in the US or elsewhere.

    I believe it is one of the most mistranslated verses in the Bible. Like most Christians I totally misunderstood the verse. So I am warning you now that I may spoil John 3:16 for you for the rest of your life. But I hope that this book will also give you the true meaning of what is a wonderful message, and a very important one, especially for Christians.

    Now in Paul the Missionary Schnabel condenses volume two of the set, drawing on his research to provide a manageable study for students of Paul as well as students and practitioners of Christian mission today. Schnabel first focuses the spotlight on Paul's missionary work--the realities he faced, and the strategies and methods he employed. Applying his grasp of the wide range of ancient sources and of contemporary scholarship, he clarifies our understanding, expands our knowledge and corrects our misconceptions of Paul the missionary. In a final chapter Schnabel shines the recovered light of Paul's missionary methods and practices on Christian mission today. Much like Roland Allen's classic Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours? of nearly a century ago, Schnabel offers both praise and criticism. For those who take the time to immerse themselves in the world of Paul's missionary endeavor, this final chapter will be both rewarding and searching.

    Marine conservation biologist Andrew Irvine knows he must act fast . . . The Bible teaches that as the whale was made for the ocean, men and women were made for God. Our relationship with him is the environment in which we are free to be fully human. Author Mike Cain unpacks Jesus' claims in John's Gospel and shows us why they cannot be ignored: sin, forgiveness, and restoration affect us personally. With humour, originality, passion, and sensitivity, Mike asks us to look again at Jesus--the real-life version, not the caricature.

    Their initial insights were refined by a broad group of workers in a consultation in the spring of 2007, further analyzed in subsequent months, and compiled in this volume. From Seed to Fruit presents the most recent worldwide research on witness to Christ among Muslim peoples, using biblical images from nature to show the interaction between God's activity and human responsibility in blessing these peoples.

    Continuing in its footsteps is the Eyewitness series written for the average person. Flash back to firs

    It will give new insights, however many years of experience you have. It concludes with questions for personal reflection and action. You could use these questions yourself or with others. To our knowledge there is nothing else on the market which does the same job. When the Apostle Paul was in prison, he could easily have called on a rich Christian to pay the Roman Governor Felix a bribe to let him out. Felix knew he had done nothing wrong, but kept him in jail in the hope that Paul would offer him such a bribe (Acts 24:26). This example of the need to operate honestly as God?'s people is striking.Bribery and corruption are often found in politics and we could all quickly list examples from the West as from Africa and Asia. On pages 10-11 you read the story of Jerry Gana, a senior Christian politician who has served under four Nigerian Presidents both Christian and Islamic. How has he managed to do so with Christian integrity? There are stories, too, of Christian graduates in South and East Asia who chose very costly paths. Situations were looking bleak and they did not know where to turn. One had received threats to his family. What did they do? If the system in which we work has corruption built into it, practicing Christian standards can indeed be very costly. Fred Catherwood is clear about this; he is a realist. But he is a realist with a big dream. The world?'s attention would be drawn, he says, if a huge surge of Christians refused to operate dishonestly. There is no question in Fred Catherwood?'s mind that honest practice makes for the most profitable business and he knows. He speaks from deep experience in industry and in politics.If it is simply impossible to operate honestly in your corporation, because of the system, then what about joining with other Christians and starting your own business? The internet has made it possible to begin with little capital. You could import from Christians in other parts of the world, opening up their market for them. Similarly, you could export to Christian companies. There are huge networks of Christian graduates, and there are ways of meeting them and discussing possible future plans.This booklet finishes with stories of Christian students in Europe and in Rwanda who have launched out with big Christian dreams. They want to operate honestly themselves, and to demonstrate to their nations that it works to do so. Their businesses have flourished. Is that surprising?Buy this and talk about it with friends Christians and those who are not Christians. You will find excellent grist for good and constructive debate.Paul Batchelor (Transparency International) writes: We have a duty to stand firm against corruption and its corrosive impact on God?'s world and God?'s people. It undermines economic development, distorts fair decision-making, and destroys social cohesion. Here we have the biblical basis for resisting corruption and practical advice on what each of us can do to combat it. I hope it will prompt and stir discussion and action right around the world.

    Yet, for those who are not gifted evangelists, the task of communicating the gospel can seem daunting. What if there was another way? There is, and it's called the conspiracy of kindness. Operating on a simple premise, this exciting form of servant evangelism enables every follower of Christ, from brand-new to mature believer, to become an effective evangelist through unassuming acts of kindness. In this book, Steve Sjogren offers a proven vision, simple strategy, and real-life stories that show the amazing impact servant evangelism has had throughout the world. Here's how to communicate the love of God more persuasively through actions than with words. Learn how churches, groups, and individuals have used washing windows, cleaning toilets, handing out sodas, and more to impact their communities with the life-changing love of Christ. Although a simple premise, the conspiracy of kindness principle affects both those serving and those being served. Are you ready to roll up your sleeves?

    In To Live upon Hope, Rachel Wheeler explores the question of what missionary Christianity became in the hands of these two native communities.The Mohicans of Stockbridge and Shekomeko drew different conclusions from their experiences with colonial powers. Both tried to preserve what they deemed core elements of Mohican culture. The Indians of Stockbridge believed education in English cultural ways was essential to their survival and cast their acceptance of the mission project as a means of preserving their historic roles as cultural intermediaries. The Mohicans of Shekomeko, by contrast, sought new sources of spiritual power that might be accessed in order to combat the ills that came with colonization, such as alcohol and disease.Through extensive research, especially in the Moravian records of day-to-day life, Wheeler offers an understanding of the lived experience of Mohican communities under colonialism. She complicates the understanding of eighteenth-century American Christianity by demonstrating that mission programs were not always driven by the destruction of indigenous culture and the advancement of imperial projects. In To Live upon Hope, Wheeler challenges the prevailing view of accommodation or resistance as the two poles of Indian responses to European colonization; colonialism placed severe strains on native peoples, yet Indians also exercised a level of agency and creativity that aided in their survival.--Daniel K. Richter, the Richard S. Dunn Director, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, author of Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America "Journal of Social History"

    Inviting us into the company of great theological minds, current events, and the best of cinema and story, Dr. Morgan doesn't just make a case for right living, he invites us into the grace of living rightly. This resource will make folks who have heard it all before think afresh, while providing a firm foundation for those who are just starting on the road to Christian discipleship. It has something to say to all of us who call ourselves Christian, and particularly to those peculiar people called Methodists.