Virgil Dugan, President of the Tijeras Foundation, has referred to Sixteen:Fifteen as being like a house key. The key may seem small and insignificant by itself, but when used as intended it opens the door to all the valuable items in the home. He says that, in the...

The problem: 4 billion of the world’s people are oral communicators, yet the vast majority of the mission workers trying to share the gospel with them are highly literate. Recent studies have shown that oral learners cannot mentally process a literate presentation of...

“To say that the church is an awesome resource is still an understatement, possibly somewhat condescending. She is more than that. She is a God-designed central player, a full partner. The vast majority of all the resources God has entrusted to his people – spiritual...

It is said that unless we understand our opponents’ arguments, we don’t fully understand our own.In The Crescent Through the Eyes of the Cross Syrian-born author and educator Nabeel Jabbour draws upon his background as a Middle Eastern Christian to offer a unique (and...

I often hear people say that Islam is the most dangerous religion in the world. Usually they are referring to the radical elements such as Al-Queda and others. I suppose in one sense it is true that Islam is dangerous to the security of the West.But I think Islam is...

Recently I was reminded of the movie "What About Bob". If you have not seen it, it stars Bill Murray as a benign mental patient who is convinced that the only way to get help is to always be near his doctor - played by Richard Dreyfuss. Murray ends up following...

Having previously served in North Africa, I was encouraged by this story on CBN. The movement of people Christ in Algeria is one of the very few real breakthroughs that we have ever seen in the Muslim world.

I've just returned from a trip to Jordan with one of our partner churches. Our purpose in going was to access the situation of Iraqi refugees living there. I was, of course, prepared to see difficult living conditions - but I was still not prepared for what we...

There has been much written on Islam since 9/11 and, frankly, much of it isn't worth the paper it is written on. It is reactionary, stereotypical, based on limited study, and/or mean-spirited - and I am talking about books published by Christian companies and for sale...