The core principle for effective government is to protect life and then preserve and uphold individual freedom to the maximum extent consistent with law and order. Thomas Jefferson stated this well in his 1801 Inaugural Address: A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to […]
Cape Town Messages
All of the sessions of the Congress will be put online shortly after they are completed. You can visit the Cape Town 2010 website to listen to or download them.
Pictures from Africa
Here are pictures of some places we’ve been. A theological college: An AIDS clinic: A day care for orphans (this is the neighborhood): The sanctuary of a church: Driving, which is on the left side of the road:
The Lausanne Movement and Covenant
A great summary by Tyler Kenney at the Desiring God blog.
The Gospel and Globalization
Justin Taylor points out where you can read the advance papers for Lausanne and highlights a couple that might be of interest. Justin highlights these two: Os Guinness and David Wells, “Global Gospel, Global Era: Christian Discipleship and Mission in the Age of Globalization” Tim Keller, “What Is God’s Global Urban Mission? I agree — […]
Why We Need to Give Creative and Competent Thought to Addressing Global Poverty
Psalm 41:1 says “Blessed is he who considers the poor.” In his commentary on the Psalms, Derek Kidner points out: “The word considers is striking, in that it usually describes the practical wisdom of the man of affairs, and so implies giving careful thought to this person’s situation, rather than perfunctory help.” Tim Keller draws […]
Summary of Piper's Two Messages Today
At the Piper travel Twitter account, you can find highlights from the two messages Piper gave today at the Rezolution conference in Pretoria, South Africa.
Keller on The Gospel and the Poor
This is a very helpful article by Tim Keller on The Gospel and the Poor. Here is the introduction: The original question I was asked to address was “How does our commitment to the primacy of the gospel tie into our obligation to do good to all, especially those of the household of faith, to […]
Christians Should be Proactive in Doing Good
Here’s a post I did for the DG blog today.
Broadening Our Understanding of Suffering: The Various Types of Suffering
This is post 2 in the series: Suffering in Our Work and Everyday Lives Selling your house and moving half way around the world to advance the cause of missions is suffering. But is selling your house to just move to another part of the U.S.? What about having to drive to work in cold […]
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