Christian Imperialism: Extending the Kingdom of Christ through the Foolishness of the Cross

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Volume 56 of HeartCry Magazine, a bi-monthly publication of the of HeartCry Missionary Society, has just been released.
HeartCry Missionary Society is somewhat unique in that they raise up indigenous missionaries that they might evangelize their own peoples.
Vol. 56 of HeartCry Magazine was a joy to read and I recommend it to all.

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Here is a link to the audio from the recent Building Bridges Conference: Southern Baptists and Calvinism
I do not consider myself to be a Calvinist, but I do share Pastor Jeff Noblit’s passion for the inherency and sufficiency of scripture for all faith and practice. I share a high view of God and His sovereignty. [...]

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Paul Washer shows how much humanism has created a false Jesus as opposed to the real Jesus who is in Heaven now and is revealed in Scripture. He brings to light how much man has deemed himself higher and more important than God and how man must be humbled.

HeartCry Missionary Society

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A very good article at Christianitytoday.com talks about “not learning the wrong lessons from the South Korean kidnappings.”
This summer, associate pastor Bae Hyung-kyu led his mostly female medical team from South Korea into Afghanistan. The plan was to alleviate physical and spiritual suffering. But Taliban terrorists had another agenda. On July 19, radical Islamic insurgents [...]

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Baptist Press is reporting
In August, the World Evangelical Alliance joined the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Pontifical Council in a dialogue at Toulouse, France, aimed at creating a code of conduct targeting “undue pressure” on people to change religions.
While the initiative affirms the “fundamental, inviolable and non-negotiable right” to spread one’s faith, [...]

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Gospel for Asia
The Call to Harvest — Part 1

The Call to Harvest — Part 2

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Twelve-year-old Ashish never thought he would have a good education. He and his family live in Uttar Pradesh, northwest India. They are Dalits (”Untouchables”). Two years ago, Gospel for Asia started a Bridge of Hope center in Ashish’s village. Now that he is studying in school, Ashish’s whole outlook on life has changed. He is [...]

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Robert Morrison (born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth, Northumberland; died August 1, 1834 in Guangzhou) was a Scottish missionary, the first Christian Protestant missionary in China[1]. After twenty-five years of intense work he translated the whole Bible into the Chinese language and baptized ten Chinese believers.Morrison was buried in the Old Protestant [...]

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Read John Piper’s article celebrating the 200th anniversary of Protestant missions in China.
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(HT: desiringGod)

Let the Nations Be Glad! 2d ed.: The Supremacy of God in Missions
By John Piper / Baker
Why do we do missions? We are told, by Jesus, to preach the gospel and make disciples of all nations. [...]

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All remaining hostages are now freed! On the 43rd day of the Korean Christian relief workers hostage situation, the captivity has finally come to an end. [I?ve sought to regularly update folks on the situation through this blog entry]. The remaining 7 hostages were released today.
Taliban militants in Afghanistan released seven hostages [...]

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This is an illustration of the Chinese city of Tianjin done about 1887 for the book “The Evangelisation of the World” by Benjamin Broomhall. The bestseller book created such a stir that even Queen Victoria had to buy a copy to see what all of the excitement was about.
 (HT: B. E. York)

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This is an illustration called “Open Air Preaching in China” by Thomas Eyres published in “China’s Millions” January 1892. (Colors added by the writer for emphasis) The preacher is using “The Wordless Book” – a colored evangelistic tool used to communicate Christian truth – possibly invented by Charles Haddon Spurgeon in 1866. In his [...]

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The Christian Post is reporting “Taliban Agrees to Release 19 Korean Christian Hostages”.
The Taliban has agreed to release the 19 South Korean aid volunteers that have been held hostage by the militant group in Afghanistan for over a month, Al Jazeera reported.
The Qatar-based television channel said it had received the report from its Kabul correspondent, [...]

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Find the update here.

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Eugene Cho encourages us to rememer there is still a crisis in Afghanistan.
Spread the word. Shout. Cry. Pray. Blog. Kneel, stand, and shout in solidarity. But don’t be silent. Love wins.
On July 19, 2007, 23 Korean Christian relief workers [16 women and 7 men] went to Afghanistan on a short term relief and [...]

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Please continue to pray for the safe return of these hostages and for the name of Christ to be lifted high.
Read this story from Baptist Press.
Eun Jo Park is senior pastor of Saemmul. Park has been criticized for allowing the trip to proceed in spite of the potential dangers. He has publicly apologized on two [...]

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The mythical marriage of two Hindu gods is the basis for the Sitalsasti festival in Orissa, India. Thousands of devotees, hijras and curious Westerners came to the festival for dancing, rituals and celebrations. The Lord provided Gospel for Asia missionaries with an opportunity to reach out to many people with the love of Jesus, including [...]

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Amidst all the calamity around the world let us not forget to continue to pray for the release of the remaining 21 S. Korean Christian hostages currently being held by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
Related links:
S. Korea Mourns Slain Christian Hostage
Church mourns death of Korean hostage
Korean Evangelical Churches Under Cyber-Attack Amid Hostage Crisis
Korean Church Body Appeals [...]

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White Devil: The Life and Legend of Hudson Taylor
By Tien Dao / Monarch Books
Hudson Taylor’s life and legend depicted in manhua form (manga produced in China) conveys the heart of his ministry to the Chinese people in the last half of the 19th century. Tien Dao and Po-Shing Cheung collaborated on the original Chinese version, [...]

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Asleep In The Light by Keith Green is a song that will challenge you to reach people for Jesus.
Listen to it here and read the lyrics below. I hope this song blesses and moves you like it does me.

Download MP3.

Find Asleep In The Light on these Keith Green Albums:

The Ultimate Collection, Compact Disc [CD]
By Keith [...]

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Please follow with us as we expose just a small sampling of the infiltration of Roman Catholicism into the ‘Evangelical’ world.
When leading Lutheran theologian Richard John Neuhaus converted to Catholicism in 1990 the move sent shock waves through Lutheran circles in the United States because of his prominence in that Church. Neuhaus was ordained a [...]

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If you can’t walk, even with crutches, and you don’t have a wheelchair, will you stay home? Or will you find some way—any way—to get to the market and to church? How will you move without a chair?
Read this sobering entry from the desiringGod Blog !

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