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May 2024

May 28, 2024

Gen Z reluctance is a major threat to Western missions

Generation Z (Gen Z) evangelicals are reluctant to engage in cross-cultural missions due to fears...

April 2024

April 02, 2024

10 Principles for Reading the Bible Missionally

This semester, I've been teaching students about how to read Scripture missionally. Reading the Bible...

January 2024

January 30, 2024

The Missional Logic of Revelation 5:9

The dramatic narrative of the Revelation narrative presents a peculiar theology of “conquest” and redemption...

January 23, 2024

The Implicit Critique of Culture in Revelation 5:9

The book of Revelation unveils a cosmic panorama where the destiny of creation converges upon...

January 31, 2023

This is the Most Dangerous Mission Book in a Generation. Seriously.

At best, A Just Mission is a missed opportunity. At worst, it’s dangerous because its...

October 2022

October 18, 2022

How do we bridge theology and missions?

To bridge the gap between theologians and missionaries, we need imagination. Here are ideas about...

October 11, 2022

Why Don’t Theologians and Missionaries Talk?

Why do theologians and missionaries rarely engage each other's work? Wouldn't collaboration help everyone? Here...

May 2022

May 10, 2022

Three Implications of Not Having Paul’s Missionary Motive

Missions is always a cooperative partnership. Which means the solution to dependency isn’t independence. It’s...

May 03, 2022

How Honor Motivates Mission Strategy

Paul is worried about the quality of his ministry. This concern trumps the modern fixation...

April 2022

April 26, 2022

What was Paul’s Missionary Motive? Probably Not What You’re Thinking

But Elliot Clark reminds us of a fundamental motive that underlies all of Paul’s work...

March 2022

March 08, 2022

The Cost and Reward of People Movements

As a missions community, we’re ready to strike gold. But we’re poorly equipped for the...

March 01, 2022

Professionalism versus the Holy Spirit in the Work of Missions?

My concern here is not for missionaries. It’s for the lost. Our effectiveness is damaged...

December 2021

December 07, 2021

Four Ways to Interpret the Bible Missionally

What implications does “missional theology” have for biblical interpretation? This post spotlights four ways people...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

Want to join God’s mission? Play the carrot cake game

This final post offers a few practical tools based on The Symphony of Mission. Jim...

February 12, 2020

Do you have missional ADD?

I have to read Goheen and Mullins' newest book, The Symphony in Mission, in chunks,...

September 2019

September 18, 2019

Implications of Biblical Theology for Strategy in World Mission

Today's post is the first part of my interview with Scott Callaham. I ask Scott...

August 2019

August 21, 2019

Must we choose either biblical theology or missions?

A few years ago, I sat in the lobby of a Thai hotel talking with...

January 2015

January 14, 2015

Losing Face for the Gospel of Grace

I have always been intrigued by people’s responses to 2 Corinthians. I’ve heard comments about...