Indulgences Are Still for Sale
The selling of indulgences did not stop with the Reformation. Originally, indulgences linked prayer and repentance with forgiveness: specified actions of good works or penance drew on the ‘treasury of […]
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Preparing for Two-Way Transformation
Editorial note: This article is part 3 of a multipart series by Dr. Hikmat Kashouh. We must not forget that the gospel (the good news) transcends both the preacher and […]
Visiting, Serving and Listening as Missional Methodology
Editorial note: This article is part 2 of a multipart series by Dr. Hikmat Kashouh. Visiting When people in the West ask me, “What should we do to reach the […]
Supporting Churches in the Arab World
Editorial note: This article is part 1 of a multipart series by Dr. Hikmat Kashouh. In 2011, when the war in Syria broke out and Syrians started to flee to […]
4 Christian Responses to Supremacist Ideology
The recent massacre of Muslim worshipers in New Zealand was the manifestation of a growing global phenomenon which has been described as nationalist populism, white nationalism, extreme supremacist ideology, xenophobia, […]
Priesthood of All Believers or Priesthood of the Ordained?
This article is adapted from a post on the ABTS blog on July 26, 2018. In my last blog post in February, I wrote about women in seminary. I based my main argument on the […]
Jerusalem’s Impact on Middle Eastern Christians
This post first appeared in Jordan Brief – January 2018 which was posted on the IMES blog on January 5, 2018. On Sunday 17 December, King Abdullah of Jordan met with top leaders […]
Why We Stand and Pray this International Day of Prayer
Christian advocacy groups estimate more than 200 million believers — 10 percent of the global Christian population — are currently experiencing high or extreme levels of persecution. If there is […]
Light After Darkness: A Syrian Mother’s Story of Pain, Hope, and Learning to Dream Again
This article first appeared July 21, 2017 at Food for the Hungry. Across languages and cultures, mothers can relate to the deep emotions that children bring. Mothers carry a daily […]
The Opposite Way
The full version of this article first appeared July 22, 2017 at WORLD Magazine as “The Opposite Way” by Mindy Belz. PARIS—At Guy Moquet metro stop on line 13, no one is […]