Churches as Hospitals of Deradicalization
Would you visit a neighborhood that’s home to a leading terrorist? Scott Gustafson unintentionally did that in 2002 as a nonprofit worker in Jordan. In an interview with Light + […]
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Reshaping the Ultimate Other: What can we learn from Extremists who Convert?
Editor’s Note: Below is a summary of a PhD research project from the December 13 defense in Amsterdam: ‘Reshaping the Ultimate Other: Levantine Conversion from Extremist Islam to Christianity through […]
ROUNDUP: Fear and Love
When Liability Trumps Love by Michael Wittmer What is Lost When Self-Defense is Utmost by Ashley al-Saliby Real Love Casts out Fear by Pierre Houssney
ROUNDUP: Racism
Editor’s Note: Here are three past posts focusing on the similar theme of the ‘other’. May the love of Jesus grow in us more and more so that we no […]
New Research on Extremist Conversion Phenomenon
I was recently interviewed on The Locker Room podcast about my PhD research. We discussed mission and I shared a few encouraging stories. You can listen here, below are some […]
Response to ISIS Brides
The full version of this article first appeared February 28, 2019 at Christianity Today as “Should ISIS Brides Be Treated Like the Prodigal Son?” N. T. Wright, the esteemed theologian […]
Beyond Jerusalem: Loving Our Neighbors, Seeking Justice and Peace
Following the US administration’s decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, I shared extensively on my Twitter and Facebook accounts about the responses in the Arab world, namely the responses […]
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 […]
Righteous Anger
The full version of this article first appeared June 1, 2017 at Christianity Today as “Righteous Anger: Egypt’s Christians Respond to ISIS” by Jayson Casper. Thirty Coptic Christians were gunned down by […]
Andy Stanley on the Refugee Crisis
It was a matter of time before popular megachurch pastors started delivering sermons specifically addressing the ongoing refugee debate in America. Andy Stanley, Evangelical pastor of the nation’s largest Protestant […]