Ajith Fernando I write this to encourage writers, teachers, and others who work to communicate God’s truth, especially in countries that cannot afford to set people apart to specialise in these kinds of ministry. Here are some things that will help us to persevere in doing what is needed to faithfully feed the flock. Faithfulness …
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~ Ajith Fernando Some years ago, a survey was conducted among young people about what achievement they desired most. They were given various options to choose from. The most popular option emerged as “a few minutes of fame.” We live in a world where success and significance are measured by the things that famous people have …
Ajith Fernando and Graham Hill discuss Jesus-driven ministry, reclaiming friendship, and sharing the truth in love. Ajith Fernando is an inspiring spiritual leader, who has spent his life serving among some of the most vulnerable and marginalized people in the world, and who shows us what true servant leadership looks like. Source: https://theglobalchurchproject.com/video/ajith-fernando-jesus-driven-ministry/
Written in 2005 FROM MEDITATION TO JESUS? A colleague of mine who came to Christ from Hinduism made a surprising discovery this month. Though he has been a Christian for over twenty years his family members, who live abroad, had shown no interest in the gospel. But, while visiting them in their …
Evangelicals Around the World: A Global Handbook of the 21st Century Brief Comment on the Future of Evangelicals: The wonderful growth of the Evangelical Church in the Global South needs to be accompanied by conscientious Bible teaching, especially on Christian character and ethics. Earlier, liberalism brought nominalism to the church by denying …
Written in July 2003 HYMNS AND WORSHIP SONGS In this post-modern generation we have seen a most welcome resurgence in popularity of the more meditative and emotionally satisfying worship choruses. But I think the church has lost a great treasure in neglecting the hymns which celebrate and reflect on the great doctrines …
Early 1999 Reflections AFTER GETTING OUR RADIO LICENCES Ajith Fernando A few days ago I got our licences for 1999 for our van and home radios. I reflected afresh on the fact that, while it seems that the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation gets most of the funds from that, we hardly …
Submitted to the Journal of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in February 2001. I do not know whether it was published. A slightly modified version was published in a book in honour of Sam Kamaleson Helping internalize the truth of the gospel in an age uninterested in truth ajith Fernando One of the …
Written in January 2005 shortly after the Tsunami. Subsequently Published by RBC and many other groups. Nothing I have written has had such a wide circulation. WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES Biblical Reflections on How Christians Respond to Calamities Ajith Fernando I am writing this a few days after the tsunami waves struck Sri …
Early 1999 Dear Colleagues, Here is something I wrote recently that I thought would be good to share with you. I get this awful feeling that I am becoming more and more like Cacophonics the Bard in the Asterix comics–giving unsolicited and unwelcome renderings at unwanted times. I have two comments on …