When I was a student at Asbury Seminary, we had the great scholar Bishop Stephen Neill visit our school. During a question-and-answer time he suggested that we get into the habit of slowly reading serious books a little at a time over a period of several months. I have tried to do that in the …
(Source: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/beg-god-to-move-again) Revival means many things to many people. I mean it to describe a situation where large numbers of people are fired up to seek God fully, yearn for obedience, confess sin in their life, and experience the joy and freedom of walking with God. History shows us that there is no exact prescription for …
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June 2018 SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE ISSUES FACED BY PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS (Written after a Conference with Palestinian Christians) Ajith Fernando The Israelis and Prophecies about Them God’s sovereignty was evident in the establishment of the Jewish people as a nation. I marvel at the way this small nation has progressed through the hard work and …
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Early 1999 Evangelism and Recent Western Military EfFORTS By Ajith Fernando I may be way out in what I am saying below, and I am certainly not a qualified political analyst. What I am recording here and sending to some of my friends are perspectives coming out of our experience, …
David Adeney Lecture at Discipleship Training Centre, Singapore September 1998 THE URGENCY OF THE GOSPEL Ajith Fernando Presenting a lecture in honour of Dr. David Adeney is a great honour to me. When I was a university student Dr. Adeney stayed in our home, and he became one of my heroes. This …
7th April 2005 POST TSUNAMI EVANGELISM BLUES: THE OTHER SIDE My last communiqué highlighted (“Evangelism After Tsunami Relief) one side of the problem of evangelism after the tsunami. It neglected to mention another side, and I am thankful to a former YFC volunteer Mohan Fernandopulle and former staff worker Gerard Van Gramberg …
Written in November 2000 THE PITFALLS OF HAVING FOREIGN CONTACTS The “Benefactors” Lifestyle I have become very burdened about the issues I’ve described above because of certain problems the church in Sri Lanka is facing. I fear that there are some ideas …
Sovereignty: People usually translate this into Sinhala as sarvabaladharithvaya. I think a better translation is raajakiyabhavaya GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH Strength from God’s Sovereignty over Past History. A key to the biblical response to persecution is the belief that God is sovereign over history. 1. The account of …
An edited and abridged version of this paper was published in the November 2007 issue of Christianity Today. Therefore it should not be published anywhere else for the moment. Written around May 2007 HOLISTIC THINKING AND THE PRIORITY OF EVANGELISM Ajith Fernando The Christian church is notorious for its pendulum …
Suren, I thought that one way to go was to demonstrate how the Christian religion prompted people to go into politics and serve their people. Mandela—on forgiveness (There is an article in the Christianity Today) Website I think on how Christianity influenced him. This is also mentioned in the bio in …