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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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 Therefore it should not be published anywhere else for the moment.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 …
BEING SERVANTS OF TRUTH AND OF PEOPLE: AN ANSWER TO TREND-INDUCED REDUCTIONISM Ajith Fernando I work for a forty-two year old evangelistic youth organisation. I am alert to the danger of us losing our cutting edge and becoming an institution without the urgency and evangelistic effectiveness that has characterised us over the …
Interview with Presbyterian Church in Singapore April 2013 ON EARLY DAYS OF YFC AND OUR RESPONSE TO THE WAR 1. My first question, if you don’t mind – are you Methodist or Presbyterian? I am a Methodist! I am very fond of my heritage, but I have worked interdenominationally most of my …
Written on 9/11/2002 (American system, that is 11th September) Published in Christianity Today A VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE Ajith Fernando, Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka It is a few days after the first anniversary of the tragic events 11th September 2001, and with fear and trembling I …
Subject: Prayer for Cape Town 2010 Dear friends, Cape Town 2010, the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation will be held Cape Town, South Africa, 16-25 October 2010. 4000 Christian leaders will attend from over 200 countries. It may well be the most internationally representative gathering of Christian leaders ever. …
AFTER THE ATTACK ON AMERICA I am writing this after a night (morning in USA) of agony as I was concerned for my brother who works in the World Trade Center (he is safe) and sorrowful for the nation I deeply love and from which I have received so many blessings. I write …