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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This is the personal statement you asked for; for the history book. When I was in theological college in the USA and I told my friends and teachers that I was hoping to go back to serve in Youth for Christ, there was an almost unanimous response that this would be a …
MY JOURNEY WITH SOCIAL CONCERN Ajith Fernando In my youth, I belonged to the evangelical minority in a mainline church in Sri Lanka and was dismayed by the lack of emphasis on evangelism in the church. With my commitment to Christ in my mid-teens also came a burden to reach the lost with …
Written for the Nine Marks Website in 2007 DIALOGUE IN THE BIBLE Ajith Fernando The Bible uses dialegomai to describe the proclamation of the first evangelists. This suggests that there was an opportunity for feedback to the proclamation. However, this understanding of dialegomai in the Bible is different to the …
Written in October 2003 RESOLVING EAST-wEST coNFLICTS Checklists For Western Christians 1. There are no substitutes for long conversations. Our people work based on relationships and partnerships are essentially relational matters. But Westerners seem to be content with contractual arrangements which are alien to our ways of operating. Deep …
Some disturbing trends in response to some legitimate concerns Ajith Fernando I have seen some trends within our Evangelical movement recently that are causing me great concern. The concern is not only because I am worried about the direction some of our brothers and sisters are taking. It is also because they …
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april 1999 Short Term Mission Ventures I suppose my reservations about short-term mission endeavours are known in some missiological circles but not known in YFC, so I will first do some reflection on this topic. The first thing I want to say is that I am not opposed to mission teams …
DOING EVANGELISM WITH TSUNAMI RELIEF Ajith Fernando A new challenge is facing the church in Sri Lanka while she responds (magnificently, I believe) to the needs of our people after the tsunami. That challenge is on how we can fulfil our evangelistic mandate at this time. Some Christians, especially some who are here …