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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2nd April 2005 EVANGELISM AFTER TSUNAMI RELIEF Ajith Fernando We face a new problem within the church in Sri Lanka. Evangelism is going to be a real challenge to us in the post-tsunami period. People are tired after the emotionally and physically draining tsunami work; some are close to burnout. We …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …