John Piper has often quoted Thomas Chalmers on “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection.” A false joy is driven out by a greater joy. In his most recent book, Living in the Light, soon to be released by our friends at the Good Book Company, Piper uses the metaphor of planets and orbits, darkness … Continue reading
Our biggest issue yet. Packed with quality content from African writers. Rethinking marriage, family, singleness, relationships, life and ministry in light of the gospel of the crucified and risen King. Continue reading
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John Piper, Don’t Waste Your Life, Crossway, 189 pages. A great book for Good Friday reviewed by Barnabas Omenda: John Piper’s Don’t Waste your Life is a worthy additional to the shelves of any young person whether a Christian or a non-Christian, who would like to know the essence of his/her life. He begins his … Continue reading
In the last issue of Conversation Magazine, Mary Njeri puts the spotlight on some shocking data. According to International Bulletin of Missionary Research’s most recent ‘Status of Global Mission’ report, less than 2% (somewhere around 1.8%) of the income of Christians is given to the church or para-church organisations. Of this small fraction, the way … Continue reading
At Conversation Magazine we want to start healthy conversations that are not happening and encourage rare conversations that should be more common. Here are some resources to start a conversation on the reality of depression among Christians. Martyn Lloyd Jones, Spiritual Depression: It’s Causes and It’s Cure. John Hindley, Suffering & Singing: Knowing God’s Love … Continue reading
The ratio of men to women in Kenyan churches ranges from 1:2 to 1:4 (Mbogo, CM #4) so the work of David Murrow, though very much from and aimed at the US context, scratches a very real East African itch. Many of his analyses of the problem and criticisms of the church are spot on. … Continue reading
The Bible starts with a garden but ends with a garden city. The biggest Gentile mission of the Old Testament was to a city – Nineveh. In the most recent issue of Conversation Magazine, Gerald Mwangi looks at the issue of urban mission. Perhaps the strongest contemporary proponent of God’s focus on cities is Tim Keller and his … Continue reading
Our 6th issue of Conversation (Volume 2 Issue 1) engages the recent debate in Kenya regarding the Religious Societies regulation. The issue that was claimed to have made the increased regulation necessary – “rogue preachers” – is a tricky one as it often connects with a whole theological-cultural-aspirational system. As a wise older pastor commented, even … Continue reading
Still somewhat in the Christmas season, Ian Paul questions whether the Bethlehem stable really is in the Bible after all… Jesus wasn’t born in a stable, and, curiously, the New Testament hardly even hints that this might have been the case. So where has the idea come from? I would track the source to three … Continue reading
Steve Rasmussen is Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Studies at NEGST-AIU. He writes in Conversation Magazine of his very personal interest in the intersection of suffering, witchcraft and Christian mission: Before I moved with my family to Northwestern Tanzania 20 years ago, we were quite healthy. I had written research papers on demons and powers in the Bible, but I … Continue reading
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