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Christians are a stigmatized and vulnerable segment of Somali society in the Horn of Africa. They constitute one of the world’s least studied religious minorities and one of the most persecuted. In the 2024 annual ranking by the aid organization Open Doors—which identifies countries where Christians face the most intense persecution—Somalia ranks second globally and … Read more
Korean Christianity has been characterized by a rapid and drastic growth for the past century. More than anything else, the drastic and rapid growth of Korean Christianity has been led by the thrive and advancement of Korean evangelicalism. Evan though Korean evangelicalism has been deeply influenced by Euro-American evangelicalism, it has made indelible and incalculable … Read more
The Bible presents God’s magnificent divine plan, executed by chosen people for a specific purpose. There are illustrations of those from various regions impacting those worldwide throughout the Bible. This paper will examine sub-Saharan people groups in Africa, particularly the Cushites, and their impact on Israelite history, particularly during times of imminent danger of foreign … Read more
Most Christians would agree that something is wrong if following Christ becomes a matter of cold and onerous duty. Nevertheless, Christians who unwittingly accept Kantian conceptions of happiness and moral obligation as being inherently opposed can find the Christian life a heavy struggle rather than a delight. John Piper sought to counter such perspectives in … Read more
There has been a revived interest in NT Christology in recent years, partly due to the recent contributions by Richard Bauckham, Larry Hurtado, and James Dunn, among others. However, most discussions of NT Christology tend to force a binary choice between Jesus’ identity with Israel’s one God (e.g., Bauckham, Wright, Hays; cf. Tilling) and Jesus’ … Read more
The challenge of crafting worship services that allow for heartfelt, unifying worship within a group of believers who come from a diversity of backgrounds and traditions has only intensified in recent years. Studies have shown that while the American culture at large continues to become more and more diverse, the Sunday morning church service continues … Read more
This paper examines the gift of tongues in the New Testament, in both the Book of Acts and First Corinthians, against the background of the story of the tower of Babel. Pentecost does not reverse Babel, but rather transforms it, so that the divided nations are united in prayer and worship of God through their … Read more
Paul gave directions for public worship in 1 Corinthians 14:6-19 to believers in an urban crossroads of trade, languages, religions, and ethnicities. He called for worship practices founded on shared comprehension, the ability of individual minds to apprehend the same truths. This ability was the key to loving one other and worshiping Christ in unity. … Read more
With this year’s ETS theme being “Global Evangelicalism,” one cannot discuss the topic without considering the impact of John R. W. Stott (1921-2011). So influential was Stott on the evangelical world stage that IVP’s five-volume series “A History of Evangelicalism” entitles the final volume about the second half of the twentieth century, The Global Diffusion … Read more
In this paper, I aim to answer two fundamental questions about Paul’s baptismal language in Romans 6:3–4. The first question concerns the nature of his language: is Paul speaking about the ritual of water baptism, or is he speaking about something else? The second question has to do with why Paul chooses to talk about … Read more