From Christianity Today in December 2016, “ Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture. ” From the ...

From https://www.imb.org/2017/05/25/number-one-reason-missionaries-go-home/ : The most common reason missionaries go home is not due to l...

This chapter is the meatiest of Insider Jesus: Theological Reflections on New Christian Movements , and if you only read one chapter, it sho...

Previously we looked at Insider Jesus 3: Religion in the Biblical Narrative, now we look at case studies. Dyrness starts by showing some hi...

Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam , by Aaron W. Hughes. Hughes approaches Islam from the religious studies perspective (not neces...

In Insider Jesus 2: How Does God Work in Creation and Culture? A Theological Proposal , Dyrness claims that “religions traditions must be i...

Informative brief read from Justin Long: Why is the remaining task not getting finished, when… . There are more unreached peoples now than t...

It has been said that early Muslims did not accuse Christians of corrupting their Scriptures, only of misinterpreting them. Refuting that cl...

Continuing with our tour through Insider Jesus: Theological Reflections on New Christian Movements . The first post was here: Insider Jesus ...

I would like to blog through Dyrness, William. Insider Jesus: Theological Reflections on New Christian Movements (2016). One blurb says th...

I’m posting to let you know about a webinar I’ll be doing on Thursday, Nov 17, 2pm EST. The “insider movement” has received much attention i...

UPDATE: Waterman Response to Talman & Travis --- In case you missed it, L.D. Waterman had a thoughtful review (the most thorough and ...

Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures releases today. From Amazon : Many a Westerner has had a cross-cultural experience of honor and sha...

Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept Main Premise : The concept of religion as a universal, timeless, personal, and private belie...

A good article at CT: The Real Theological Issue Between Christians and Muslims It's not about a different God, it's about a differe...

Here is a pdf download of the W-Spectrum on one page : Please refer to the EMQ October 2015 article The W-Spectrum: Worker Paradigms in Mu...

Understanding Insider Movements: Disciples of Jesus within Diverse Religious Communities See also: My Response to the Gospel Coalition’s...

Just a reminder about the webinar on Thursday: On March 10th 2pm EST we’ll be doing a webinar with Missio Nexus on The W-Spectrum . See in...

Michael Pocock reviews UIM in the new issue of IJFM . Here is the conclusion: By the end of the book the reader will admit that insider m...

On March 10th 2pm EST I’ll be doing a webinar with Missio Nexus on The W-Spectrum . See info below. http://missionexus.org/the-w-spectrum/ ...

EMS just put out an occasional bulletin- Wheaton and the Controversy Over Whether Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God (HT: CIU blog...

Encountering the World of Islam : Discover God's Heart for Muslims: Investigate Islam through this positive and hopeful 640-page book....

www.trueislam.com tackles extremism (HT: MA). While I think we should promote initiatives that work for peace in our world, I do find it ir...

In case you missed it, Understanding Insider Movements (William Carey 2015) was released a few months ago. For better or worse, now the ter...

From Christianity Today’s 2015 book awards : Christian. Muslim. Friend. Twelve Paths to Real Relationship David W. Shenk (Herald Press) ...