On behalf of Gene Daniels, I’m excited to introduce our new book Margins of Islam: Ministry in Diverse Muslim Contexts . Here is the book de...

When I first read Jenny Taylor’s brief article Why Grace is Not Enough to Reach Muslims: Balancing Grace and Truth in Outreach , I admit I w...

You might remember this viral piece of propaganda in the missions community. In 2009, I posted the Muslim Demographics Video : I'm not s...

From The Sociology of Islam: Knowledge, Power and Civility (p. 79-80): Based on a Qur’anic keyword meaning the “straight path,” the sharia ...

Good article by Brandon Withrow: Is There a Christian Double Standard on Religious Violence? Nearly 80 percent of Christians don’t think a t...

Interesting interview of an atheist Muslim who attempts to retain a Muslim identity while rejecting Islamic ideology. He nuances between ext...

Here is an excellent video from Richard Yacoub that explains the implications of patronage for ministry with Syrian refugees. Applications ...

Just think of all the important conversations this video can generate: the nature of religion, the origins of Christmas, appropriation, Isla...

Global Missiology published my review of Insider Jesus: Theological Reflections on New Christian Movements , and you can read the entire re...

Previously, we looked at Insider Jesus 5: Religion and the Mission of Christ . Now onto the final chapter, #6. This chapter argues for a bro...

From MISSION IN A WORLD GONE WILD AND VIOLENT: CHALLENGING THE MONOCHROMATIC VIEW OF ISLAM FROM A SILENT MAJORITY POSITION , by Martin Accad...

A couple notes on George Yip, in his article The Contour of a Post-Postmodern Missiology . Polythetic is defined as “Relating to or sharing ...

From Terry Muck at IBMR : This is a big book with big ideas. Early readers have already called it “definitive” (Frances Adeney), “dazzling”...

Contrary to widespread assumption, the term “Muslim world” does not derive from ummah , a concept as old as Islam, which refers to the Musli...

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...