Love Your Enemy Like a Good Samaritan
In our noisy world of social media and cable news, it is easy for so many things—some seemingly important—to crowd out of our minds the basic reason why the Church even exists. From time to time we need to take a step back, to see the bigger picture. What is Back to Jerusalem and why are we doing what we’re
Continue ReadingGood News In Nigeria!
Nigeria is frequently in the news these days for terrible things. Religious persecution, corruption, terrorism, mass kidnapping, poverty, and near total economic collapse. But, not all the news from Nigeria is bad news and BTJ gets to be a part of the exciting things that God is doing there. Three years ago, Eugene did a podcast about a beautiful grassroots
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Missionary Maniac or Martyr?
This essay is longer than most BTJ articles, but well worth the read. The news headlines of the past week have been inundated with stories about the death of 26-year-old John Chau from the arrows of a primitive people group on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean. Chau made three attempts to befriend the people. After he was shot
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