by Cindy M. Wu, co-author of Our Global Families: Christians Embracing Common Identity in a Changing World + author of A Better Country: Embracing the Refugees in Our Midst I recently went around the dinner table and asked my family what they wished they had more of. The... read more →
Dec
15
Dec
14
by Sean Walker, Operations Coordinator for The Antioch Partners The women’s piercing cries were more bone-chilling than the freezing air that winter day. I was standing in the snow outside a havli* in a remote Central Asian village to pay respects to the deceased brother and young niece... read more →
Dec
13
by Rita Johnson, Frontier Fellowship Associate Director Isaiah 42 is the first of Isaiah’s four “servant songs.” These poems describe the servant of the Lord who suffered both pain and humiliation in his ministry of serving God and bringing about justice. The Church has long associated this servant... read more →
Dec
12
by Becca Lehde, Frontier Fellowship Board Member There’s a tendency for the joy of salvation to fade into the slump of everyday life. Sometimes I feel like I'm trying to dig myself out of a deep hole, and the only thing I succeed in doing is piling more... read more →
Dec
11
by Denise Sciuto, Frontier Fellowship Associate Director The book of Isaiah describes God’s judgment and restoration as He establishes His Kingdom on earth. While Isaiah issues many warnings to people regarding their rebellious actions and attitudes, the book is also brimming with God’s compassion and His promise to... read more →
Dec
10
by Rev. Donald Marsden, Frontier Fellowship Associate Director In the Gospels, Jesus called Himself the Good Shepherd who knows His sheep by name (John 10:3) and goes to great lengths to find even one lost sheep (Luke 15:3–7). Like Ezekiel 34:11, scripture reveals God as one who finds... read more →
Dec
09
by Caitlin O'Hare, board member of The Outreach Foundation “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’” —Abraham Kuyper Dignity. Every human being needs it to thrive. Without dignity we... read more →
Dec
08
by Rev. Dr. Jon Heeringa, Frontier Fellowship Board Member A new heart! A new creation! These are the promises of Advent. This is what Israel was waiting for and what we receive through Jesus. Ezekiel spoke God’s promise of a new heart while many Jews were exiled in... read more →
Dec
07
by Rev. Dr. Haemin Lee, Frontier Fellowship Associate Director Imagine you're in the countryside at night, far away from the glow of city lights. It’s pitch dark and you can barely see your surroundings. You feel disoriented until your eyes adjust. Then you look up—countless shining objects cut... read more →
Dec
06
by Dr. Bonnie Sue Lewis, Professor of Mission + World Christianity, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary Engaged in a defense of his apostleship before the Christians at Corinth, Paul describes their experience of salvation that began when they first committed themselves to Christ and will be fully accomplished... read more →