Blog, page 59
“Despite all this, the American foreign missions force is still the largest in the world.”
“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?”
— Benjamin Franklin
The power of the “social graph”
Imagine the U.S. Census as conducted by direct marketers — that’s the social graph.
“The question is- Has technology made life better?”
“Social uplift as a natural consequence of Christian discipleship”
“Policymakers will always drive in the dark. However, they must stop pretending that they can see the road”
“Urban reality and urban ministry”
Famously, in many struggling urban neighborhoods the only functioning institutions are churches and liquor stores.
“Bonhoeffer on tragedy”
“Bonhoeffer’s love letter”
“Evil’s masquerade”
The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts.