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In Luke 13, Jesus used two contemporary catastrophes (the massacre at the temple mount and fall of the Tower of Siloam where 18 died) to draw attention to man’s need to repent. In other words, Jesus used a well-known current … Continue reading →

Every day I get an update on the growth of the coronavirus around the world. What amazes me is the day to day increases that you see in some countries. This phenomenon is called exponential growth.  From my college days, … Continue reading →

The corona pandemic and justice issues for the vulnerable. These two issues have taken front stage globally and are the topic of most every conversation. In ancient Israel there were three groups that were most vulnerable and often subject to … Continue reading →

With the outbreak of Covid-19, writers have been revisiting similar pandemics from the past, especially the Spanish flu of 1918-20 which infected 500 million people. Early missionaries to Thailand were no strangers to such pandemics either as smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, … Continue reading →

Mission Round Table vol. 11 no. 1 (January 2016): 10-16 Download this edition of Mission Round Table (2.5 MB) Introduction In 1993, after a dozen years of church planting and seminary teaching in Thailand, OMF leadership encouraged me to pursue a … Continue reading →

This is an updated (April 2020) version of the list of Gospel storytelling resources provided on page 9 of Mission Round Table vol. 11 no. 1 (January 2016) on the theme “Tell them the old, old Story”. Download PDF of “Tell them … Continue reading →

If you asked people to define “pandemic” a a couple of years ago most all would have struggled, but now everyone seems to understand how a disease can spread quickly to an entire nation and even world. Every day the … Continue reading →

Larry read a blog which which indicated ten things you will NOT hear from your missionary and decided to write this blog: Ten Things You WILL hear from your Missionary.  You can read it here.

Check out Larry’s recent blog post titled Two Types of “Trauma” on the Mission Field and How You Can Pray on the OMF website.  Follow this link to read it.