Paradigm Shift 2000: Covenantal Blessings and Curses in History

When we view a general outline of world history in the context of God’s covenant with His people, the Church, we see great revolutions occurring every 500 years with world kingdoms being overthrown. Yet God’s people always thrive in times…

Conversion of Muslims to Christ in former USSR

Over the past five years, we have witnessed God’s nation-shaking changes in the eastern European bloc and the former Soviet Union. Untold millions of people have come to Christ and many new churches are being established on a daily basis.…

Report from Kazan, Tatarstan

Region is crucial in evangelization of Muslims Never before in history has God moved so powerfully to draw millions of Muslims to Himself throughout the world. This is especially true in the former Soviet Union where over 50 million people…

Report on Trip to Ukraine, Russia and Tatarstan

I recently completed a four week missions trip to the former Soviet Union. I first visited Kiev, Ukraine and the staff of the Russian language version of The Forerunner which I established in 1991. I met with Alexey Salapatov, Roman…

The Puritan Hope in a Post-Cold War Era

The death of President Richard Nixon last year gave Americans another chance to reflect on the monumental changes we have seen in the Eastern bloc. Nixon’s latest book, Beyond Peace, completed just a few weeks before he died, is a…

The Mandate For China: A Great Task Awaits the Church

With China up before the U.S. Congress for most-favored-nation tariff status next June, human rights are expected to be an issue. The formerly communistic regime is taking a bent towards capitalism. But the government is still totalitarian in many ways.…

Francis Schaeffer quote

The Church in our generation needs reformation, revival and constructive revolution…. There cannot be true revival unless there has been reformation; and reformation is not complete without revival. - Francis Schaeffer

Van Tillian Presuppositional Theonomic Ethics

Cornelius Van Til was a 20th century protégé of the Dutch Reformed theologian and president of the Netherlands, Abraham Kuyper. Van Til created a school of Christian apologetics and an ethical system based on Kuyperian presuppositionalism. Although Van Til had…

The Three "R's" of Christianity: The Power to Transform Culture

SOME MODERN EDUCATORS HAVE DISCOVERED the truth that the teachers of one-room school houses of the 1800s new well: for a child to excel in study, he must learn to become a self-educator. The child is taught the basics (or…

The Power of Hope

“And these three remain: faith, hope and love.” - 1 Corinthians 13:13 If you are like most people, you have probably heard much on biblical themes such as the “Power of Love” or the “Power of Faith.” In the 1960s…