READ: Judges 7-9, Psalm 75, John 7, Galatians 2 FRONTIER FAITH Cutting the frontier takes a unique forged faith. Those who camp next to hell still live in the flesh and pursue heaven’s aims from the flawed position of the fallen. They live a life in the flesh of faith (Gal. 2:20). Frontier faith has […]
Region: Arab World
Abiding in Jesus: March 15
READ: Judges 4-6, Psalm 74, John 6, Galatians 1 BELIEF It is impossible to please both God and man (GaL. 1:10). To be a God pleaser is out of fashion. “Christianity,” G.K. Chesterton says, “always seems to be out of fashion because it is always sane – and all fashions are mild insanities.” The Scripture […]
Abiding in Jesus: March 14
READ: Judges 1-3, Psalm 73, John 5, 2 Corinthians 13 OBEDIENCE IS THE VICTORY When God’s people enter the promised land, they find that it is difficult to completely overcome and remove the local pagan inhabitants. God sovereignly allows adversaries to linger. They were left unconquered in the land that God “might test Israel by […]
God Glorified: A Foundation for Missions
Nothing compares to the presence of God. Missions begins with the question of God’s glory. God is dedicated to being glorified throughout the entire world because He, and He alone, can satisfy the human soul. […]
You Are the Christ!
The most important questions in mission are these: Where does the Church not exist? Where has the gospel not been proclaimed? What are we going to do about it? The Live Dead initiative began in an effort to answer these questions. […]
The Blessing of Being Like Jesus
Do you want to be like Jesus? Is there something deep within you that longs to be like Him? In this sermon Dick Brogden shares about the blessing of hunger, poverty, limitations, unanswered prayer, fatigue, simplicity, suffering, and death. […]
Psalm 27: I Will…
In the Arab World, and in missions in general, so much is out of our control. Dick Brogden reviews Psalm 27 and how it points out what is in our control and how by God’s help we can be proactive in mission and Christian service. […]
Abiding in Praxis, Part 2
Dick Brodgen wraps up Abiding in Praxis with an exposition of the three branches mentioned in John 15:1-6. […]
Abiding in Praxis, Part 1
The 14-point Spiritual Theory of Abiding (explained in the podcast “Abiding in 14 Points”) is simplified to the acrostic A.B.I.D.E.S. (All Day, Blocks of Time, In the Word and Prayer, Discipline, Everyone, Strategy). Dick Brogden examines the abiding praxis of seven significant missionaries to the Arab World in light of this theory. […]
The Significant 7
Between 1880 and 1920 several influential missionary pioneers worked in Muslim North Africa. Daniel Comboni (Catholic), Oswald Chambers (YMCA/Pentecostal League), Samuel Zwemer (Presbyterian), Temple Gairdner and Douglas Thornton (Anglicans), Lilias Trotter (Algerian Mission Band), and Lillian Trasher (Assemblies of God). In this podcast Dick Brogden gives short biographical reviews of their lives as they pertain to […]
