Merry Christmas from Kentucky and Zagreb! We're so grateful to be walking through this Advent season with you. This week we light the second Advent candle, the candle of peace. It reminds us of the angels' announcement at Jesus' birth: "Peace on earth, goodwill toward men" (Luke 2:14). The biblical word for peace is the … Continue reading Advent Prayers with The Biblical Institute: Peace (week 2)
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Ninth Anniversary
I've been in Zagreb since last Tuesday. In that time, we have hosted a group from America (wonderful brothers and sisters from the Cornerstone Christian Church, from Dallas / Farmers Branch, Texas) and hosted a major event (a two day symposium on the spiritual needs of teen agers.) In all the craziness, an important date … Continue reading Ninth Anniversary
Evangelical Engagement with Croatian Culture, pt 2
Yesterday I examined two models for evangelical engagement with non-practicing adherents of the state churches in Europe. I suggested that evangelicals should engage in a way modeled after the way the church in the Book of Acts interacted with the Jewish communities that surrounded it. The earliest Christ-followers were Jews themselves, in a country where … Continue reading Evangelical Engagement with Croatian Culture, pt 2
Why Should You Care, pt 1?
I've been posting about church planting in Croatia for a couple of weeks now. Today, I am reposting this, something I wrote several years ago (2019), about why American Christians should care about the work of the Kingdom of God in Croatia. Why should you care about the work of Biblijski institut (and dozens of … Continue reading Why Should You Care, pt 1?
DiscipleTrips
As I talk to American churches about the Biblical Institute of Zagreb and our work, one of the things I regularly hear is, "We would love to come and visit, but what would we do?" In American churches, it's traditional to send groups of people on missions trips to help build or maintain buildings at … Continue reading DiscipleTrips
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