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The Christmas Story: In Real Life

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Lindsay Gustafson

When we lived overseas, Christmas could be hard. Distance from family, none of the cultural reinforcements queuing that Christmas feeling and work didn’t really stop. One day years ago, reading […]

 Middle East Life  Advent, Christmas, Jerusalem, Nativity  Leave a comment

Education, Leadership, and Mission: A Critical View in a Critical Age

January 31, 2019July 8, 2020 Walid Zailaa

This article is adapted from a post on the ABTS blog on January 31, 2019. In a Middle East where corruption has become an integral part of the social fabric, where oppression has […]

 Articles, Current Events, Middle East Life  education, leadership, missions  Leave a comment

Light After Darkness: A Syrian Mother’s Story of Pain, Hope, and Learning to Dream Again

August 10, 2017July 8, 2020 LSESD (Lebanese Society for Educational and Social Development)

This article first appeared July 21, 2017 at Food for the Hungry. Across languages and cultures, mothers can relate to the deep emotions that children bring. Mothers carry a  daily […]

 Middle East Life, Stories  church, hope, refugee, Suffering, Syrian War  Leave a comment

Who Awaits the Messiah Most: Muslims or Christians?

February 16, 2017July 8, 2020 Jayson Casper

The full version of this article first appeared December 30, 2016 at Christianity Today as “Who Awaits the Messiah Most? Muslims” by Jayson Casper. Muslim belief in the end-times return of Jesus […]

 Islam in General, Middle East Life  Christian, Gospel, Middle East, Muslim  2 Comments

Muslims Turn to Christ in Unprecedented Numbers (Part 2)

December 8, 2016July 8, 2020 Janelle P.

This is part 2/2 of an article originally published by Open Doors, USA. Read Part 1 here. Muslims in the Middle East are turning to Jesus in unprecedented numbers. This […]

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Muslims Turn to Christ in Unprecedented Numbers

November 23, 2016July 8, 2020 Janelle P.

The Islamic State has been filling the headlines for a long time and filling the hearts of many people in the Middle East with fear. But in the midst of […]

 Current Events, Middle East Life  Christian, Gospel, Islam, Jesus, Middle East  1 Comment

Prohibiting Modesty: Should Religious Equality Apply to Muslims?

September 20, 2016July 8, 2020 Trevor Castor

Photographs of armed, male police officers forcing a Muslim woman to remove her over-garment on a public, French beach are currently trending on social media. The woman was told to […]

 Current Events, Middle East Life  church, love, modesty, Muslim, rights  Leave a comment

Vindicating Ishmael

May 3, 2016May 25, 2018 Tony Maalouf

The name “Mavia” does not strike a chord with many of us. Yet it is the name of a once-famous fourth-century woman who, as the Saracen queen, defeated the Arian Roman […]

 Articles, Middle East Life  Arab, Gospel, Ishmael, Middle East, Muslim, Palestine  Leave a comment
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Desperate Times: God is Writing a Story

March 15, 2016July 8, 2020 Mindy Belz

This article originally appeared at World Magazine online column, by Mindy Belz, Feb 19, 2016. Sometimes it seems the news from Iraq and Syria can’t get any worse. And then it does. But […]

 Articles, Current Events, Middle East Life, News and Media  church, God's story, Gospel, Middle East, peace, Refugee Crisis  Leave a comment

Terrorist Transformations

December 15, 2015November 15, 2018 Collin Abbey

Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the […]

 Articles, Current Events, Islam in General, Middle East Life  faithful, fear, Islam, Middle East, terrorism, transformation  Leave a comment

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During the current change and reconciliation momentum unfolding in the United States, is it acceptable, or even possible, that large numbers of American white churchgoers change their attitudes towards African Americans but keep the same attitudes towards Palestinians? And what victory for the Gospel could that be?

The sin of racism does not distinguish between “others;” therefore, advocacy for racial justice and reconciliation should cast the net as wide as possible – Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, Native Americans, Latin Americans, and other “others.”

Today, I challenge Evangelical pastors and leaders in the United States to listen to Palestinians just as they are listening now to their African American brothers and sisters.
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Can the American Church Also Engage with the Racism Against Palestinians? - The Acts 2:11 Project

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Amid the protests to the killing of George Floyd, many Evangelical pastors and leaders are speaking up and supporting racial justice, reconciliation, and public institution reform in the United States [...]
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