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How is Biblical Conquest Different from Jihad?
1 minuteIn his review of Miroslav Volf’s Allah: A Christian Response in the most recent issue of the journal Themelios, Imad Shehadeh (Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan) perceives “a serious misunderstanding of God’s OT command to obliterate entire nations. It is very different than the qur’anic Jihad.” How then is Biblical conquest different from jihad? Shehadeh […]
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Peak in Our Apartment
1 minuteA lot of folks have been asking what our housing will be like in Cameroon. “Will you live in a house or a hut?” The short answer is “it depends.” But, fortunately for us, the on-campus housing where we are now offers what’s known as “pre-field preparation apartments” (PPA’s), accommodation that is designed to smooth […]
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For So Many Reasons
1 minutePoppy turned two. We celebrated being a family of three and look forward with glee at becoming a family of four. There are many reasons why I was extremely keen to have our friend Rhea Hickok photograph us when we dropped in on her family while traveling down to Texas. Not only is Rhea a […]
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Cooking with Daddy (Vegetarians Be Warned)
2 minutesThere have been many occasions where I have gotten the credit for cooking a delicious meal. Like the time our friends had a baby and we took them over a Shepherd’s Pie: the following Sunday the husband says to Drew, “Thank Emily for that wonderful Shepherd’s Pie”. Drew and I both laughed out loud at […]