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1

Should Christians be Losers? Feat. D. Michael Clary

2

Engaging Islam with the Truth of the Trinity With Dr. Imad Shehadeh

3

A Defense Against Missions as Colonialism

4

Sustaining Grace Through Tragedy: The Bowers Shoot Down, 25 Years Later

5

Protestant Missions and the Catholic Question

6

Reaching Muslim Refugees With the Gospel

7

Demystifying the Order of Love

8

Global Persecution, Biblical Judgment, and Discernment on the Mission Field

9

What’s Happening in Iran? Protests, Crisis, and the Church

10

How to Develop Godly Grit With Kyle Farran

11

Thailand: A Strategic Missions Hub With Benjamin Collins

12

Why the Puritans Matter to Modern Missions With Stephen Yuille

13

Reforming Missions: A Conversation With Jerry Slate Jr.

14

Do You Believe in Miracles? What Acts Says With Dr. Darren Carlson

15

Paris – A City of Light and Mission With Billy Bean

16

New Name, Same Show

17

Evangelism and Missions in India With Aaron Menikoff and Harshit Singh

18

A Practical Theology of Persecution With Matt Rhodes

19

Holiday Special! Our Favorite Episodes from 2025

20

Church Planting From Bangladesh to NYC With Prodip Das

21

The Reality of Missions in Japan With Bill Petite

22

The Transcultural Gospel With E.D. Burns

23

Behind the Numbers: What’s Really Happening in Global Missions With Ted Esler

24

Islam’s War on Christians in Nigeria With Larry Alex Taunton

25

Is Persecution a Good Thing?

26

Need to Know Data on Church Missions Engagement With Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters

27

Collab: Nicene Creed and the Transcultural Gospel with Dr. Don Fairbairn and Cedar Crest Church

28

Your ‘World View’ Is Wrong: The Challenge and Blessing of Missionary Mapmaking

29

Why Church Planting Still Matters in America With Clare Jewell

30

If Bible Colleges Close, What Happens to Missions? With Dr. Jim Lytle

31

Bringing Christ to the Frontlines: Stories From North Africa

32

AI Translation, Culture, and the Myth of Missions Shortcuts

33

The Sin of Empathy? Leadership, Sabotage, and Missions With Joe Rigney

34

Missions and Philosophy: Does it Matter for Missionaries? With Dr. David Talcott

35

Penal Substitutionary Atonement and Theories of the Cross

36

Babies, Schools, and Church Planting in Papua New Guinea: Bill and Lori Smith

37

The Theology of AI With C.R. Wiley

38

The Dangers of Muslim Insider Movements and Translations With Dr. Ant Greenham

39

Cultural and Social Realities of Ministry in South Africa With Nate Bell

40

What Is a Nation and Why Does It Matter?

41

Motherhood on Mission: Purpose Amid the Mundane With Simona Gorton

42

Why Every Missionary Should be a Theologian

43

Missions and Animation: Examining the iBible With Steve Cleary

44

What New Data Says About Gospel Opportunity With Dr. Adam Rasmussen

45

Should Christians Read Fiction Books? With Dr. Marvin Newell

46

Mega Episode: HeartCry, Humility, and the Great Commission with Paul Washer

47

Theology of Money and Prosperity With Josiah Stowe

48

The Forgotten Attributes of God With Peter Sammons

49

Persecution, Sensationalism, and the Reality in Syria and Nigeria With Andy Coleman

50

Engaging the Heart in Missions With E.D. Burns (Part 2)

51

Engaging the Heart in Missions with Dr. E.D. Burns

52

How to Handle Theological Conflict With Joshua Howard

53

Ministry in Asia: Translation Work and Equipping the Asian Church (Part 2)

54

Ministry in Asia: The Realities of Family Life (Part 1)

55

Big News (If True)

56

A Light on a Hill: What Washington, D.C. Taught One Church About Missions With Caleb Morell

57

Who Is a Missionary? With Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters

58

Striving for the Faith in Philippians

59

Theology of the Church in Illegal Contexts

60

Building Christian Community in a Muslim Majority Country

61

Aaron Renn: Has the ‘Negative World’ Come to an End?

62

Is Singleness a Gift? With Mandi Vermilyea

63

The Gift of Singleness

64

How to Start Doing Evangelism Today With Jim Murphy

65

Don’t Make Evangelism a Transaction

66

Apologetics 101, Wesley Huff, Joe Rogan, and Presuppositionalism

67

A New Apologetic for Africa With Dr. Kevin Muriithi

68

The Need for an African Apologetic

69

Essential Lessons From Pastors to Missionaries

70

Telling Effective Missionary Stories with Tim Keesee

71

Missionary Stories the Church is Hungry for

72

Top 10 Missions Books to Read in 2025 with Chris Howles

73

Essential Books on Missions

74

The Best of 2024 – Year End Wrap Up

75

What We Learned This Year

76

The Gospel Worth Dying for – The Testimony of John and Betty Stam With Andrew Montonera

77

The Martyrdom of John and Betty Stam

78

Making House Churches Work With Matt Lynskey

79

Becoming at Home With House Churches

80

What You Didn’t Know About D.L. Moody

81

The Forerunner of Modern Missions

82

How to Get Students to Do Evangelism With Greg Stier

83

Are we in the Golden Age of Evangelism?

84

Defining the Missionary Call and Training With E.D. Burns

85

What is a Missionary Call?

86

Diagnosing Church Leadership Problems With Joel Wayne

87

Take Your Eyes off Your Church

88

Mailbag: Generosity in Hard Financial Circumstances

89

Prioritizing the Old Ways in Missions With Kevin DeYoung | Missionary 2024

90

Ministry in Life’s Later Years With Brad Buser | Missionary 2024

91

Optimizing Ministry Partnerships With Ryan Robertson and Duane Tweeten | Missionary 2024

92

What’s Going on in Nicaea? | Missionary 2024

93

Plan Your Generosity, God Provides For It

94

Confessionalism and the 1689 London Confession With Dr. James Renihan | Missionary 2024

95

What Lausanne Was Really Like With Paul Davis

96

What is Really Happening in Modern Missions? Chad Vegas | Missionary 2024

97

The Forgotten Doctrine With Jonathan Master | Missionary 2024

98

The State of Christianity in Africa With Conrad Mbewe | Missionary 2024

99

The Job of Pastors and What Lausanne Does Well

100

Why Have the Missionary Conference? Brooks Buser | Missionary 2024

101

How to Reach Tribal People With Steve Sanford

102

The Supernatural Act of Raising Up New Believers to Leaders

103

Reliance on God and the Importance of Faithful Men in Missions With Paul Washer at Missionary

104

Don’t Rely on Intelligence. Rely on God Through Prayer | Paul Washer

105

Is Israel Still Important to Missions? With Stephen Atkinson and Gregg Kite

106

What The Gentile Church Owes to the Jews

107

Prayer Habits From Top Ministry Leaders With Peter Greer

108

Are you Relying on Your Own Competence Rather Than God?

109

Urban Elites and the Unreached in South Asia

110

Reaching University Students To Reach The Poor in South Asia

111

Worship Practices and Liturgies with Zac Hicks

112

Worship is an Encounter With the Living God

113

The State of the Pro-Life Movement with Sarah Tarnowski with Love Life

114

You Can’t End Abortion Singlehandedly

115

Refugees Reaching Muslims in the United States: Discussing the Afghan Initiative

116

Becoming Family With Those You Are Ministering To

117

The Power of God’s Word in Today’s World With Dirk Smith

118

A Single Bible Can Change Someone’s Life

119

Lessons From the Persecuted Church With Ryan Brown

120

The Danger of Being Discipled by Our Culture

121

The Truth About the Crusades and ‘Radical’ Islam With Raymond Ibrahim

122

Why Islam Isn’t Neutral

123

Andrew Fuller and Combating Hyper-Calvinism With Jared Longshore

124

Hyper-Calvinism and Pastor Andrew Fuller

125

Send Well or Not at All With Mike G.

126

Big Announcement!

127

What The Global South Needs From Missionaries

128

A New Apologetic to Muslims with Matt Bennett

129

Christians Provide a Hopeful Alternative to Islam

130

The Persecuted Church in Iran with Lana Silk

131

It Costs Iranians Something to Follow Christ

132

The Simplicity of God | Classical Theology with Jeriah Shank

133

All That Is in God Is God

134

Moldova and the Pursuit of Proper Doctrine With Mihai Chisari

135

Encouraging the Church in Moldova to be Faithful

136

Depth and Breadth – The State of Christianity in Brazil with Diego Dy Carlos

137

The Church in Brazil Needs More Writers and Thinkers to Thrive

138

God’s Call to Be Radically Ordinary in Our Faith With Michael Horton

139

Not Everyone is Supposed to be ‘Radical’

140

Beheading Statues and Engaging the Public Sphere With Ben Zeisloft

141

The Christian Origins of the First Amendment

142

Christian Nationalism and the Nations: David Schrock and Steve Wellum

143

Every Nation is Religious

144

What To Know Before You Go: A Conversation with Matt Bennett and Josh Bowman

145

Men Struggling With Identity During Their First Year on the Field

146

The Land Down Under: Evangelism Challenges in Australia with Russ Matthews

147

Secularization and Opportunity in Australia

148

The Challenges of Worldwide Orphan Ministry With Nicole Wilke

149

The Scientific and Spiritual Evidence for Children in Families

150

Exposing the Errors of the ‘Second Great Awakening’ With Paul Davis

151

Is Numbers-Based Evangelism Destroying the Church?

152

Why Are The Unreached Unreached?

153

No Drone Strikes in Missions

154

Reaching the ‘Reached’ and Challenging Missions Shibboleths: Trevor Holloway Joins

155

Shamanism in the Church?

156

The Crisis in Manipur, India: Pastor Stephen Shares

157

The Boldness of the Church in India

158

Dawkins, Haiti, and Christendom: A Missions News Rundown

159

Christianity Will Win

160

Beyond Winsomeness: Michael Clary on the Church Planting Movement and Contextualization in an Age of Sexual Confusion

161

We’ve Gotten the Missional Thing Backwards

162

Cloud of Witnesses Ep. 5: Surrendering to the Lord’s Leading

163

A Crisis in Evangelism? A Conversation With Paul Akin

164

The 747 Principle

165

Cloud of Witnesses Ep. 4: Focusing on the Family

166

Globalization and Blind Spots: Dr. Craig Ott on Contextualization

167

The Future of the Missionary Workforce

168

Cloud of Witnesses Ep. 3: Staying Faithful Where You’re Called

169

What Every Missionary Needs to Know About Language Acquisition: Jim Ruff Explains

170

Why Language Learning Is Everything

171

Cloud of Witnesses Ep. 2: Flying by Faith

172

Evangelism, Media, and Saving the Unborn With Jon Speed

173

Cloud of Witnesses Ep. 1: Serving Through Suffering

174

The Problem With the Pro-Life Movement

175

Who Was John Nevius? Joshua Bowman on the Missionary to China and Three-Self Missiology

176

Coming Up: Who Was John Nevius?

177

Preserving Missionary Fervor in Our Lives and Institutions: Brooks Buser and Pat Daly Discuss ‘Missionary’

178

Building Missional Institutions

179

Paul Planted, Apollos Watered, but God: Chris Sadowitz on Weakness in Missions

180

Thank God for Thomas

181

Mailbag: Neglecting the Unreached and Fighting Heresy

182

Many Teachers, Few Fathers

183

Ludwig Krapf: Who He Was and Why You’ve Never Heard of Him

184

The Surprising Reason Swahili Uses Roman Script

185

Demonology for the Global Church: Scott MacDonald on a Biblical Approach to the Unseen Realm

186

Why You Should Reject Dualism

187

What’s Happening in Global Theological Education in 2024: Dr. Michael Ortiz Speaks

188

Why You Must Measure Impact, Not Just Activity

189

Virtuous Persuasion: Redefining Missions With Michael Niebauer

190

Doing Ethical Missions

191

The Persecuted Church in Nigeria With Judd Saul

192

Islamic Takeover of Africa?

193

A Theology of the Cross in Missions: Tim Bertolet Explains

194

Who Are We Boasting In?

195

New Year’s Eve Countdown: 2024’s Must-Read Missions Books

196

Why Christianity Is Altogether Unique

197

Christmas Year in Review: Top Episodes, World Events, and Lessons Learned

198

Do Scott and Alex Disagree?

199

Doing Honest Missions History With Ed Smither

200

Missionary Monks?

201

Voddie Baucham on Education, Mission, and Christian Culture-Building

202

Voddie: Missionaries Aren’t All ‘Green Berets’

203

More Modern Lessons From Medieval Missions With Glenn Sunshine

204

Unlearning Myths About Colonialism

205

Medieval Missions Explored: Boniface, Patrick, and More With Glenn Sunshine

206

No, Christianity Didn’t Spread by Conquest

207

’Tis the Season to Rethink Outreach?

208

The Goodness of Christian Culture

209

Artificial Intelligence and World Missions

210

The Lie of Transhumanism

211

Letting the Gospel Wreck Your Life: Scott Dunford Shares

212

The Danger of Missions Conferences

213

Navigating the Uncharted: A Conversation with Emily Bennett on ‘Before You Go’

214

Emily Bennett: You Don’t Become Bold Overnight

215

Israel, Palestine, and the Gospel

216

Why Is Antisemitism on the Rise?

217

Erased: What Every Believer Needs to Know About the Armenian Christian Genocide, Then and Now—With Joel Veldkamp

218

Genocide Against Christians?

219

Crisis in Missions? Independent Filmmaker David Griffin Speaks

220

Spurgeon and Effective Evangelism

221

Are We ‘Unhinged’? What Genocide, Assassination, and Other Current News Means for Missions

222

A World in Chaos

223

Preaching People Out of the Pews: How to Mobilize From the Pulpit

224

Guilt-Free Preaching

225

What Is Karmic Christianity? An Interview With E.D. Burns

226

Planting by Pastoring: A Vision for Starting a Healthy Church With Nathan Knight

227

If We Get This Wrong, Nothing Else Matters

228

Biblical Headship and Its Missiological Implications: Scott Callaham Returns

229

What It Takes to Be a Missionary

230

Unleashing Spiritual Gifts in Missions: A Conversation with David Rogers

231

Must All Missionaries Have the ‘Gift of Evangelism’?

232

Missionary Virtue in Action: A Look at Philippians 2

233

Love Is Costly

234

Launch Day Announcement

235

Missions Mobilization in a Post-Pandemic World

236

The Most Effective Mobilizers

237

Learning From William Chalmers Burns: Ian Hamilton | Radius 2023

238

Local Church Centered Missions With Ryan Robertson | Radius 2023

239

Parenting as a Missionary: Rachel Explains | Radius 2023

240

What God Is Doing Through ABWE: Jason Phillips Shares | Radius 2023

241

What Is the Missions Course? Luke Womack and Barry Brown Answer | Radius 2023

242

What Women Should Know to Prepare for Missionary Life: Nina Buser | Radius 2023

243

Strategic Retreat? Scott and Alex on Blue States and the Joel Webbon Controversy

244

Why You Must Know & Train Your Missionaries: Brian Murphy | Radius 2023

245

Brad Buser on Suffering and Resilience | Radius 2023

246

Leaving Blue States?

247

The Caste System & the Homogenous Unit Principle With Aubrey Sequeira | Radius 2023

248

Why Penal Substitutionary Atonement? Aubrey Sequeira | Radius 2023

249

Why Reach Japan? Joel Diffenderfer Shares | Radius 2023

250

Jonathan Master on the Missional Legacy of Old Princeton | Radius 2023

251

Chad Vegas on the Clarity of the Gospel | Radius 2023

252

Missionary Mama’s Survival Guide: Advice from Tori Haverkamp for Parents and Grandparents

253

The Holy Privilege of Raising MKs

254

What We’re Up To

255

Responding to the ‘No Shortcut to Success’ Controversy

256

About That ‘No Shortcuts’ Review…

257

Apologetics in a Chaotic World

258

What Romans 1 Means for Apologetics Today

259

China and the Future of Missions

260

We Can’t Be So Risk-Averse That We Do Nothing

261

Exposing Pastoral Blindspots: Paul Davis on Common Missions Mistakes

262

What We Get Wrong About Accountability

263

Why the Ascension Matters for Missionaries: Tim Bertolet

264

The Cross in Context? Exploring Atonement and Contextualization with Brad Vaughn

265

Is All Theology ‘Contextual’?

266

Saving God’s Face? A Dialogue With Brad Vaughn on Honor and Shame

267

Honor, Shame, and the Atonement

268

Spiritual Warfare in the News: A Missions Perspective

269

Spiritual Warfare in the News

270

How to Raise Men for the Church and the Mission Field: Ray Brandon

271

Men’s Role in the Mission

272

What About Orality? Jonathan Worthington Answers

273

Is Literacy Overrated?

274

Healthy Missionaries, Healthy Christians: Mason King on Spiritual Disciplines

275

Why We Avoid God

276

Making Disciples in Light of the Trinity: Chase Davis

277

Yes, You Can Just Be Yourself

278

The Resurrection and Mission With Dr. Tim Bertolet

279

It’s Friday, but Sunday’s Coming

280

Recovering Our Ambition: Alex Kocman on Romans 15

281

Calling and Desire

282

MEGA Episode: A Debate on Prioritism and Holism With Ray Norman and Alex Kocman

283

What’s At Stake if We Don’t Preach Christ

284

Does the Church Have One Mission or Two? ‘Come and See’ Author Justin Schell

285

Words and Deeds: One Mission or Two?

286

Can We Learn From Movements? JR Stevenson on What the Reformed and Movements Can Learn From Each Other

287

Are We Wrong About Movements?

288

Is Revival Biblical?

289

The True Sign of Revival

290

Is Missions in the Old Testament?

291

Partnering on Mission: Why Church Associationalism Matters With Dr. James Renihan

292

Jim Renihan: The Missional Advantage of Church Partnership

293

Hope for American Evangelicals: A Missionary Perspective on Restoring Our Broken House With Matt Bennett

294

What the Church Has That the World Doesn’t

295

You Are Sent: A Conversation With Nathan Sloan

296

Why Do We Even Need Missions?

297

MEGA Episode: What Is a Nation? Vishal Mangalwadi on the Great Commission

298

What Genesis Means by ‘Nation’

299

Poland, Ukraine, and Ministering Amid International Crisis: Pastor Maksym’s Story

300

Pastoring Through Ethnic Tensions in Eastern Europe

301

What About My Kids? Cheryl Winget on MK Education and Parenting on the Field

302

What Makes Raising MKs Different

303

Should We Use the ‘M’ Word?

304

Should We Be Using the Word “Missionary”?

305

Top 10 Missions Books to Read in 2023: Chris Howles Shares

306

Required Reading for 2023

307

The Mission of Christmas

308

Advent and Missions

309

How to Care for Parents of Missionaries

310

What About Parents of Missionaries?

311

How to Last in Ministry: Josh Zeichik on the Temptations of Leadership

312

Good News: God Doesn’t Need You

313

How to Hold the Rope: Ryan Martin on Caring for Missionaries

314

Mobilization Starts in the Church

315

What’s Best Next: Missions and Productivity With Matt Perman

316

Missionary: Know Your Limits

317

Is the Commission Still Great? Steve Richardson Answers

318

The Most Important Thing Happening in the World Right Now

319

What Is Discipleship?

320

Christian: You’re Called to the Church

321

When Helping Hurts With Brian Fikkert

322

Why Poverty Relief Often Fails

323

How Should Christians Respond When the Foreigner Comes?

324

God’s Heart for the Nations

325

Missions History and Adoption: Dr. John Mark Yeats – #FTC22

326

Muslims and the Adopting Love of God With Joe Allen – #FTC22

327

Missions in the Old Testament and in the Horn of Africa: Jason DeRouchie Explains – #FTC22

328

Turnaround: Dr. Jason Allen on Transformative Leadership in Ministry – #FTC22

329

Charles Spurgeon as a Sending Pastor With Geoff Chang – #FTC22

330

The ‘Simple’ Trinity in Missions: Matthew Barrett – #FTC22

331

Is Missions Easier Than You Think? Steven Wendel Explains – #FTC22

332

What Is Fusion? Erik Odegard Answers – #FTC22

333

Cooperation, Direct Sending, or Both? Paul Davis Answers – #FTC22

334

When Couples Disagree About Their Calling: Scott and Tara Dunford Share

335

Give the Holy Spirit Some Credit

336

Seeds and Stars: Resting in Christ for Great Commission Service With E.D. Burns

337

The Power Is in the Seed, Not the Seed Thrower

338

A Pastoral Approach to Theological Training

339

The Right Type of Training

340

The Air We Breathe: Glen Scrivener on the Ghost of Christianity in Western Culture

341

The Shadow of the Cross Over the West

342

The Beauty of International Churches: Dr. Michael Crane

343

Church: Don’t Be Comfortable With Just Who You Have

344

When a Sending Church Un-Sends a Missionary

345

Christian: Remember Who You Are in Christ

346

Josh McDowell: What Missionaries Need to Know About Apologetics

347

Josh McDowell: Are You Ready to Give an Answer?

348

What Motivates Gen Z Towards Missions?

349

The Difference Between Millennials and Gen Z

350

Medical Missions, Church Planting, and Lessons Learned in Africa: Steven Chmil

351

Having Surgical Precision in Doctrine

352

Mission-Driven Christian Leadership in Cowardly Times: Joel Wayne

353

Will Christian Leaders Speak Up?

354

‘Glurbanization,’ Church Planting, and Why Our Definition of ‘People Group’ Is Outdated: Dr. Michael Crane

355

Missiology Needs to Change

356

#RMC22: The Final Word

357

#RMC22: Steve Meister on Classical Hermeneutics and Bible Translation

358

#RMC22: Growing in Grace as a Missionary With Jonathan Master

359

#RMC22: What You Might Not Know About Missions in Asia: Wayne Chen

360

#RMC22: Brad Buser on Missionary Endurance

361

#RMC22: Ian Hamilton on the Missionary Life as Abiding in Christ

362

#RMC22: Brooks Buser on Leaving Well

363

#RMC22: Kevin DeYoung on the Mission of the Church

364

#RMC22: Are We Idolizing Missions? A Chat With Chad Vegas

365

#RMC22: Why the Radius Missiology Conference?

366

Missionary Security, Big Tech, and Cancel Culture

367

How to Talk to a Missionary in a Closed Country

368

The ‘Three Worlds’ of Evangelicalism: A Paradigm for Missions? Aaron Renn Answers

369

When Did Christianity Become So Unpopular?

370

The Stranger on Our Shore With Joshua Sherif

371

Do Christians Love Foreigners?

372

Pride, Culture, and Mission With Josh Teis

373

How Should We Talk About Sexual Sin?

374

How to Reach LGBTQ With the Gospel: Jim Childs

375

Why Missionaries Must Read Old Books: Banner of Truth’s John Rawlinson

376

Too Busy Chasing Methods?

377

When Helping Works: Michael Badriaki on Western Dependence in Uganda

378

What’s Wrong With Creating ‘Dependence?’

379

What Is Every Christian’s Calling?

380

Does Evangelism Have to Be Scary?

381

Let’s Talk About Evangelism

382

T4G22: Jason Allen on Building Missions Cultures in Christian Leadership

383

T4G22: Brooks Buser on Missionary Training That Matters

384

T4G22: The Need for Church Planting With Thad Bergmeier

385

T4G22: Why the Need for Speed in Missions? Sean DeMars and Caleb Morrell

386

T4G22: Ryan Robertson on Reaching and Teaching

387

T4G22: Matt Bennett on the Qur’an and the Christian

388

T4G22: Charles Smith and Paul Davis on Missions, Education, and the Church

389

T4G22: Zane Pratt on Methods and Defining ‘Church’

390

T4G22: Why National Partnerships? David Prairie on Live Global

391

T4G22: Why Upstream Sending? Nathan Sloan Shares

392

T4G22: Women and Singles in Missions? Lisa LaGeorge’s Take

393

T4G22: Prayer and Movements? Jonathan Arnold Explains

394

The Russian Church, Ukraine, and What American Christians Can Learn: Yevgeny Bakhmutsky at T4G22

395

Live at T4G22

396

Peter Greer: Helping Without Hurting, Avoiding Mission Drift, and Supporting Enterprise

397

Admitting When Helping Hurts: Peter Greer

398

Doing Ministry Out of the Overflow: Kyle Farran

399

Who Will Hear ‘Well Done’?

400

Doing Missions Committees Right: Paul Davis Shares

401

Are Missions Committees Even Biblical?

402

Jesus, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union: Duane Early

403

Will the Soviet Union Return?

404

How One Missionary Started a Century-Long Movement: Jim Ruff on ABWE Founder Raphael Thomas

405

Jesus’ Imminent Return?

406

The Forgotten Principle of Money and Missions: Conley Owens on ‘The Dorean Principle’

407

Ukraine Refugee Update: Caleb Suko Exclusive

408

What if Everyone Fundraised Like a Missionary?

409

Nik Ripken on Persecution, Missions, and Ukraine

410

Nik Ripken: ‘You Get the Country You Deserve’

411

No Shortcuts to Success: Matt Rhodes’ ‘Manifesto’

412

Mission Affirmed: Elliot Clark on Recovering Paul’s Missionary Motivation

413

What Elliot Clark Would Do Differently

414

Helping Goers Think and Thinkers Go: Paul Davis on Media and Missions

415

What Is a Church For?

416

Ukraine From the Ground: Caleb Suko Reports

417

Ukraine and Psalm 31

418

Sending When It Hurts: Josh Teis on the Pastor’s Job in Mobilization

419

The Biblical Case for the Faith Support Model: Steve Shadrach Shares

420

Is Raising Support Biblical? Steve Shadrach Answers

421

Chad Vegas: Defining the ‘Proclamational Model’ (Part 2)

422

Chad Vegas: The Bottom Line

423

Chad Vegas: Defining the ‘Proclamational Model’ (Part 1)

424

Chad Vegas: Why Evangelism Is Confrontational

425

Refresh: Doing Short-Term Missions Responsibly With Jason Phillips

426

Away From Home for the Holidays: A Missionary Perspective From Stephanie Boon

427

Saving Babies’ Lives in Papua New Guinea: Lori Smith Speaks

428

Amazing Pro-Life Ministry Happening in Papua New Guinea

429

Thinking Like a Missionary: Mary, Catholicism, and Syncretism

430

Mary and Idolatry

431

Why Target Unreached People Groups?

432

Cover Blown: How a Missionary Got Kicked Out of Country

433

Doctrine, Pragmatism, and Movements: A Discussion With Ted Esler (Part 2)

434

Why Fruit Isn’t About Numbers

435

Doctrine, Pragmatism, and Movements: A Discussion With Ted Esler (Part 1)

436

Pathological Ecclesiology?

437

Suffering, Eschatology, and the Glorious Reward in Missions

438

The School of Suffering

439

Is Obedience-Based Discipleship Biblical? Alex and Scott Discuss

440

The Problem With Obedience-Based Discipleship

441

The Case for Missionary Care With Ryan Martin

442

Why It’s Hard to Care for Missionaries

443

Reaching Europe Through Liturgy? Melissa Baccarella and Andy Messmer

444

How Your Worship Is Shaping You

445

Multiethnic or Homogeneous? A Discussion on Church Planting

446

People Group Targeting or Multiethnic Church?

447

Does Generation Z Care About Missions? Tanner and Amber Callison Respond

448

How Do We Mobilize the Next Generation?

449

The Transcultural Gospel: E.D. Burns

450

E.D. Burns: What All Religions Have in Common

451

Is Innovation in Ministry Biblical? A Dialogue With Ted Esler

452

Why Culture Isn’t Sacred

453

C.S. Lewis and Mission: Dan DeWitt on Recapturing Our Cultural Imagination

454

Learning Missions From C.S. Lewis?

455

Brian Nester: Legendary Mobilizer

456

Responding to the Global Abortion Pandemic: John Ensor of PassionLife

457

4 Questions About Abortion

458

Why Medical Missions Matters: Katie Webb at Cedarville University

459

Sent From Zambia to South Asia: Joshua Bowman Explains

460

Can Parachurch Ministries Serve the Church? Thomas White and Paul Davis Answer

461

What’s Up With Gen Z?

462

Afghanistan, Islam, and Missions: Matt Bennett Joins

463

North Korea, Persecution, and Insider Movements: James Cha

464

Mind-Blowing Stories From North Korea

465

Translating the Bible Isn’t Enough: Kyle D. on Bible Translation and Church Planting

466

You Can’t Have Bible Without Church

467

Why Brick and Mortar Matter: Tim Hunsicker on Construction in Missions

468

More Than Digging Wells?

469

Roman Catholicism, Spain, and Liturgy: Andy Messmer Speaks

470

Why Worship Matters

471

Thinking Christianly About Haiti

472

What the News Won’t Tell You About Haiti

473

Some Mocked, But Some Believed: Scott Dunford on Acts 17

474

The Bee Line to Christ

475

When Doors Close: Carol Ghattas on Changing Course in Missions

476

#RMC21 Panel 2: Sending Well With Paul Davis, Chad Vegas, and Barry Brown

477

#RMC21: Wayne Chen on Overcoming Apathy and Suffering Well

478

#RMC21: Rick Davis of Engage Global Explains Hands-On Missions Training

479

#RMC21: Chad Vegas and Alex Kocman on Their Upcoming Book on Missions

480

#RMC21 Panel 1: Trends in Missions With Chad Vegas, Paul Davis, Wayne Chen, and Brad Buser

481

#RMC21: Mark Dever on Pragmatism, Ecclesiology, and the Post-COVID Church

482

#RMC21: Luke Womack on Why Student Debt Is Dumb

483

#RMC21: Jim Jordan on Church-Based International Theological Training

484

#RMC21: The Cost and Prize of Long-Term Missions

485

Reforming Short-Term Missions: Chip Lamca Explains

486

What Short-Term Trips Can’t Do

487

Why the Great Commission Doesn’t Mean What You Think

488

Do ‘Anything Short of Sin’?

489

Exposing and Fixing Pragmatism in Movements

490

‘Disturbing’ Findings on the Field

491

Heresy and Contextualization: Tim Bertolet on Galatians

492

Context Isn’t Everything

493

Navigating Theological Disagreement on the Mission Field

494

The Good Ol’ Baptist Boy

495

Why Every Christian Isn’t a Missionary: Conversations on When Everything Is Missions with Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters

496

The Crisis in Missions

497

How to Share Christ With Muslims During Ramadan: Matt Bennett Speaks

498

Earning Salvation During Ramadan

499

From Hinduism to Christ

500

What Wins Hindus

501

Parents, Goodbyes, and the Cost of Missions for Families

502

What It’s Like Sending Your Kids Somewhere Dangerous

503

Prayer as Warfare: A Front-Lines Perspective With Dr. Tom Kendall

504

Where Everything Is Supernatural

505

‘Reverse Missions’ and Global Christianity

506

Maybe We’re the Ones Who Need the Missionaries

507

Mercy, Justice, and Missions: Dr. George Grant

508

Preview: What Happened to Mercy Ministry?

509

Mega Episode: Honor, Shame, and the Gospel With Chris Flanders

510

Preview: Honor-Shame and the Atonement

511

Leading With Vision (For Normal People) With Bob Bixby

512

Preview: What Is Vision?

513

Online Education and Global Theological Famine

514

Preview: Doing Theological Education Wrong

515

Is the Missions ‘Guilt Trip’ Biblical? Guest: Paul Davis

516

Preview: The Guilt Trip

517

What’s Happening to Myanmar and Why It Matters for Missions

518

Preview: What’s Happening to Myanmar?

519

Lisa LaGeorge on Women’s Roles and Short-Term Missions

520

Preview: What’s Stopping Women From Using Their Gifts?

521

The Dangers of Syncretism and How to Avoid It

522

Preview: Syncretism in Missions?

523

Who Was George Liele? Jason Duesing on the First African American Missionary

524

Carl Trueman: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

525

Thad Bergmeier on the Power of Prayer in Missions

526

Dan Strange: A Theology of Religions and The Southgate Fellowship

527

How Technology Is Transforming Missions

528

Thor Madsen: Why Missionaries Need to Know Philosophy

529

Christmas Episode: Can Missions Be ‘Incarnational’?

530

Christian Nationalism, Patriotism, and Globalism

531

James Dolezal: What Every Missionary Needs to Know About the Doctrine of God

532

How to Tell Good Missionary Stories—Without Lying

533

Has the White Savior Complex Infected Evangelical Missions?

534

Paul Davis on Why Baptism Matters to Missions

535

Are Short-Term Missions Trips Dead? Jason Phillips Answers

536

Do Missionaries Need to Meet the Biblical Qualifications for Elders?

537

The Dangers of Insider Bible Translations: The Arlington Statement

538

How to Be a Word-Centered Missionary: E.D. Burns

539

Was Adam a Missionary? Matthew Newkirk on the Creation Mandate and Missions

540

Know Your Place: How to Identify and Study Your Mission Field

541

Throwback: The Greatest Injustice With Chad Vegas

542

American Gospel or Biblical Gospel? Sean DeMars on the Danger of Prosperity Preaching

543

Evangelize or Civilize? C.J. Moore on William Carey

544

Are International Churches Missional? Scott Zeller on Pastoring Expats

545

Brooks Buser Answers: How Dare Missionaries Seek to Convert?

546

Critical Theory, Post-Colonialism, and Missions: Neil Shenvi on Social Justice

547

Missions History in a ‘Cancel Culture’ Age: Jonathan Arnold Explains

548

Tragedy in Beirut and What It Means for Missions: Pierre Houssney Speaks

549

Is Netflix Killing Missions? Tony Reinke on Media and Technology

550

Apologetics, Evangelism, and Revival in Norway: Nahum O’Brien and Edvard Moe Explain

551

Should We ‘Follow the Science’ in Missions?

552

Theological Famine in the Pacific Islands: Chris Bruno Speaks

553

The Power of God in Missions

554

How to Be a Next-Level Sending Church

555

Before You Quit: Doug Gehman on Perseverance

556

Disaster, Discipleship, and the Developing World: Smita Singh on Cyclone Ampham

557

Sheriff Chris Swanson on Faith, Justice, and Missions

558

Fearless Leadership in Fearful Days: Charles Smith Speaks

559

Questioning Contextualization? With C.R. Wiley

560

What Is Happening to China’s Uyghurs?

561

Nathan Sloan on the Sacrifice of Sending

562

Has COVID-19 Halted Global Missions? Paul Davis Answers

563

The Biblical Way to Raise Support During Financial Crisis

564

When the Church Can’t Gather: Pandemics, Persecution, and Worship on the Mission Field

565

T4G20 Panel: The Local Church and the Nations

566

Dr. Robin Hadaway on Reaching Folk Muslims

567

What Does COVID-19 Mean for Medical Missions?

568

Coronavirus and Plague: Lessons From Church History With Glenn Sunshine

569

God’s Law or Sharia? 40 Questions About Islam With Matt Bennett

570

Serve in Place: Missions in a Pandemic

571

Paul Davis: Why the Gospel Must Be ‘Preached’

572

Soleimani, Iran, and the Gospel

573

Is Christianity a ‘Western Religion’? The Ancient Path in Asia

574

Special Episode: How Does Coronavirus Affect Missions?

575

From Africa to the Abortion Clinic: Anthony Mathenia on Suffering and the Sovereignty in Evangelism

576

Can Soldiers Become Missionaries? Rich Culp on Military Ministry

577

How Do Chinese Christians Think? Diane Poythress on the Church in Asia

578

The Tragic Fruit of Liberalism in Missions: Mark Tatlock Explains

579

Translating the Bible in 40 Weeks? Dan Kramer on Bible Translation Methods

580

Mailbag: Finishing the Task, Counting Converts, and Defining the ‘Call’

581

Presuppositional Apologetics in Missions: Vern Poythress Explains

582

Reaching Ferguson, Missouri: Chris Brown on Urban Church Planting

583

Insider Movements: Definitions and Dangers With Matthew Bennett

584

Throwback: Is Every Christian a Missionary? Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters Answer

585

Bonus Episode: The Government Shall Be Upon His Shoulder

586

Disagreeing Agreeably: An Honest Discussion on Separation, Fundamentalism, and Cooperation with Josh Teis

587

Children: An Overlooked Mission Field? Taylor Lassiter on Children’s Ministry Overseas

588

Should Emotions Motivate Missions? Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd, and Religious Affections With Ryan Martin

589

Panel: Why Marketplace Missions Matters But Isn’t a Silver Bullet

590

Engaging the Cults With Summer Jaeger

591

The Life of the Missionary Wife: Heather Farran on Motherhood on the Field

592

A Theology of Language: Dr. Vern Poythress Speaks

593

Is All Theology Cultural? Biblical Authority and Contextualization

594

Why Europe Needs Missionaries: Jonathan Kleis on Reaching Roman Catholics in Italy

595

Disciple-Making Movements: A Critical Discussion With Dr. Glenn Sunshine

596

C.R. Wiley on Missions, the Household, and the Cosmos

597

Why Theology Must Shape Mission: A Chat With Zane Pratt

598

Christopher Yuan on Holy Sexuality and the Gospel

599

Why Character Matters in Ministry: Paul Davis on Knowing Christ

600

What Happens When Missionaries Get Kicked Out? John Klaassen Answers

601

Michael Foster on the Crisis of Masculinity and Missions

602

Special Episode: What Do the Hong Kong Protests Have to Do With Missions?

603

Race, Evolution, and Missions: Charles Ware Speaks

604

Brooks Buser on the Urgency of Eternity and the Dangers of Pragmatism

605

Is ‘Marketplace Missions’ Sustainable? Mark Silvers Talks Mobilization

606

What Missionaries Need to Know About the Faith and Works Debate: Chris Bruno on Justification and the Missiology of Paul and James

607

What Is the Mission of God’s People?

608

How Much Do the Unreached Know? Natural Revelation and Evangelism

609

Brad Buser on Tribal Religion, Contextualization, and Disciple-Making Movements

610

Longevity and Endurance in Church Planting: Bob Trout Shares

611

Benjamin Vrbicek: Don’t Just Send a Resume to a Church—Or a Missions Agency

612

Are Honor and Shame the Keys to Cross-Cultural Evangelism?

613

Your Questions (Finally) Answered: Mailbag Episode

614

Rachel Jankovic on Identity, Christian Women, and the Mission Field of Motherhood

615

Faithfulness or Pragmatism? Andy Johnson on Methodologies

616

Fouad Masri on What Christians Get Wrong About Reaching Muslims

617

Should Missions Be ‘Radical’ or Ordinary? Michael Horton Answers

618

Why Aren’t We Talking About ‘Gospel Privilege’? Chad Vegas Answers

619

Dean Inserra on How to Reach America’s Most-Underrated Mission Field

620

Culture: When to Bend, When to Break—Kenneth Nehrbass Explains

621

Do We Need to Redefine Unreached? Matthew Bennett Answers

622

What Every Missionary Needs to Know About Lament: Mark Vroegop Explains

623

Muslim Refugees Meeting Christ: Darren Carlson on ‘Jesus in Athens’ Documentary

624

The Life of the Missionary Mind

625

Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore on the Priority of Preaching, God’s Sovereignty, and Discernment

626

Should We Stop Sending Indebted Missionaries? Luke Womack on Student Loans

627

Why You Should ‘Adult’ Before Pursuing Missions: A Chat With Lori McDaniel

628

The Number One Reason Missionaries Go Home

629

A Biblical Theology of Spiritual Warfare and Missions

630

Micah Fries: What Christians Should Know About Islam in North America

631

Fighting Abortion in Ukraine With the Gospel: Holly Friesen on Medical Missions

632

Breaking Down Cultural Walls to Reach Muslims: Mariya Dostzadah’s Story

633

Porn: the Killer of Missions—With Benjamin Vrbicek

634

Danny Akin on Mobilizing Millennials — and Young Men

635

How to Think Like a Missionary: David Doran Jr. on Missional Living

636

What Are Worldviews and How Do They Change? John Mark Yeats on Paul Hiebert

637

How Many Unreached Are There Really? A Chat on Statistics With Justin Long

638

Special Episode: Scott’s Transition and Church Planting in Silicon Valley

639

What Is Gospel-Centered Missions?

640

John Chau: Missions, Methodology, and Martyrdom

641

Mere Hope: Jason Duesing on Missionary Hope in a Cynical Age

642

Mentorship: the Missing Ingredient in Missions? With Marvin Brubacher

643

Andrew Fuller: The Man Behind the Man Behind Modern Missions — With Travis Myers

644

Church Planting in the Middle East Through Business as Mission

645

Trauma, Sex Trafficking, and Gospel Ministry in India With Smita Singh

646

How Missionaries Should Think About Economics With Matthew Arbo

647

What Is a Missionary “Calling”? Caleb Suko Answers

648

How Iran’s Underground Church Is Miraculously Growing

649

What Is Life Really Like in a 99.9% Muslim Country?

650

Tom Schreiner: What Is the Role of the Holy Spirit and Miracles in Missions?

651

John Taylor: 5 Problems With Money, Nationals, and Helping That Hurts

652

Conrad Mbewe: Combatting Prosperity Teaching in Africa

653

Does Business as Mission Work?

654

Serving Christ in Suffering: Jenn DeKryger on Togo and the Loss of Todd DeKryger

655

John Morgan: Animism, Syncretism, and Witchcraft in West Africa

656

Lucy Peabody: The Groundbreaking Pioneer Missionary You’ve Never Heard of

657

Josh Daggett on Personal Evangelism and Prayer

658

Racial Reconciliation and Multiethnic Church Planting in South Africa

659

Chris Bruno: Biblical Theology Versus Systematic Theology in Missions

660

Paul Davis: Why Missionaries Must Be Theologians

661

What is God doing in China? Steve Schirmer Answers

662

Zane Pratt: Are Explosive Disciple-Making Movements Really Healthy?

663

Collin Hansen: Social Justice, Racial Reconciliation, and Missions

664

Church Planting: Multiethnic or Homogeneous Units?

665

Is LGBT the Next Mission Field?

666

Jared C. Wilson: Why Missionaries Need the Gospel Too

667

India, Sex Trafficking, and the Gospel

668

How Does Hospitality Fuel Mission?

669

How Can We Prevent Missionary Burnout?

670

Barnabas Piper on Ministry Kids, Curiosity, and Identity

671

T4G Panel on Theological Training in Missions

672

God’s Sovereignty, Human Responsibility, and Missions

673

Charles Smith on Missions Leadership “For the Church”

674

The Kingdom of God and the Authority of the Great Commission

675

The Gift of Singleness in Missions: an Interview With Lina AbuJamra

676

How to Understand and Reach Hindus

677

How Should Christians Engage Other Religious Texts?

678

Where Did the Gritty Missionaries Go? David Joannes on Missionary Motivations

679

When Everything Is Missions… (Nothing Is): A Chat With Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison

680

Suffering and Sovereignty in the Rohingya Crisis

681

Dan DeWitt on Apologetics, Missions, and Suffering

682

How to Raise Missions-Minded Children

683

How the Gospel Transforms Cultures: Vishal Mangalwadi on William Carey

684

How to Be a “World Christian”

685

Lori McDaniel on Being a “Rebel” Like Lottie Moon

686

How Much Contextualization Is Too Much?

687

Paul Davis on the Pastor as Mobilizer

688

Dan Dumas on Adoption, Foster Care, and Missions

689

How to Build a Sending Church Culture

690

Why Should Missionaries Care About the Reformation?

691

Did the Reformers Believe in the Great Commission?

692

Why You Should Stop Sending Short-Term

693

What’s Wrong With Missions Agencies