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When Culture And Christianity Meet
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By Dr. John David Smith, President • BMA Global
Two fish were passing each other, and one asked, “How’s the water?” The other responded, “I don’t know. I just swim in it.”
Our view of culture many times is the same. We really do not understand culture, even our own culture. We just swim in it. For this reason, we are often unknowingly dominated by our culture. The greater culture infiltrates our churches in ways contrary to Scripture. We do not know how to speak the gospel ...
Johnny Hachem's Story: There's Always War in the Middle East
Johnny Hachem was born in 1981 during the Lebanese Civil War that affected his home country and lasted nine years. But even after that war ended, armed conflicts occurred frequently in Beirut. He recalls glass having to be extracted from his skull, frequent uprisings and continual gunfire. But despite the complicated politics of the region, his family encouraged his obvious musical...