by Philip Richardson | Feb 17, 2022
What does global mission have to do with Jesus’ “Parables of the Kingdom” in Matthew 13? We’ll take a look, in the last of this three part blog series. In Matthew 13:31–33, we have two parallel parables. There is a stark contrast between what ancient writers...
by Philip Richardson | Feb 8, 2022
What does global mission have to do with Jesus’ “Parables of the Kingdom” in Matthew 13? We’ll take a look, in the second of this three part blog series. The parables of the wheat in the field and the dragnet both have something to say about two kinds of people, the...
by Philip Richardson | Feb 1, 2022
What does global mission have to do with Jesus’ “Parables of the Kingdom” in Matthew 13? We’ll take a look, in the first of this three-part blog series. First, the “Parable of the Sower”. That’s the title that Jesus gives it in Matt 13:18. The seed is “the word of the...
by Philip Richardson | Jul 21, 2020
Following the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, an impassioned debate about racism has exposed deep wounds running through minority communities, and presents a great challenge to everyone who belongs to the church and believes that God calls us to reach out to...
by Philip Richardson | Apr 7, 2020
In his letter to the Philippians, Paul says, “I have learned to be content with whatever I have” (Philippians 4:11). This sounds easy to say but much harder to live. How can we be content in a time of COVID-19, when normal life has been suspended? When we’re...
