Mark Naylor’s articles on cross-cultural issues, Bible translation etc.
An Incomplete Wedding Shower
I remember a friend relating to me the story of a mentally handicapped young woman who lived with her parents. Every time there was a wedding shower for a bride-to-be at the church, the mother would take her daughter to the event. One day, the young woman asked her mother, “When do [...]
The Common hunger of Humanity
What we as human beings search for and value in life is the “meaningful” and the “good.”
With regard to the “meaningful,” we are always trying to make sense of our world. Hopelessness, which is what we seek to avoid, is the antithesis of the “meaningful” and happens when the [...]
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Canada is not Pakistan
Evangelism in Pakistan was easy. I would occasionally travel in a bus with a pile of tracts in Sindhi with an invitation to visit me printed on the back.1 I would read a tract by holding [...]
As an evangelical I cringe when evangelism is described as "humanizing," as if the focus of salvation has somehow changed from what God has done for us in Christ, to what we are to accomplish for ourselves. However it is never wise to quickly dismiss another point of view without grappling with the questions [...]