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July 24, 2015
July 24, 2015
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By Arthur Brown And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them…There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one […]
July 16, 2015
July 16, 2015
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Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to visit a dozen of pastors in Iraqi Kurdistan, in the cities of Erbil and Duhok. The purpose of my visit was to promote ABTS’s educational programs with Arabic-speaking churches, namely our new online degree program and our English language Master’s program. We […]
July 9, 2015
July 9, 2015
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by Mike Kuhn Having grown up in the West, I was aware that a trend emerged in the post-World Wars era towards a rejection of religion. The brutality and sheer evil of the World Wars led many to reject belief in God. If God is good and all-powerful, how could […]
July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015
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By Martin Accad Normally the LGBTQ[1] issue is not one that I like to address in public. But since last week’s legalization of gay marriage at Federal level in the US, we have all been flooded by the topic, from the social media to private conversations. Whatever you say, you’re […]
June 24, 2015
June 24, 2015
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By Arthur Brown Last week [15-19 June], IMES hosted its second consultation on the theme of discipleship in the MENA region. This year’s consultation, Discipleship Today: Identity and Belonging in the Middle East and North Africa, attracted representatives from 28 countries, including: Algeria, Tanzania, Iraq, Bangladesh, Singapore, the Netherlands, Syria, […]
June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015
by Kathryn Kraft A few weeks ago, I was sharing with a friend at my church in London about my research with churches in Lebanon. As Rupen Das described in a post several months ago, many churches in Lebanon are providing assistance including food, blankets, clothing, or education, to refugees, most […]
June 4, 2015
June 4, 2015
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Without question, June is consistently our busiest month of the year at the Institute of Middle East Studies. As such, we wish to highlight a number of the projects that we have been working on as we seek to fulfill our institutional mandate: To bring about positive transformation in thinking and practice […]
May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015
by Elias Ghazal If you are familiar with the politics of the Middle East, you might be disturbed by the title of this blogpost. That’s because the Party of God is not some right wing pro-Christian party that serves a Christian cause in the Middle East. The Party of God […]