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Through this website we would like to share some of the things God has taught us over the years. Much of our time has been spent in the Middle East both in secular work (university teaching) and with a Christian charity. Our life commitment is to help see the Kingdom of God come in the Muslim World. Many of the articles, devotionals and biographies have been shared in a journal we edited from 2004 to 2019. This journal has now been phased out. Bible studies and other teaching has been shared at retreats and conferences over the years.You are free to use any of this material and share it with others. We pray it will be a blessing to you and bring glory to God. We will continue to add material so please check back from time to time.
" Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds." Hebrews 10:23-24
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- Bible Teaching:
- Parables:
- Studies in Isiah:
- Psalm 2 - Maintaining vision in times of trouble
- Psalm 23 - Handling the problem of identity
- Psalm 24 - The Conditions for a Life of Being a Blessing
- Psalm 32 - I will teach you in the way you should go
- Psalm 42 - When depression blankets you like a cloud
- Psalm 51 - What should we do when we fail
- Psalm 84 - A passion to keep pioneering
- A Biblical View of Poverty
- A look at the Book of Philemon
- An Outline of Hosea
- An Outline of John's Gospel
- An Outline of Luke
- Christ's Power is made Perfect in Weakness
- Elijah Prophet of Fire
- Iraq and the Bible
- Jacob - A journey into Faith
- Laodicea
- Lessons in Leadership from the Book of Judges
- Moses the Servant of God
- My Messenger - Isaiah 42-53
- Notes on Intercessory Prayer
- Paul in Arabia
- Principles from the Book of Nehemiah
- Sickness and Suffering - A New Testament View
- Some of the accomplishments of the Lord Jesus in His death and resurrection
- Studies in the life of Abraham
- Studies in the Ministry of Elisha
- Study Notes on 1 Peter
- The Book of Ruth
- The Call of Moses
- The Comfort of the Holy Spirit
- The Core Values of Service and Sacrifice
- The Foundations of Mission and of all Christian Service
- The Message of 2 Timothy
- The Picnic on the Beach
- The Saviour Saving
- Thoughts on Amos in general and specifically on Amos chapter 9
- Transformation through Vision - Isaiah, Paul, Joshua and John
- Biographies:
- Anthony Norris Groves
- Archibald Forder
- Cyril - A Byzantine Monk who worked in the Near East
- Daisy Marsh
- Douglas Thornton
- Dr Saeed of Iran
- Enid Parker
- Flora Davidson
- George W Hunter
- Henry Harris Jessup
- Henry Martyn
- Ion Keith Falconer
- Isidor Loewental
- Jeanette Boersma
- Jenny Eugenie de Mayer
- John and Dorothy Van Ess
- John Ethelstan Cheese
- John Hogg
- John Paton
- Karl Pfander
- Lilias Trotter
- Maude Cary
- Nils Fredrik Hoijer
- Paul Harrison
- Raymond Lull
- Roger Craig Cumberland
- Said Abouadaou
- Samuel Zwemer
- The Rt Rev Hassan Dehqani-Tafti
- Theodore Leighton Pennell
- Theresa Huntington Ziegler
- Thomas Valpy French
- William and Abigail Goodell
- William Borden of Yale
- William Miller
- Church Planting:
- Church growth principles
- Church Planting Strategy 1 - Initial Considerations
- Church Planting Strategy 2 - A Look at what God is doing
- Church Planting Strategy 3 - A Look at the kind of churches that do multiply
- Church Planting Strategy 4 - The people God uses
- Church Planting Strategy 5 - Training to be church planters
- Kingdom Communities
- Putting Ecclesiology on our Agenda
- Ten principles we have learnt about effective church planting in the Muslim world
- The Importance of Working Together
- Training Church Planters
- Cross-cultural Insights:
- A Comparison of Worldviews
- Christianity in the Middle East - the Biblical Challenge for Evangelicals
- Lessons in Leadership in a Cross Cultural Setting from the Life of Joseph
- Maintaining a clear conscience in Transformational Business in a cross-cultural setting
- Redemption Analogies
- Understanding Contextualisation
- Devotionals - previously in Crescent Journal:
- A Call to Self-examination
- A Commitment to Unity
- A Few Thoughts on Spiritual Maturity
- A Life of Constant Triumph
- A ministry of encouragement
- A Proven Pattern
- Afflicted like us
- Aiming at Completion
- Are we ready for action
- Are you struggling in your walk of discipleship
- Authority assumed or authentic
- Be Strong
- Beginning to Sink
- Bind the strong man
- Conditions for a Life of Being a Blessing
- Convictions in the life of a worker
- Daily fellowship with God
- Declare His Glory among the Nations
- Don't get tired doing good
- Drumbeats
- Effective Prayer
- Entering into a Life of Fruitfulness
- Five vital commitments for Spiritual Effectiveness
- God's Master Weapon
- Great Power, Great Gace and Great Fear
- He came to where he was
- How not to lose heart
- I am sending you
- In Whom Do You Trust
- Learn to strengthen yourself
- Living in victory all of the time
- Loaves - Disciples - Multitudes
- Never why but what
- Not for ours only
- Notes on dealing with Failure and Guilt
- On taking too much for granted
- Power for God's People
- Power for service
- Priorities from the Life of the Lord Jesus
- Priorities in Ministry
- Ready for anything
- Still Under Orders
- The Broken Heart
- The Compassion of the Lord Jesus
- The Cross of Calvary
- The five musts of our lives
- The gift of God that attracts and wins
- The great importance of joy in the life of a believer
- The Guide and the Path - Psalm 23
- The Hidden Life of a Grain of Wheat
- The King's Face
- The Lord our God the Almighty reigns
- The patience of unanswered prayer
- The Place of Private Prayer in Ministry
- The Power of Oneness
- The Promise of a Christian worker
- The Root of our Problems
- The School of Suffering
- The Secret of Greatness
- The Secret of His Name
- The Task of Making Disciples
- The Victory of the Lord Jesus is also our Victory
- The Victory of the People of God
- Things are speeding up
- Violent Action needed
- Vision - Passion - Sacrifice
- Waiting on the Lord
- Discipleship:
- Discipling Muslim background believers from a Folk Islamic background
- Feed My Sheep
- Fellowship with God
- Helping leaders of Muslim background fellowships live peacefully in a stressful world
- Making Disciples 1
- Making Disciples 2
- Making Disciples 3
- Notes on Discipleship
- Possibilities and Problems of Following Up New Believers from a Muslim Background
- Some Basic Questions that may be asked by New Disciples and Enquirers
- Some Disciplines of the Christian Life 1 of 4
- Some Disciplines of the Christian Life 2 of 4
- Some Disciplines of the Christian Life 3 of 4
- Some Disciplines of the Christian Life 4 of 4
- Understanding and caring for new believers from a Muslim background
- Evangelism/Mission:
- A personal ministry chart
- A Short Study on the Theological Basis for Globalising Missions
- Bridges and Barriers in making friends
- Evangelism - The Concept of the Spectrum
- God is working His purpose out
- God's Heart for the world in every generation
- Let the people rejoice - A great motive for World Mission
- Proclaiming Jesus in a Muslim Context
- Some of the Principles Guiding a Worker in the Muslim World
- Speeding up the coming of the Day of God
- Storytelling
- The Biblical Basis of Unreached Peoples
- The Birthing Process
- The Issue of Influence
- The Lukan Model of Mission
- The Old Testament and Christian Mission
- The Preparation Necessary to be an Effective Servant of God in the Muslim World
- Thoughts on Contextualisation
- Islam:
- A Basic Brief Introduction to Islam
- A Comparison between the Creation and the Fall in Islam and in the Bible
- A Muslim's view of Salvation
- Easter through Muslim eyes
- Eid al-Adha
- Eschatology in Islam
- Folk Islam
- How should we respond to Islamic extremism in the Arab World?
- How would the Lord Jesus share the Gospel with an Arab Muslim?
- Islam and democracy
- Islam Past and Present
- Islamic Family Law
- Muslim Objections to Christianity
- Overcoming Muslim misunderstandings that the Bible has been corrupted
- Predestination - The Contrast between Islamic and Christian views
- Sacrifices - Ishmael and Isaac
- Sin and atonement as seen by Muslims and believers in Jesus
- Some Misunderstandings and Stumbling Blocks for Muslims in understanding the Bible
- Sufi Islam
- The ABC of Prayer for Muslims
- The Al-Munahhemana Controversy
- The Birth and Early Life of Muhammad
- The Concept of God as Understood by Muslims
- The Cross in the Gospel and the Quran
- The Doctrine of Abrogation
- The Five Pillars of Islam and Islamic Doctrine
- The idea of Al Ummah
- The Lord Jesus in the Eyes of our Muslim Friends
- The Love of God in the Qur'an and the Bible
- The Major Divisions among Muslims
- The Person of the Lord Jesus in the Gospel and in the Quran and Traditions
- The Position of Women in Classic Islamic Theology
- The Quran
- The Sources of Islam and the Quran
- The Theological Basis of Al Qaeda
- What do Muslims believe about the month of Ramadan?
- Who are the Shia?
- Miscellaneous Papers:
- A Biochemist's explanation of the Trinity
- Advancing the Kingdom
- Arabia in the Plans and Purposes of God
- Biblical Guidelines for confronting
- Christianity in Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Conflict, Co-existence and Conversion
- Faith and Freedom of Speech
- Finding God's long range purposes for your life
- Guidelines for negative criticism
- Handling time pressure and stress that accompanies it
- If there is a God of love why is there so much suffering?
- Keeping our ethical edge sharp
- Learning to draw people out
- Matters of Conscience
- Paul in Arabia
- Prayer - The Work of Missions
- Praying for workers
- The Art of Praying with Authority
- The Challenge of Arabia
- The Problem of Evil
- The Problem of Fear
- The Promises of God for Arabia
- The Story of the Birth of the Lord Jesus
- The Terrible Consequences of Bad Arguments and Learning to Think Straight
- Spiritual Warfare:
- Our Throne Rights
- Steps to bind the Strong Man
- The Authority of the Believer
- The Spiritual War - The Principalities and Powers
- Using the authority we have been given
- Weapons to use for Victory in the Real Spiritual Warfare
- Training Manuals:
- Biblical Principles of Servant Leadership
- Forming a Biblical Basis for Transformation 1-18
- Training in Ministry to Neighbours
- Working in Teams
Contact:
Email - crescentlibrary@gmail.com