This is the online presence of Ted Esler and home of the World Christian Podcast. Ted writes and speaks on the global Christian movement, disaster response and development, and personal productivity.
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Posted in The Podcast | No Comments »>According to this article, the Presbyterian Church (USA) is struggling to send missionaries. To quote the article, “decreased funding has called for the elimination of the denomination’s Worldwide Ministries Division (WMD).” Okay, as an aside, they might want to change that acronym… Why the decline? Well, a study of the article would suggest [...]
Posted in No Category | No Comments »>I came across a review of a new film by Loki Films entitled, “Jesus Camp.” It looks to be pretty much an anti-Christian film about Bible Camps. That’s cool - hey, if they want to be the next Michael Moore, go for it. However, the review (which you can read here) equates Christian [...]
Posted in No Category | No Comments »>Well, if you haven’t followed the Reuters debacle over at LGF , you’ve missed some good rhetoric. To sum it up, Reuters posted a photo of Beirut under attack with obvious “enhancements” which make the Israeli attack look much worse than it was. The photographer who submitted the picture cannot submit any more photos to [...]
Posted in Politics | No Comments »>The crisis in the middle east rolls on. I am, of course, much amazed at
the world reaction toward Israel. Any and every country would fight back
against Hezbolla - why we talk about “porportionality” and the like is beyond
me.
As a student of cross-cultural dynamics, I like to look at the sociology behind these sorts of conflicts. [...]