Sharing the DNA of Christianity
ARTICLE This article is excerpted and lightly edited from the message Thomas Schirrmacher delivered on his inauguration as Secretary General of the WEA.
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Catholics and Evangelicals and Their Future Relations
ARTICLE Today, Catholics and evangelicals have friendly relationships of mutual respect and cooperation in many parts of the world, but some criticize this friendliness on theological grounds.
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Paul Was a Religious Extremist Too
ARTICLE As an evangelical theologian, I affirm that the ‘evangel’, God’s gospel of love and forgiveness, is the sole message of hope for this world.
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Catholics and Evangelicals and their future relations
SPEECH Thomas Schirrmacher addressed the global dialogue of Evangelical Charismatic and Catholic Charismatic Christians with the speech „Catholics and Evangelicals and their Future together“.
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The Book of Romans as a Charter for World Missions
ARTICLE Thoughts on the relationship of theology, missiology and mission, presented by the chair of the Theological Commission of World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Thomas Schirrmacher, to the General Assembly of the Missions Commission of the WEA at Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany, November 2011.
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Towards a Theology of Martyrdom
ARTICLE After a short introduction, showing that suffering, persecution and martyrdom have been prominent in the theology of the Early Church, and that the Bible speaks about them constantly, the main part of the article outlines 18 examples of Bible texts and Bible topics. These have often been neglected, as the subject has not been seen as integral to Scripture, to the church and to mission.
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Observations on Apologetics and Its Relation to Contemporary Christian Mission
ARTICLE Christians often think of apologetics as something that only academics do, but actually it has always been an essential part of Christian mission.
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Living in the Last Days?
ARTICLE I have been ask to provide a short version of my essay ‘Do We Need a Special Ethics for the Last Days?’. Peirong Lin, our research coordinator, was so nice to provide it, here it is.