“Where Are Your Parents?”: Child Exploitation in Lebanon Today
At some point, I stopped seeing him around, yet the sight of child beggars has always been part of Beirut.
Drawing Lines in Our Wartime Prayers
By Kees van der Knijff We were sitting around the table with our small kids. As we are used to, at the end of dinner we were about to pray together. The kids had been exposed to rumors of war on this first day of the conflict in Ukraine. It was not difficult for them...
The story of ABTS student Geylan from Syria
It was a struggle for me since I grew up believing that Christ did not die and rise again. After discussing the matter with my husband, we agreed that we would seek God together.
How a Secular Podcast on Harry Potter Taught Me to Read the Bible
I have been consistently told to read my Bible daily – which is great advice. But how should we do this?
Yunan or Yūnus? Re-Considering the Relationship between the Bible and the Qur’an
By Emad Botros As I was reading my colleague Martin Accad’s ABTS Blog article from last year, “What’s in a Name?: A Case for Using ‘Isa in Arabic Translations of the Bible,” my mind continually turned to another Biblical figure, Jonah, who appears in the Arabic Bible...
Re-examining Mission
By Mike Kuhn The missionary odyssey of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman has aroused much historical interest. The couple was commissioned in the 1830’s by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) to evangelize native tribes of the American Pacific...
Why is the Church Silent About the Gift of Singlehood?
By Rabih Hasbany “Aqbalak!” Single people in Lebanon probably hear this expression every time they attend a wedding. It means “we hope that you will marry soon.” As a single man, I have heard it so many times, and I’m really tired of it. But rather than getting...