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This festschrift honours Chris Wright on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The theologians and leaders who have contributed to it have all benefitted from his friendship, scholarship, and partnership in the gospel. These essays demonstrate how preachers, scholars and writers from around the world are fleshing out the mission of God and breathing new life into the bones of Chris's thinking. Contributions include: - A Life Devoted to the Mission of God - A Seed Bears Fruit in Latin America - Mission as Making (and Wearing) New Clothes - Election, Ethics, Mission and the Church in India - Preaching to Impress or to Save CHRISTOPHER J. H. WRIGHT, the International Ministries Director of Langham Partnership, has had a long connection to the global church. Born in Belfast to missionary parents, he has taught at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India, and at All Nations Christian College in Ware, England. In his PhD studies at Cambridge, he focused on the ethics of land, family, economics, debt and slavery. He has authored twenty-eight books, including The Mission of God, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, Sweeter than Honey, and Knowing God - The Trilogy. Recognizing Chris's commitment to scholarship, preaching and the global church, John Stott welcomed him as a friend and as his successor as head of Langham Partnership. Contributors: - Mark Hunt, USA - Jonathan Lamb, UK - Ian J. Shaw, UK - Igor Am stegui, Bolivia - Qaiser Julius, Pakistan - Collium Banda, Zimbabwe - Danut Manastireanu, Romania - Peter Penner, Germany - Brian Wintle, India - Frew Tamrat, Ethiopia - Las Newman, Jamaica - C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell, Brazil - Paul Swarup, India - Andrea Z. Stephanous, Egypt - Dwi Handayani, Indonesia - Athena E. Gorospe, Philippines - Gail Atiencia, Colombia - Riad A. Kassis, Lebanon - Mark Meynell, UK - Greg R. Scharf, USA - Pieter Kwant, Netherlands

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It is appropriate that the writers contributing to this book are representatives of the burgeoning number of theological and biblical scholars across the globe. The geographic diversity of the authors is in itself the fruit of Chris's ministry over the years. -- Mark Hunt, International Executive Director, Langham Partnership Through our understanding and application of God's Word, our worldview should be integrated and coherent, and our personal, family, work and church commitments should be entirely in sync. The essays in this volume underline the many ways in which our friend Chris Wright has called the global church to think and act in such an integrated way. -- Jonathan Lamb, Minister-at-Large, Keswick Ministries

It is appropriate that the writers contributing to this book are representatives of the burgeoning number of theological and biblical scholars across the globe. The geographic diversity of the authors is in itself the fruit of Chris's ministry over the years. -- Mark Hunt, International Executive Director, Langham Partnership Through our understanding and application of God's Word, our worldview should be integrated and coherent, and our personal, family, work and church commitments should be entirely in sync. The essays in this volume underline the many ways in which our friend Chris Wright has called the global church to think and act in such an integrated way. -- Jonathan Lamb, Minister-at-Large, Keswick Ministries

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RIAD A. KASSIS is International Director for the Langham Scholars program of Langham Partnership and the International Director of the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education (ICETE). Dr Kassis also serves as a member of the international board for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) and was Associate Professor of Old Testament at Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut, Lebanon. Riad is from Lebanon where he lives with his wife, Izdihar. PIETER J. KWANT is International Director for the Langham Literature programme of Langham Partnership and Publisher of Langham Creative Projects. He has a great love of books and has worked for IVP UK and Paternoster, as well as founding his own publishing company, Piquant Editions. Pieter, from the Netherlands, and his wife Elria, from South Africa, have four sons and many grandchildren. PAUL WINDSOR is Director for the Langham Preaching programme of Langham Partnership and teaches preaching at South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS), Bengaluru, India. Dr Windsor is a Commissioning Editor for Langham Preaching Resources and blogs regularly at www.paulwindsor.blogspot.co.uk - The Art of Unpacking.

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