Mission Affirmed: Recovering the Missionary Motivation of PaulElliot Clark, Crossway, 2022. 253 pages If you have not read Missions Affirmed, by Elliot Clark, I highly recommend that you put it at the top of your to-do list. Even better, listen to the Audible edition several times as I have done. If the author’s name sounds familiar, you may …
This is my journal/travelog from July 2009. This was my first international trip. The Lord used this trip and several subsequent trips to redirect my ministry focus to declare God’s glory to the nations. July 16 – Joanna took Caleb and Stephen and me to RDU. We arrived just in front of Kyle and …
I am typing this letter on Palm Sunday, the day that we commemorate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. A huge crowd of people welcomed their Messiah and King, crying out, “Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.” Matthew 21:9 …
“The Walls Came Tumbling Down” A Visit with Missionaries Kornel & Tanja Crnković in Croatia It was a cold and dreary morning in Croatia when I found myself working alongside a group of Christian brothers who I will not soon forget. In fact, I don’t know of a better way to get to know someone …
I had been waiting for the knock on the door of the casita (little house) for a couple of days. After attending the EMU Worker’s Retreat and Family camp for the past three years, I had come to expect a visit from Pastor Jose Kowalczuk. This strong and vocal leader is one of the nicest …
When traveling abroad, it is always comforting to find small reminders of home. One such reminder is the familiar script font found on a can of Coca-Cola. (Personally, I prefer the taste of Diet Coke.) In the past nine years, I have had the privilege of taking thirteen mission trips and serving God by visiting …
I had the privilege of traveling to the Amish Country of North-Central Ohio this past weekend. The purpose of my travel was to join several missionary agency directors/presidents for a C.E.O. Retreat for the Fellowship of Missions. The F.O.M. was officially organized in 1969 and is made up of about 30 like-minded mission agencies, representing over …
David Livingstone’s Prayer “Lord, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. Sever any ties but the tie that binds me to Thy service and Thy heart.” Click to Listen to the Sermon, “David Livingstone’s Prayer”
13 Quotes by David Brainerd “I love to live on the brink of eternity.” “Oh, that I could spend every moment of my life to God’s glory.” “I have received my all from God. Oh that I could return my all to God” “Saw so much of the wickedness of my heart that I longed …
I am grateful to have grown up in a home where my dad and mom made much of missions. We often would have missionaries stay with us for a week at a time. My dad was also faithful not only to read the missionary prayer letters but to write and encourage our missionary friends. It …
