Ministry the Worst of All Trades

The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions.

Motivation for Missions

One of the first western missionaries, Leonard Dober (1706-1766), gave this as his motivation for missions:

Since it is desired of me to make known my ...

Unsaved Americans

The fact that nine in ten Americans are not committed Christians is worthy of concern.

Evangelicals Should Evangelize

There is a subtle false teaching that says we can be evangelical without being evangelistic. It has to believe we "go" to church rather than ...

Temporary Scaffolding

I look upon foreign missionaries as the scaffolding around a rising building. The sooner it can be dispensed with, the better; or rather, the sooner it ...

American Awakenings

Awakenings started the foreign missions movement in America, and American missionary work started in a haystack, during a thunderstorm! In 1806, during ...

Not So Simple

A missionary friend of mine once said, "Things were simple before I went to Africa. I knew what the African's problem was, and I knew the answer. ...

Stay Low

When a man gets up so high (spiritual mountaintop) that he cannot reach down and save poor sinners, there is something wrong.