“Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes. . . It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes” (Psalm 119:67-68, 71).
Seek The Lord
Sorrow and Blood: Christian Mission in Contexts of Suffering, Persecution, and Martyrdom: Part II - Book Review (Revisited)
I cannot recommend Sorrow and Blood highly enough. It came to me as a reminder of what my wife and I were told before we left home for Asia with OMF in 1975. Mission leaders said, “a missionary must be prepared to preach, pray, or die at a moment’s notice.” It seems that very little has changed since then.
Good and Gracious
China's Urban Christians: A Light That Cannot Be Hidden - Book Review (Revisited)
What Do I Talk About?
“My praise shall continually be of You . . . Let my mouth be filled with Your praise and with Your glory all day. . . I will praise You yet more and more. My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day . . . I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours only . . . To this day I declare Your wondrous works . . . “ (Psalm 71:6, 8, 14-16; see also 24).
