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“To renounce a full life and its real joys in order to avoid pain is neither Christian nor human.”
–Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Compassion in a World of Seven Billion”
“Social uplift as a natural consequence of Christian discipleship”
“Bonhoeffer on tragedy”
“Bonhoeffer’s love letter”
“More from Bonhoeffer to his fiancé”
“Missionary Money: Easier to Give, Worth Less than Ever”
“Adversity and holiness”
“F.F. Bruce on God’s discipline”
“Will the Poor Always Be with Us?”
Pressing on “…to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ”
–Paul to the Ephesians
“No Messiah Running”
“Projecting Poverty Where It Doesn’t Exist”
I see this every time we host a short-term missions group.
“Fear of what? Confiscation? Banishment? Torture? Death? Have you no other threat?”
-Basil of Caesarea
I heard this in Edward Smither’s paper presentation (my favorite one that I attended) at the North American Mission Leadership Conference.