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Beautiful Feet

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:00:00 CST

In February word came that Russell would be arriving from Manokwari. My excitement was without bounds, but why Manokwari, a village on the north coast of New Guinea? When the steamer eased into port at Macassar, I was nearly bursting with excitement. Positioned at the front of those gathered to greet disembarking passengers, I was totally dismayed when I saw a gaunt, wasted stranger with Walter Post.

The other missionaries recognized the slimmed-down Russell as the man they knew before his furlough. But where was the man I had married, the husband who had left for New Guinea? In just eighteen days on the trail and a few months of meager rations, he had lost more than sixty pounds!

We Are World Christians!

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:00:00 CST

We are world Christians. We put God's love for all people first. No race is superior to another; no government is more loved than another; no country dearer than another. We don't put our nation's economy before God's economy. He tells us to seek first His Kingdom. He will meet our needs. We are driven to action daily with the knowledge that three billion people do not know our Savior. Our passion in life, our unquenchable desire, is to take God's love to them.
No task is too small for us. All that limits us is our unwillingness to believe that God can enable us to do it.

Asleep In the Light

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:00:00 CST

Do you see, do you see all the people sinking down?
Don’t you care, don't you care?
Are you gonna let them drown?
How can you be so numb not to care if they come?
You close your eyes and pretend the job's done.

On the Road With Brother Jonah

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:00:00 CST

Since 1949, itinerant evangelists have become crucial to the vitality and growth of the Christan community in China.

Independent itinerant evangelists are law breakers on at least two counts: The constitution states that evangelism must occur only within designated religous premises, and preachers must be accredited by the local Protestant Threee-Self oganization.

The Life of an itinerant evangelist in China is hectic, sacrificial and dangerous. The following story is a weekend in the life of one of these evangelists.

PRAYER: Rebellion Against the Status Quo

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:00:00 CST

You will be appalled by the story I am about to relate to you. Appalled, that is, if you have any kind of social conscience.

A poor, black woman, living on Chicago's South Side, sought to have her apartment properly heated during the frigid winter months. Despite city law that demanded it, her unscrupulous landlord refused. The woman was a widow, desperately poor, and ignorant of the legal system; but she took the case to court on her own behalf. Justice, she declared, ought to be done. It was her ill fortune, however, to appear repeatedly before the same judge who, as it turned out, was an atheist and a bigot. The only principle by which he lived was, as he put it, that "blacks should be kept in their place." The possibilities of a ruling favorable to the widow were, therefore, bleak. They became even bleaker as she realized she lacked the indispensable ingredient necessary for favorable rulings in cases like these�namely, a satisfactory bribe. Nevertheless, she persisted.

Can We Sleep?

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:00 CST

Watch out for little boys named Samuel. Little Samuel had his hand raised, and he was poised to answer the question. My wife, Jamie, and I were in Sheridan, Wyoming for a weekend of meetings. One was a local Christian school's morning chapel service. As we talked to the kids about Taiwan, I watched Samuel's eyes light up with what I thought was normal excitement about the exotic and far away places, but now I think that there was something more.

Missionaries and Circus Performers

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:00 CST

I was trying to find insurance for a vehicle I was considering buying. One company had been recom-mended to me as having the best rates, so naturally I thought I would check them out. Their rates were excellent, and while the saleswoman was taking down all the pertinent information about me, she asked me my occupation. I told her that I was a missionary speaker. She responded, "Oh no. I am so sorry Mr. Zumwalt, but our company does not insure circus performers or missionaries."

After God's Own Heart: A Study in Intimacy

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:00 CST

There is only one man in the Bible who is called a "man after God�s own heart." What was it about this shepherd boy that became king that would give him such honor? What set apart the life of this music playin�, giant slayin�, spear dodgin�, cave hidin�, psalm writin� youngest son of Jesse? Charles Swindoll, in his Bible study on David, states that this title is such that "we might think of him as some kind of spiritual Superman in a world without a trace of kryptonite. But he wasn�t studded with superhuman qualities. God doesn�t select his servants on the basis of Atlas physiques or Einstein intellects."

They Don't Have Toilet Paper Here!

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:00 CST

“Our three villages are near each other. None of the villages have electricity or running water. My village doesn’t have filtered water, so Nick gave me the water filter. If you think of what most people consider the typical African village, that’s what I live in. The houses are small and are built with mud bricks which they cover in concrete. The roofs are made of grass which turns brown. My room is fairly small and I have a roommate. He is my [host family] brother, Assane.”

The Missionary Call

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:00 CST

What constitutes a Call? Is there any way of knowing the will of God? How can one be sure?

I think there is. In fact, I am certain. God would not leave His servants in darkness.

But let me give you James Gilmour�s experience. It is well worth quoting. How was he called, and why did he go to the Mongols? This is how he puts it:

�Is the Kingdom a harvest field? Then I thought it reasonable that I should seek to work where the work was most abundant and the workers fewest. Laborers say they are overtaxed at home; what, then, must be the case abroad, where there are wide-stretching plains already white to harvest with scarcely here and there a solitary reaper?

A New Compulsion of Divine Love

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:00 CST

“Why is it that the true Church of Christ is doing so little, comparatively speaking, toward getting the gospel to the unreached tribes in the dark and needy areas of the earth? Is it not because we lack the compulsion of divine love? This is the one essential, underlying motive that must be present in the Christian’s heart and in the Church in order to accomplish the evangelization of the world.”

Get the Mail Out

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:00 CST

Some time ago I heard about a railroad car which got lost on a side track in England. It was a mail car that was filled with Christmas things, and they didn�t find it until late in July. Christmas in July; they really had it! Think of the people waiting for letters and cards. Think of the people expecting to receive gifts from friends and loved ones. Think of the children�s long-delayed anticipation. In this case, gladly, the mail car was found and the mail was delivered . . . late in July.