Is the Missions ā€˜Guilt Tripā€™ Biblical? Guest: Paul Davis

Weā€™ve all experienced the guilt of being made to feel like weā€™re not doing enough for world missions. Should preachers emphasize statistics on unreached people groups, the urgency of eternity, and lostness, or simply trust the Holy Spiritā€”or perhaps both? This week, ABWE President Paul Davis chats with Scott and Alex as they wrestle throughContinue reading “Is the Missions ā€˜Guilt Tripā€™ Biblical? Guest: Paul Davis”

Where Did the Gritty Missionaries Go? David Joannes on Missionary Motivations

C.T. Studd is credited with saying, ā€œSome want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.ā€ But in todayā€™s world where everyone is encouraged to ā€œlive on mission,ā€ this classic missionary grit is increasingly absent. What happened, and what are the internal and external motivators that lead someone to risk everything to serve abroad? To answer that question, we invited missionary, author, and researcher David Joannes.