Dear Praying Friends and Ministry Partners, It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through September! The summer days have passed by quickly, leaving us with memories of what the Lord has done and with anticipation of what He will do in the coming months. We truly appreciate your interest in our mission to Proclaim the Hope of the Gospel in France and your desire to stay tuned in to what the

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A majority of French people question the very existence of God. If, however, a Frenchman allows for the existence of a "God," most likely he will be an agnostic, questioning whether it is possible to know that God. The question "Can I know God?" is not a bad one, if one asks it because one knows that sin separates him from God. In essence, no matter why one asks the question, the answer remains

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David Hesselgrave issues this startling warning against impatience in understanding the mindset of one's target audience: "The missionary who takes the Fall seriously, then, must stop to define his terms. Which terms? Those terms indicated by the distance between divine truth and cultural error. The definitional process must proceed by comparison and contrast. If this process seems too

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I've been reading Stephen Neill's A History of Christian Missions off and on for months now. Although the book is relatively short (478 pp.), Neill offers a good bit of detail concerning past efforts to evangelize the world. He attempts to trace the evangelistic efforts of Christendom as a whole, so he includes Roman Catholic and Orthodox missions. Although the book is a history and therefore

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"When we realize a constant enemy of the soul abides within us, what diligence and watchfulness we should have! How woeful is the sloth and negligence then of so many who live blind and asleep to this reality of sin. There is an exceeding efficacy and power in the indwelling sin of believers, for it constantly inclines itself towards evil. We need to be awake, then, if our hearts would know the

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