HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall
This book should be required reading for any and all future missionaries. Broomhall does the Christian world a great service by detailing Hudson Taylor's successes as well as his trials. The most remarkable feature of this book is the faith of Hudson Taylor. In the midst of incredible adversity this man abandoned himself to Jesus and the promises of Scripture. He rested solely on the provision of God, letting no man know his need. Throughout the book, Taylor's adversities and God's deliverances are a source of encouragement and inspiration that will lift the spirits of any true believer to "cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you." This book is an excellent read about a life well-lived and a spiritual journey of great depth.
This book should be required reading for any and all future missionaries. Broomhall does the Christian world a great service by detailing Hudson Taylor's successes as well as his trials. The most remarkable feature of this book is the faith of Hudson Taylor. In the midst of incredible adversity this man abandoned himself to Jesus and the promises of Scripture. He rested solely on the provision of God, letting no man know his need. Throughout the book, Taylor's adversities and God's deliverances are a source of encouragement and inspiration that will lift the spirits of any true believer to "cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you."
This book is an excellent read about a life well-lived and a spiritual journey of great depth.
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THE DESIGN OF GOD<br />
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salvation of men? It is our Isaacs <strong>who</strong> are wanted for the<br />
altar, not our superfluity merely. Are we followers of Christ if<br />
we do not walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave<br />
Himself up for us?"<br />
Two months later there appeared another article entitled<br />
Lessons from the Incarnation. <strong>The</strong> first article had<br />
shown how Christ humbled Himself, the second how He<br />
emptied Himself.<br />
"We would fain learn, however, not only what He laid<br />
aside-His glory and His wealth-but what He put on, the<br />
better to fit Himself for successful ministry; and we are told<br />
that the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us .... He<br />
stedfastly maintained his position of being in all things like<br />
unto his brethren-a lesson too much forgotten in the<br />
prosecution of missionary service."<br />
<strong>The</strong> application of this is then briefly stated. <strong>The</strong><br />
missionary naturally leaves his home; he may, or he may<br />
not, claim the immunities of his nationality. He may<br />
claim the status of a foreigner, or<br />
"He may assimilate himself in dress, appearance, home,<br />
and language to those around him. Nothing is easier than to<br />
find objections to this course; but it was the course that Jesus ,<br />
did take, and we are persuaded would still take <strong>by</strong> us .... It<br />
is in this way that, acting for Him, we must show forth the<br />
Christ of <strong>God</strong> .... <strong>The</strong> Master says, 'I have given you an<br />
example that ye should do as I have done to you .... If ye<br />
know these things, happy are ye if ye do them."'<br />
Again, two months later, in an article sent home<br />
from China, this same theme is carried one step further<br />
<strong>by</strong> an exposition entitled Apostolic Example, based on<br />
the words of Paul: "Be ye followers of me, even as I also<br />
am of Christ". This may be summed up in the Apostle's<br />
own words which are quoted:
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