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5/22/2025, 3:58:29 PM

A naturally humble and reserved man, Adoniram Judson found the constant praise deeply uncomfortable. At one large gathering, as an eyewitness recalled, while he listened to glowing tributes spoken about him, “his head sank lower and lower until his chin nearly touched his chest.”

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5/20/2025, 4:24:34 PM

A brother in our church mentioned that Thomas Hooker’s book The Poor Doubting Christian Drawn to Christ was a great help to him when battling with assurance. I’m thankful to now have it available as a free audiobook and reprinted in a more readable edition. Give it a listen: https://scrollreader.com/audiobook/poor-doubting-christian-drawn-to-christ/

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5/24/2025, 6:00:08 PM

New audiobook: Adoniram Judson: A Portrait of His Life by His Son, Edward Judson | https://scrollreader.com/audiobook/adoniram-judson-a-portrait-of-his-life-by-his-son/

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5/22/2025, 4:03:45 PM

As Dr. Hague continued speaking, moved by the moment, something unexpected happened. A man made his way through the packed aisles and stepped onto the platform. There, in front of the whole gathering, he embraced Mr. Judson with tears of joy. It was Samuel Nott, Jr.—the only other surviving member of that small group of seminary students who, decades earlier, had birthed the vision of American foreign missions. He had been one of the original five who sailed to India, though illness had forced him to return home. Now, after thirty-three years of separation, the two reunited in that powerful and emotional moment, as friends, pioneers, and brothers in Christ.

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5/17/2025, 4:02:07 PM

New audiobook: Things As They Are: Mission Work In Southern India by Amy Carmichael https://scrollreader.com/audiobook/things-as-they-are-mission-work-in-southern-india/

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5/29/2025, 5:33:23 PM

"Confronted by the overwhelming needs surrounding them and their own inadequacies, it was comforting to remember, as Mr. Taylor emphasized, that *the issue wasn't about the supply, but about the _Supplier Himself_.*" Taylor said, "He (the Lord Jesus) is enough for Shan-si, from the Great Wall to Ho-nan. *We have a grander Savior than we realize!*"

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5/28/2025, 2:51:07 PM

_Working on finishing Hudson Taylor Volume 2, Part 2, here is an excerpt. God used the painful loss of the Clarkes’ child to lead them to a new mission field in Yun-nan, a path they would not have chosen otherwise:_ ...in that same month of May Mrs. George Clarke went on from Kwei-chow, in which she had been the only woman missionary, to the still more distant and difficult province of Yun-nan. The sisters who had come to her help were able by that time to carry on the work, and the precious child who had filled her hands as well as her heart had been taken to a safer, Better Land. "The Lord has been leading us by a painful path," the father wrote. "*Doubtless He saw best to take our dear boy to Himself, to send us to Yun-nan; for if he had been spared we should not have thought of leaving Kwei-chow. Now, where is the married couple who can go as well as we?*"

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5/19/2025, 6:20:38 PM

I just got this email from YouTube… This *could* have incredible potential. YouTube will use its resources and energy to automatically dub something like an 8-hour audiobook into multiple other languages! Sure, the translation quality might be lacking—but lately, the auto translations have greatly improved.

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5/15/2025, 8:43:22 PM

Roland Allen has some great thoughts on how missionary has to *step back and let the leaders God has raised up take over*: He can take longer missionary trips, leaving the station to run without any foreign direction for a month or two. He can do this openly and with purpose, because he trusts his people. Over time, he can extend his travels further. He can find reasons to be away more often. Eventually, he can build a situation where he can take an extended furlough without harming the work at all. At first, this will be difficult, and things may go wrong. But the people will understand his intention. Though they may miss him, they will see that his absence is actually his way of strengthening them. This kind of planned, intentional retirement is very different from being away due to pressure or obligation. Only by stepping back in this way can the missionary truly prepare the Church for lasting independence. The missionary’s visits will then be received not as necessary for survival but as welcome visits from a friend who brings help and encouragement. They will still seek his advice and value his presence. But everything they have learned, they will have learned in a way that enables them to live it out—even if he never returns. It is far better to teach a few people how to truly call on the name of the Lord for themselves than to fill a church with people who have abandoned idols only outwardly and now sit passively, believing that the convert’s duty is to be taught and to listen to prayers read for them by a paid church worker.