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Book Description<\/h2>\n

Tom Wells writes with the conviction that when it comes to cross-cultural mission, Christians must come back to first principles. Human need and world conditions are not the starting point. The gospel is a call to know and worship God, and the primary conviction of the messenger must be that God is worthy to be known. The missionary vision must begin with the vision of God. Only then can the church truly respond to the command to \u2018declare his glory among the nations.\u2019<\/p>\n

This is a challenging book, and equally relevant to Christians at home and abroad. It treats missionary endeavour not as a separate interest but as basic to Christianity itself. By reference to David Brainerd, William Carey, and Henry Martyn the author also shows the true inspiration which lay behind the missionary movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.<\/p>\n

Author Biography<\/h2>\n

Tom Wells (1933\u20132019) was a preacher and writer based in West Chester, near Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, where he was for nearly thirty years the pastor of The King\u2019s Chapel Reformed Baptist Church. He also authored Come to Me!<\/em>, Christian: Take Heart!<\/em><\/a>, A Price for a People<\/em><\/a>, and The Moral Basis of Faith<\/em><\/a>, also published by The Banner of Truth Trust.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents Expand \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/td>\nPreface<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n‘It Pleased God’ <\/em><\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nRenouncing the Utilitarian God <\/em><\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nGod, Self-sufficient <\/em><\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nGod’s Sovereign Power <\/em><\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nGod, Fully Wise <\/em><\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nThe Righteousness of God <\/em><\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nThe Graciousness of God <\/em><\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nGod in His Faithfulness <\/em><\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n‘Glory … in the Face of Jesus Christ’ <\/em><\/td>\n97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nGod’s Glory and Human Need <\/em><\/td>\n107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nDavid Brainerd before God <\/em><\/td>\n121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nAnother Look at William Carey <\/em><\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nThe Example of Henry Martyn <\/em><\/td>\n141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nSumming Up <\/em><\/td>\n153<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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