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Harriette MacDougal was an early missionary to Borneo. Arriving
with her husband and children along with a handful of other
missionaries, the men soon traveled into the interior of the island
to plot out the land. They never returned. So begins the story of a
band of intrepid women who built a mission station and later a
church and school, all while raising their children in a wild
outpost of headhunters. They lived their lives as a sacrifice among
the people who took their husbands. It didn't matter -- they came
to bring the gospel to a people who had not yet heard it! This
volume contains this wonderful, shocking and inspiring story, and
also a brief anthropological sketch from a few decades later.
Together they give a surprisingly thorough view of a people as yet
barely touched by western civilization. As such, this volume is a
valuable record of the life, culture and folklore of the Dyak
people of Sarawak Borneo.
This work represents the rediscovery of an ancient pattern that God
has given to his people in order to build His Kingdom on earth.
This pattern can be found throughout the Bible. The scripture shows
that the Hebrew writers of Old and New Testaments thought, wrote,
and lived according to this pattern. We can see that they
considered this pattern as foundational to planting, building and
living out God's Kingdom here on Earth. As we recognize the pattern
of the Kingdom and begin to understand its elements, we can begin
to use it to structure every effort pertaining to the Kingdom of
God. Indeed, the scripture urges us: "Build everything according to
the Pattern that I (God) have shown you." Once recognized as God's
intended pattern of the Kingdom, this pattern is applicable and
necessary to every part of Godly worship, service and life today.
In fact, as we implement our ministry, work and life according to
God's plan, we begin to see that God's plan is the only way to
build His Kingdom in the Earth.
This book is a book of travel. And recipes. And cooking. But most
of all, this book is a book of love. Our own family started out as
relatively normal people living in a rather normal American town.
Then God got hold of us and sent us to the world. As a family! On
the way it became apparent that certain things were important: home
in the midst of the new, familiarity in the midst of chaos,
togetherness in the midst of too much work and a babble of
strangers -- this all boiled down to the need for love! ""When you
travel, live and work in so many places -- among so many languages
and foods and manners of doing things -- you are changed. You don't
stay quite the person you were when you left your humdrum life back
home... "" So this book is sent out to all those who dream of
travel and adventure. Also to those who need to maintain a bit of
home in the middle of the new. A book of food, of fun, of family --
a book of love.
This book is reprinted from the historic original. It is a
first-hand source describing a Fijian people and culture which does
not presently exist. As such, it is an invaluable resource for
understanding the way things used to be, before Western
intervention. A great portion of the worth of this work is in its
presentation of native folklore and beliefs. Preservation of
folklore means preservation of the mind of a people, preservation
of their deepest beliefs, their understanding of the world, the
knowledge that held them together as a people and equipped them to
survive. This book is a sociological study of the Fijian people
from before they had lost all that they had once been.
This book is a piece of history. What's more, it holds the power
that the earliest missionaries walked in. It is a document of the
salvation of a people. The Moravians were some of the first
missionaries of modern times to heed the call and GO! Saved under
the leadership of visionary Count Zinzendorf in Germany, the
Moravians kindled a revival that lasted for over a hunderd years.
During that time, men and women heard the call to bring the gospel
into unknown lands before any other group would dare to go. This
book is a foundational work describing the first efforts to bring
the gospel to the inuit people of the far North. As such it is an
important document. It is a window into culture, describing the
Inuit people of Laborador as they were before European influence.
But perhaps most importantly, it is a view into the spiritual birth
of the people. It carries the initial spiritual keys to a people in
history, and shows a people group first standing up to grasp their
spiritual destiny.
This is a book about the workings of an establishment that God is
doing in these last days. Prophesied from ancient times, the
establishment is going on in communities across the globe. As
centers for intercession, as centers for evangelism, and as
strategic bases for mercy and justice, God is founding Houses of
Prayer all across the earth: this is The Establishment!
The writing of Logan Allen is insightful, and informed by years of
experience. What's more, Mr. Allen holds an abiding love for the
Bride of Christ throughout the world, holding out hope that she can
still grasp what she is here on the earth to accomplish! Building
With Living Stones is a compilation of essays by Logan Allen on the
topic of Leadership in the Kingdom of God. This book is prophetic
in character, yet founded in stark reality. It is fresh, sometimes
hard to swallow, and at the same time exhilarating.This book is
visionary, yet scripturally founded in the truest way. This book is
not a pie-in-the-sky exploration of Christian utopia, it is a
practical guidebook to building the Church in a new, urgent and
vital way.
"Is our faith a unilateral contract to acquire a free ticket to
heaven, or is it a two-way blood covenant between us and our
savior...a commitment unto death?" So begins the first essay in
this book, a collection of essays by Gavin Finley, MD. These
writings are prophetic. They do not follow conventional wisdom, nor
do they stand with the status quo. What the writing of Gavin Finley
will do is shake up our staid notions -- bringing old paradigms
into question and new thoughts into view. Reminiscent of the best
of C.S. Lewis, Francis Shaeffer, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the
writing of Gavin Finley is not for the faint of heart. At turns
acerbic and brilliant, this writing is for those whose heart yearns
for the deeper quest in God, and a deeper understanding of who we
are, and where we are going in the coming seasons. These essays
outline a glorious Bride, awaiting the return of her Beloved by
actively walking out His end-time plan!
Human beings are complex organisms and as such no one-size-fits-all
educational approach will ever be truly effective for the majority
of students. Many educational theorists have identified this
cookie-cutter approach as the "factory model" of education.
Business and manufacturing have developed more effective and
flexible methods, but our schools have remained essentially static
for over one hundred years. This factory model is the universal
standard for what is considered traditional education in America,
and is carried out with little regard for the ways humans, or
individuals, learn. But we can change all this, with our kids and
in our classrooms. Let's do it!
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