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A Candle in the Dark
FROM THE BACK “Set in the Republic of Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides), ‘A Candle in the Dark’ acquaints the reader with the courage, endurance and what historian Stephen Neill called ‘dogged determination’ of missionaries in the Pacific Islands. The book also deepens our understanding about the changing role of modern Bible translators in countries where national peoples are assuming greater responsibility for the translation of the Scriptures into their own ethnic languages. Writing in his characteristic style, Hugh Steven weaves the romance of history, the compelling beauty of the islands, and the importance of working in a partnership with national translators, into a literary tapestry. This tapestry is fringed with the drama of cyclones, a foundering ship, sharks, and the surrender of a young woman’s rebellious spirit to the overwhelming love of God. Hugh Steven is author-at-large for Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. He, with his wife Norma, has served with Wycliffe since 1956. The Stevens make their home in Santa Ana, California."
- GenresNonfiction
128 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1990
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March 26, 2016Appreciate the simple, straightforward testimony of the tribesman and missionaries. Disappointingly the author goes against this (and scripture) by quoting some author regarding living the gospel and not speaking it ["The most effective sermon is a life lived"]. Would have liked more exploration of how missionaries can do damage in other cultures..
of note:
It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations. - Andrew Fuller
When i read about the Great Commission, this challenges me to reach the world i live in... we know that Jesus Christ is coming again. Our people live with this reality and expectation.
Central to Debbie's partnership ministry with Robert is a personal concern that she demonstrate BOTH BY WORD AND ACTION the love of Jesus Christ to whomever she meets. "Uppermost in my mind is the crucial ideal of making my life a constant witness for Jesus Christ. I am conscience that my friends in the village are watching how I relate to Robert and the children... I have a natural opportunity to testify that 'greater is He that is within me, than he that is in the world.'"
regarding superstition and or/good luck... In a pluralistic population, you always have , as we do in New Zealand and Australia and you have in the United States and Canada, people who claim to be adherents to the Christian faith but in fact deny their hope and trust in God by practicing things in their everyday lives that the Scriptures forbid.
..the church in Vanuatu, particularly in the outlying areas, is a young church, an immature church. The obvious reason for this is that most people have not had the Scriptures available in their own languages and therefore are unable to use the authority of God's Word as a tool to correct, rebuke, train and equip them for every good work (2 Timothy 3:14-17).
"To know Christ and make Him known." James Gordon
"At the day of judgement, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done." Thomas a Kempis
of note:
It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations. - Andrew Fuller
When i read about the Great Commission, this challenges me to reach the world i live in... we know that Jesus Christ is coming again. Our people live with this reality and expectation.
Central to Debbie's partnership ministry with Robert is a personal concern that she demonstrate BOTH BY WORD AND ACTION the love of Jesus Christ to whomever she meets. "Uppermost in my mind is the crucial ideal of making my life a constant witness for Jesus Christ. I am conscience that my friends in the village are watching how I relate to Robert and the children... I have a natural opportunity to testify that 'greater is He that is within me, than he that is in the world.'"
regarding superstition and or/good luck... In a pluralistic population, you always have , as we do in New Zealand and Australia and you have in the United States and Canada, people who claim to be adherents to the Christian faith but in fact deny their hope and trust in God by practicing things in their everyday lives that the Scriptures forbid.
..the church in Vanuatu, particularly in the outlying areas, is a young church, an immature church. The obvious reason for this is that most people have not had the Scriptures available in their own languages and therefore are unable to use the authority of God's Word as a tool to correct, rebuke, train and equip them for every good work (2 Timothy 3:14-17).
"To know Christ and make Him known." James Gordon
"At the day of judgement, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done." Thomas a Kempis
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