Next Few Weeks

Because of a special set-apart season for me in the Lord, the postings for the next few weeks will simply be quotes from a variety of men and women of God who have discipled me through their books over the years.

I'll begin this series of quotes this week with the words of Roland Allen, an Anglican missionary in China from 1895 till 1903. His experience in the missions world resulted in books that present the work of missions through a different lens than that through which we, as modern western missionaries, are used to looking. I highly recommend two books by him: "Missionary Methods: St.Paul's or Ours?" and "The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church."

In his chapter entitled "Fear for the Doctrine" in "The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church", Allen says the following:

"What Christ asks of His disciples is not so much exposition of doctrine about Him as witness to His power...It does not require long training for a man to say: 'Whereas I was blind now I see.'...There is a difference between the revelation of a Person and the teaching of a system of doctrine and practice...the Person is greater than the doctrine and far excels it."

Jesus, You are altogether lovely and our hearts exclaim that You far excel any doctrine about You! Holy Spirit, show us the transcendent beauty of Jesus...thank You!