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Mid-Term Field Report: “Because Jesus Is Worth It”
Have you ever been “missing in action” when a loved one needed you? Karina has. And from her critter-infested home in Thailand, she can testify to the pain it causes . . . but she can also testify to...
View ArticleA Collection of Videos on Missions
To acquaint (or re-acquaint) yourself with David Platt’s teaching on missions, here is a collection of videos in which he talks about different aspects of it. While these videos do not offer a...
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The Church at War
In Scripture, the church is described as a body, a family, and a bride. Naturally, these may be some of the first images that come to mind. But have you ever thought of the church as an army? Here are...
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A Forgotten Field
When we think of mission work, our minds may most naturally go to the African bush, the Indian slums, or the Arabian deserts. We probably don’t think of Tokyo high rises. We should. At less than one...
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How One Church is Engaging an Unreached People Group
Nearly a quarter of a billion people live in the 29 countries that comprise Southeast Asia. The region hosts 426 people groups, 343 of which are unreached. If you’re one of the 215 million people in...
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Correctly Using a Good, Helpful, Biblical Category
If you’ve ever taken a vegan friend to lunch, chances are your first suggestion was not Whataburger. You probably stayed away from all restaurants the fell under the “fast food hamburger joints”...
View ArticleYour Role in Sending
David Platt encourages you to consider how you might be involved in reaching those who have never heard the gospel, whether that’s by going or giving. Reaching the unreached is at the heart of the...
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How You Can Pray for David Platt, and Why He Needs It
Each weekday, Desiring God posts a feature on their website called Ask Pastor John. In it, John Piper addresses a wide variety of issues based on questions that people send in. The segments are short,...
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Becoming a “World Christian”
On any given day, there are countless things we could be praying for when it comes to Christ’s church scattered across the world: various levels of persecution, the advance of the gospel among...
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One Surprising Motivation for Missions
Biblically, there are many reasons that compel us to go to the nations: obedience to the Great Commission, love for God and his glory, love for our neighbors (the nations). There are many more, and,...
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He’s Got Missionary Wives in His Hands
The following gospel encouragement is from a missionary wife to other missionary wives. While I was doing some desktop cleaning the other day I came across a long-lost rough draft that read like a...
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Practical Ways to Refresh a Missionary on Furlough
Jason Carter has an excellent article over at TGC (as a guest blogger for Kevin DeYoung) in which he gives twenty suggestions for how Christians can refresh the hearts of cross-cultural missionaries...
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Big and Small, God’s Mercy Abounds
It’s hard to imagine something more magnificent and grand than God’s mercy: the all-powerful Creator and sustainer of the universe meets people in their sin and forgives them. But that’s not where...
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Miss a Meal #ForTheMission
Thousands of missionaries are spreading the gospel among unreached people groups all over the world. They are able to live and labor in difficult circumstances because of the support they receive from...
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Who’s Missing a Meal #ForTheMission?
Below are some of the people who have taken the challenge to miss a meal #ForTheMission this month. Instead of eating a meal, they’ve chosen to donate the money they would have spent on it to the...
View ArticleSingleness, Marriage, and the Great Commission
Last month, David Platt was able to speak at the Ethics and Religious Liberty National Conference. The conference theme was The Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of Marriage. It effectively helped...
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Construction, Building Up Your Spouse, & Missions
We grew quiet as we neared the construction site. I cannot remember if our steps quickened or slowed, because I cannot remember why my heart rate increased. Anxiety or anger? It wasn’t our first time...
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Four Missions Trends to be Thankful For
This Thanksgiving, we wanted give thanks to God for four current trends in world missions. 1. Disasters and Crises – This may seem like an odd way to begin a list of things we’re thankful for. We...
View ArticleA Mobilizing Resource from the IMB
The IMB has made David Platt’s below message widely available as a tool for mobilizing churches to pray, give, and go to the nations. If your church or small group is looking for a good way to...
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Word of the Father Now in Flesh Appearing
When people uses the term “incarnational ministry” today, what do they mean? Most likely, they’re referring to patterning our lives after Jesus, who came to us as a servant, lived among us (in our...
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