Quotes

"Prejudice, which sees what it pleases, cannot see what is plain" —Aubrey T. de Vere

"I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking Him to do His work through me." —Hudson Taylor

"If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God, you’ll be at rest." —Corrie Ten Boom

“We have observed that there is more to Bible translation than just the process of translating. We need to be involved in evangelism and discipleship and teaching the Bible. It’s an amazing, long, intense process." —Dave Hare

"The problem with the world is that we draw our circle of family too small." —Mother Teresa

"I don’t agree with those who see reaching the unreached as being the only valid form of Christian mission; it is much broader and richer than this.

"Christian faith rests on a divine act of translation. ‘The Word became flesh and dwelt among us’ (John 1:14). Any confidence we have in the translatability of the Bible rests on that prior act of translation.

"The root issue in all of these considerations (helping the poor) is that God, who is a worker, ordained work so that humans could worship Him through their work.

"We [the church] are invited to participate in an activity of God which is the central meaning of creation itself. We are invited to become, through the presence of the Holy Spirit, participants in the Son’s loving obedience to the Father.

"Poverty is the result of relationships that do not work, that are not just, that are not for life, that are not harmonious or enjoyable. Poverty is the absence of shalom in all its meanings." —Bryant L. Myers