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Filling up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton is unavailable, but you can change that!

Throughout history, God’s strategy for reaching unreached people groups with the gospel has often included the suffering of his front-line heralds—the missionaries who made countless sacrifices to advance the kingdom of God. In Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ, John Piper focuses on the flesh-and-blood reality of pain in the lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton. Paying...

governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. (Matthew 10:17–18) Notice that the “witness” before governors and kings is not a mere result or consequence, but a design. Literally: “You will be dragged before … kings for a witness to them [eis marturion autois].” God’s design for reaching some governors and kings is the persecution of his people. Why this design for missions? One answer from the Lord Jesus goes like this: A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a
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