Daily Devotion | Wednesday – November 26, 2025 Scripture “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones” ( Proverbs 17:22, King James Bible, 2025). 🌿 Daily Devotion | Wednesday – November 26, 2025 Scripture “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken Read more
Lesallan | November 25, 2025 Incarnational Mission: Avoiding Cultural Imperialism Missionaries today can avoid cultural imperialism while still sharing the gospel effectively by adopting an incarnational, dialogical approach that prioritizes listening, learning, and local agency. This requires a shift from mission as Western expansion to mission as participation in the Read more
Devotional Week Three — Spiritual Warfare in Missions Spiritual opposition is real in missions; standing firm in God’s armor and deepening spiritual disciplines prepares us to persevere and trust the Lord for victory. Scripture and Reflection “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against Read more
Lesallan | November 24, 2025 Monday’s Devotion — November 24, 2025 Scripture Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! — Lamentations 3:22–23 (ESV) Reflection Monday mornings can feel heavy: unfinished tasks, Read more
Lesallan | November 23, 2025 Sunday Devotion Scripture — 1 John 4:19-21 (KJV) 19 We love him, because he first loved us.20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can Read more
Lesallan Ohio Christian University MIS1010 Introduction to Global Missions (ONL25F4) November 22, 2025 Scaffold and Spirit: Carey & the Moravians William Carey and the Moravian missionaries decisively shaped modern Protestant mission through complementary but divergent theological emphases, methods, and legacies. Carey advanced an institutional, education-centered paradigm that paired evangelical urgency Read more
Lesallan | November 21, 2025 Being Generous with Your Life Jesus’ words, “And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.” (Matthew 5:41, King James Bible, 2025), land in a particular historical moment: under Roman occupation, a soldier could compel a civilian to carry a pack Read more
Lesallan | November 20, 2025 At the Door: Finding Sacred Service in Small Places “For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness” Psalms 84:10 (KJV). Psalms 84:10 Read more
Lesallan | November 19, 2025 History of Christian Missions The early missionary movements led by William Carey and the Moravians shaped modern mission practice in distinct ways. Carey emphasized individual theological conviction, scholarly preparation, and practical institution-building: he advocated for translation, education, and social reform as central to mission work, Read more
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news.” —Isaiah 52:7 (NIV). Week Two Devotional Reflection – Lesallan “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news.” —Isaiah 52:7 (NIV). Early missionaries faced immense challenges as they sought to carry Read more