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Probably my favorite biography I have ever read.
Powerful!!
This is someone who is living the cross (if I may make that statement without irony).
The original title was For This Cross, I'll Kill You. I have been graced with a signed copy. (Woohoo!) One of my heroes. ...more
Powerful!!
This is someone who is living the cross (if I may make that statement without irony).
The original title was For This Cross, I'll Kill You. I have been graced with a signed copy. (Woohoo!) One of my heroes. ...more
incredible story of Bruce Olson and the Motilones, and how he just went and lived with these people with formal missionary support and won them to Christ. Awesome to see God work in his live and the Motilone people. He is working on translating the Bible into there language. It was great book that shows Olsons love for this tribe in South America, I think along the borders of Colombia, and Ecuador????.
Also, the Motilones rub their stomachs after eating a full meal. The stomach is consider the se ...more
Also, the Motilones rub their stomachs after eating a full meal. The stomach is consider the se ...more
Wow, what an amazing account! Fascinating learning about the language and customs of these remote people, and the danger that Bruce and others faced for the sake of the gospel. What a convicting thing to read, when as Americans we are mostly at ease in our lives, and me in particular!
There was, perhaps, too much conformity to culture, especially concerning the witch doctor and the Bible translation. It IS quite a big thing to change the Scriptures, though I can understand the reasoning behind it ...more
There was, perhaps, too much conformity to culture, especially concerning the witch doctor and the Bible translation. It IS quite a big thing to change the Scriptures, though I can understand the reasoning behind it ...more
This is an autobiographical account of a Minnesotan who at age 19 moves to Colombia to live among the Motilone Indians who were known as extremely vicious toward outsiders. First, there is Bruce Olson’s background, and then after surviving an arrow to the thigh in his first encounter, we go on to read of amazing events that eventually lead to many Motilones coming to faith in Christ. What a moving and exciting read from start to finish! And it is brimming with examples of gospel contextualizatio
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excellent thriller what a 19 year old can do
Biography of a 19 year-old kid who went to the jungles of South America and converted a jungle tribe.
Jan 02, 2011
Melissa
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