Loving God enough to break ancient rules (part 5 of 6)

Appendix

1. DISCIPLESHIP which means DISCIPLINE2487

The question is often asked: ‘How can I best begin at home to prepare for the life of the mission field?’ Here are a few practical suggestions.

Effort – It will not be easy. We must go out of our way to acquire this preparedness. We are called to a strict training for a hard fight which will not end till we hear God’s ‘Well done’.

Difficulties – Let us learn to choose the hardest things, to do what others leave undone. We can begin in the ordinary affairs of home life. The joy of hard climbing and the glory of the impossible should not be mere phrases but experienced facts.

Helpfulness – Make opportunities each day to help others, in inconspicuous ways, not grudgingly but joyfully, though it may mean far less time for yourself. Be kind and thoughtful. Be courteous and good mannered. ‘Love is never rude, never selfish.’

Sleep – Do not waste time sitting up late talking. King’s business talk is different; but what about the late rising in the morning, the shortened quiet time, due to our letting the pleasant conversation of the night before drive on?

Food – ‘I don’t like this.’ Well, learn to like it, unless it actually does physical harm. Be grateful for what God has given. If it is just a case of likes and dislikes, learn to be able to eat things that are not your choice – and enough to keep you fit and strong, not a mere mouthful. The ability to eat unflinchingly may mean much for friendship with peoples of another land whose food is very different from ours. Clothes – God wants us to be tidy, and certainly not to be conspicuous through slackness. But fashion should not be our master even in the smallest things.

Spending money – There are many unnecessary gadgets and ornaments that it are very nice to possess, for which we spent money without thinking. All our money is God’s if we are his children. Rich and poor, we should think and pray before we spend, and we should learn to do without. Some, after indulgence in small ways, find it hard to stop. The people among whom we are to live in the mission field, for the most part, never could buy such things or their local equivalent. The unnecessary separates us from those we come to serve. Do not let us live like misers, but pray before we spend.

Tidiness – Some people seem to be born tidy, others think that they never can be. Can we imagine the Lord Jesus when he was on earth with his clothes untidy and all his belongings lying about in disorder? It saves time and is excellent training to deliberately study tidiness.

Comfort – Do not become too wedded to the armchair. The comforts of modern life may not be found abroad, and we must learn to be independent of them, and to cut out the things that make us soft. Physical discomfort for its own sake need not to be sought, but it must never cause us to turn back. ‘Be careful of your body, but careless of your life.’

2487. Prepared by Godfrey Webb-Peploe for missionaries who wished to join the Dohnavur Fellowship. Many of these recommendations can be found in Gold Cord.

How to cite: Kommers, J. (Hans), 2017, ‘Appendix’, in Triumphant Love - The contextual, creative and strategic missionary work of Amy Beatrice Carmichael in south India, pp. 603–607, AOSIS, Cape Town. https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2017.tl41.0x

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Accuracy – This is part of truth. Train the mind to accurate thinking and the lips in accuracy of speech. What of the stories we retell? Do we add to the facts to make people more impressed or more amused? Truth has little place in most non-Christian lands and, when we speak of the necessity of utter truth, our words and ways are watched.

Truth – Let there be no pose. Many Orientals can read us like a book and we cannot deceive them. According to God’s scale of values we are certainly no better than they, so why pretend to be so? Pride – If you take offence easily, do not come to the mission field thinking that it does not matter. He humbled himself. He did it deliberately. So do not let us care overmuch for the praise of blame of men, even of other Christians. To our God we live. If something is misunderstood, learn to go direct to the other one concerned. Be frank and humble and straighten it out.

Speech – Don’t argue, but learn from God when and what to speak, and realise the value of silence. Never break confidence. Never fear to speak the truth, though it lead to trouble. When God says ‘Speak’, deliver without fear or favour his whole message, to individuals or in a meeting.

Humility – If we are wrong let us confess it. It will be humiliating, but it will be the straight thing to do and no one ever loses standing in the eyes of those he seeks to help by being honest. Be willing to learn from the experience of others – experienced older people, inexperienced younger ones, people of the country, anyone, if only we may do our job for God’s glory. The best way of doing things in the homelands is very often not the best way abroad.

Popularity – This is dangerous, attracting people to oneself; influence is most often unconscious. God can use the latter if we live near enough to him, but the former should never be sought. ‘He made Himself of no reputation.’

Adaptability – We must learn to be adaptable, and be willing to start from the beginning and to go to school again to learn the language and the customs and the mind of the people to whom we go. If we do not like having our careful plans altered and something quite different substituted, then the sooner we learn to be able to take this joyfully the better.

Patience – This is needed for the study of the language and ways of our new homeland. It is no use trying to hurry the deliberate East. It is seldom any use to give someone ‘a piece of your mind’. It is usually not worth giving. And the heat of the tropics does not encourage the spontaneous growth of patience. So it is a lesson to be learned, a gift to be asked from God who freely gives all we need.

Temperament – Even among Christians, differences of natural temperament often lead to friction and lack of peace. You may find yourself in a mission station with another missionary whose tastes and interests and temperament are the very reverse of yours. If you do not get on together, God’s name is dishonoured before those you hope to win for Christ, for such a feeling of estrangement will soon be known to them. What have you in common? A love for the Lord, a call to his service among those who know him not. PRAY. Pray frequently together. Pray for others. Worship and adore your Lord together, and the petty things that might cause friction will be harmless to annoy. Thoughts – Think the best of others. Critical thoughts, unclean thoughts, worrying thoughts, envious thoughts, thoughts of self-pity that dwell upon difficulties ahead, or that imagine offence or opposition in others, may be put into our minds by the evil one. Do not let them stay. If we give place to them and begin to think them over, we shall be led into sin, for even the thought of foolishness is sin. The Holy Communion is within us and knows our thoughts. Let him control them, and keep us too from that waste of God’s time which we call day-dreaming.

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Books – What do we read? For refreshment, encouragement, uplifting help of all kinds, there are many books. Let us keep to these. Do we sit up half the night to finish something interesting or exiting? Let us curb the lust to finish, and be disciplined in our reading as in other things.

Friendship – Every true friendship should make us more accessible to others and more understanding and helpful. Exclusive friendships are unhealthy.

Marriage – Very many look forward to this as God’s good gift. In the mission field there are some kinds of work where married people can do more because they are married. There are equally a number of situations where single men or single women are far better able to do the work that God has appointed. So let us take nothing for granted and be very, very sure, of God’s guidance in this most solemn of decisions.

Social life – Do not become slave to social life, for it is a snare to many on the mission field. Can you do without the company of people of your own race? Do you crave the social amenities of the homeland? How much time is wasted in these things! Be independent of them, and learn to love the company of the people you have come to serve. They will soon understand, and to win their confidence is worth all. A sense of humour – Not only does this at times help us in a difficult situation, but it lightens the necessary stress of the daily work. How can one who does not understand or appreciate the fun of life be the messenger of ‘the Gospel of the happy God’?

Joy – Be glad always. Praise God always. When you are ill or tired or tempted or at your wit’s end, learn the habit of perpetual praise, for it prepares a way whereby God may show us his victory. The Bible – If you do not believe it to be wholly the Word of God, for Christ’s sake, I say it reverently, do not come to the mission field. Keen Hindus believe in their holy books, Muslims in the Koran, and they have not much respect for one who brings a holy book that is unreliable.

The quiet time – The source of strength for each day. Get through to personal converse with the Lord. Let it not become formal. It must be a conversation with our Beloved whom we love above theirs. Do not merely ask him for things, but worship and praise him. The devil will try to let your work be cut short God’s hour, but do not give in if you want to be of any use to the Lord. It is not the multitude of things accomplished, but the closeness of our walk with Christ that determines whether our building will be of gold, silver, precious stones, or of wood, hay, stubble.

Prayer – Pray often with your fellow labourers, with anyone who loves the Lord. Let all work be spiritual – medical, educational, evangelistic, industrial. Don’t be caught in the machinery of the works. Keep the spiritual uppermost and the balance right. Many have lost their first spiritual enthusiasm through pressure of work, so pray, pray, PRAY.

All manner of service – Whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be the servant of all. For even the son of man came not to be served, but to serve and to give. This from Sister Eva of Friedenshort sums up the spirit of Philippians 2:5–8, which we need:

Because we children of Adam want to be great – HE BECAME SMALL.
Because we are always seeking to climb higher – HE STEPPED DOWN.
Because we will no stoop – HE HUMBLED HIMSELF.
Because we want to rule – HE CAME TO SERVE.

Appendix

2. The Dohnavur Fellowship Today

The work in Dohnavur still continues, but now the Fellowship leaders and officers are family members who grew up in Dohnavur. In fellowship with others of God’s children, they seek to make his love and salvation known to those around them. The legal scene is very different from the time of Amy Carmichael. It is registered both as a charity under the auspices of the Tamil Nadu Societies Act and under the Juvenile Justice Act in 2010. The Child Welfare Committee checks the standards of the home and their approval is required for any child to be admitted. In the UK the Dohnavur Fellowship Corporation is a charitable company (reg. no. 232520) that supports the work in India, accepting donations to send to India and sending out newsletters.

The Fellowship provides a home and family for children in many different kinds of moral or physical danger. The dedication of girls to the temples is now illegal. Government rules mean that the Fellowship can only accept children over the age of five years old. In 2016 there were almost 100 girls under the age of 18. The need to care for them continues until they are securely launched into jobs or settled in marriage. The aim is still to bring them up to know and love the Lord Jesus and to follow his example as those who desire not to be served but to serve. There are also many elderly, retired staff being cared for in the Fellowship, some requiring full-time care. The hospital provides care for the family’s own medical needs and also treats patients from the surrounding towns and villages. They include rich and poor, highly educated and illiterate. There is work with leprosy patients and a busy dental department. Through this medical work God continues to bring to the Fellowship the people whose need is for spiritual as well as physical healing.

The boys’ work finally came to an end in 1984, but the buildings they occupied in Dohnavur have been put to full use. In 1981 the Fellowship, in partnership with other Christians, formed the Santhosha Educational Society to administer a co-educational, boarding school, primarily for the benefit of the children of missionaries of Indian nationality. There are now facilities for over 600 students. Their parents come from Indian missions and organisations working in many parts of India, including tribal areas.

In matters of finance, the Fellowship follows the pattern shown from the beginning of the work. Amy Carmichael rejoiced in her Heavenly Father’s faithfulness in supplying each need. His faithfulness is the same today.

The Dohnavur Fellowship, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu 627 102 India.

UK Office The Dohnavur Fellowship, 80 Windmill Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 0QH UK. [email protected] Web pages: www.dohnavurfellowship.org.in

www.thedohnavurfellowship.org (where songs written by Amy Carmichael can be read and downloaded with music)

Appendix

3. Author Biography

J. (Hans) Kommers served as an ordained minister in four congregations of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN). He holds a doctorate in theology from North-West University (NWU) in Potchefstroom, South Africa. His PhD thesis is about Revival and Revival sermons in Wuppertal (Germany) in the 19th century. Currently he is an extraordinary professor at the Faculty of Theology at NWU. After finishing his education at the Teachers Training College ‘Felua’ in Ede, he studied theology at Utrecht University and started in 1976 in the pastoral ministry. After a year of missionary training at the Hendrik Kraemer Institute in Oegstgeest, he and his wife were missionaries in Kenya and in Moçambique.

In Kenya he initiated a Theological Education by Extension (TEE) programme in the Reformed Church of East Africa and his wife did home schooling for the children. In Moçambique he ministered in various local congregations in Tête Province and incorporated the TEE programme in the curriculum of the Bible school ‘Hefsiba’, while his wife was involved in an adult literature programme. For many years he was a board member of the Reformed Mission League (GZB) in the Netherlands.

Together with his wife, he wrote Zending zonder franje in 2017, a study about the calling, the joy and the temptation in mission work. Since 2008 he has been a member of the International Reformed Theological Institute (IRTI) of the Theological Faculty of the Free University (VU) in Amsterdam. He regularly publishes articles on mission and homiletics in In Die Skriflig, the official theological journal of the Theological Faculty of NWU. In the Netherlands, as well as in Africa, he is involved in mission training programmes.

He married Aly in 1973. The marriage is blessed with seven children. He and his wife live in Harderwijk (The Netherlands) and he may be contacted at [email protected]

After many years of research I wrote this book in the hope that Amy Carmichael’s commitment and faithful service will be an inspiration and encouragement to confront the challenges of our 21st century for real Christian discipleship. We all will learn of the highest major principle of our Christian life that ‘all that troubles is only for a moment. Nothing is important but that which is eternal’.

Index

archaeology, 3 A

Archbishop, 428 abuse, 16–17, 29, 156, 212, 242, 293, 319, 347,

Arden, 171 405, 438, 542, 554, 570, 581

Arrowsmith, 55 accept, 66, 83, 104, 107, 173, 206, 249, 289, 317,

Arthur T. Pierson, 353 335–336, 349–350, 368, 383, 422, 444, 469,

Arulai Tara, 222, 417 484, 508, 579, 584, 606

asceticism, 426, 438 acceptance, 11, 35, 107, 128, 181, 191, 317, 319,

Asia, 9–10, 15, 18, 33, 110, 178, 186, 214, 295, 329, 335–336, 383, 436, 443–444, 484, 489,

340, 356, 474, 482, 487, 518–519, 523–524, 525, 535

578, 594, 596–597, 600, 602 action, 7, 16, 48, 132, 140, 187, 196, 206, 215,

attitude, 31, 48, 66, 68, 116–117, 149, 161, 176, 253, 295, 300, 311, 372, 400, 403, 426–427,

186, 190, 198, 225, 258–259, 269, 331, 361, 435, 438, 440, 469, 475, 494, 497, 503–504,

364, 371, 382, 420, 454, 456, 478, 557, 571, 510, 519, 532, 542, 544, 557, 560, 570–573

573 Africa, 1, 9, 14–16, 29–30, 33–34, 74, 91, 105,

attitudes, 23, 30, 101, 421–422, 511, 559 110–111, 117, 125, 147–148, 166, 202, 232,

attributes, 42, 537 268, 296, 349, 351, 354, 356, 366, 375, 411,

Australia, 58, 66, 105, 147, 170, 220, 225, 295– 442, 460, 465, 468, 509, 513, 515, 518–519,

296, 321, 405, 429, 495, 524, 589–590, 598 526, 548, 578, 594, 607

authenticity, 11 African, 15, 30, 33, 518–519, 521, 559, 578, 591–

authority, 11–13, 24–25, 55, 147, 160, 164, 166, 592

286, 291, 331, 354, 396, 415, 427, 435, 439, age, 2, 7–9, 19, 23, 27–29, 31–32, 34–35, 46, 50,

445, 452, 504, 517–518, 547, 561, 569, 571 53, 59, 68, 71, 85, 90, 93, 95, 98, 108, 115,

autobiography, 150, 179, 294, 328–329, 331, 364, 127, 129, 133, 161, 176, 179–181, 186–187,

381, 407, 422, 511, 517, 587, 596, 598, 600 194, 204–205, 208–209, 212, 243, 245–246,

awareness, 18, 88, 90, 98, 108, 317, 388, 533, 567 272, 285, 293, 295, 300, 304, 313, 321–322, 324, 338, 356, 396, 418, 427, 430, 435, 437– 439, 453, 482, 495, 504, 506, 509, 511, 518,

B

520–521, 524, 542, 546, 554, 556, 560, 562, Bangalore, 123, 145–149, 161, 169–173, 175, 566–567, 571, 576, 585, 592, 599, 606 193–194, 253, 278, 283, 288, 317, 383, 423, agencies, 6, 8, 16, 165, 190, 518, 581 465, 586, 589–590, 602 agency, 186, 594 baptism, 8, 31, 45, 87–88, 106, 111, 113, 124, alienation, 13, 32, 457 126, 132, 191, 241, 249, 263, 272, 313, 323, anthropology, 9–10, 518 376, 385, 388, 409, 538, 580 anxieties, 15, 104, 328, 408, 485, 498 Barbara Trehane, 271–272, 327 anxiety, 25, 66, 108, 287, 335, 407, 422, 577 Beatty, 45–46, 54 anxious, 25, 43, 102, 111, 329, 407, 428, 465, behaviour, 5, 7, 26, 35, 51, 55, 170, 176, 209, 541, 582 213, 252, 420, 439, 456 apologetics, 25 Belfast, 1–2, 5–6, 14, 39–42, 45–46, 53, 57–63, apologist, 397 66, 68–70, 76, 81, 99–101, 105, 121, 145, 147, approach, 10, 12–13, 23, 31, 88, 110, 157, 181, 149, 169–170, 218, 224, 236, 348, 350, 353, 193, 321, 345–346, 348, 350, 352, 354, 356, 375, 398, 400, 415–416, 423, 426, 458, 475, 358, 360, 362, 364, 366, 368, 370, 372, 374, 488, 494, 501, 511, 526, 532, 536, 553–554, 376, 408, 422, 427, 453, 549, 571, 573–574 556, 561–562, 564, 580, 588–590, 594, 599 Belfast City Mission, 63 Buxton, 91, 108–112, 115, 119, 123–124, 134, Bible, 2–3, 5, 10, 13, 18–19, 24–28, 30, 32, 41– 137, 139–140, 172, 268, 525, 592, 595 42, 48–50, 52–54, 60, 63–67, 69–71, 73–76, 81–83, 90–91, 98–100, 103, 106, 111–112,

C

117–118, 121, 125–126, 128–129, 131, 133,

C.T. Studd, 34, 110–111, 296, 595 135, 137, 140, 145, 149, 153, 164–165, 170–

Cable, 16, 30, 82, 106, 108–109, 138, 295, 340, 174, 179, 181–184, 187, 191, 193–194, 197–

509–510, 592, 594, 599 200, 221, 225–226, 235, 242, 249, 255, 258,

Calcutta, 4, 156–157, 178–179, 186, 208, 327, 261, 276, 278, 283–285, 289–290, 293, 295,

472, 483, 487, 600–601 299, 301, 304–305, 307, 315, 317, 321–322,

Calvary, 49, 56, 62, 79, 100, 106, 123, 146, 198, 328, 330, 340, 351, 353–355, 364, 366, 368,

213, 222, 264, 273, 306, 324–325, 337, 347– 370–371, 375, 381, 384–385, 388, 390, 396–

348, 377, 392, 397–398, 416–417, 419, 440, 397, 400, 405, 409–410, 416, 421–423, 425–

462, 465, 475, 477, 519, 529, 533, 540, 543, 426, 429–431, 436, 438–439, 441, 449–450,

546–547, 551, 557, 564, 570–571, 585 452–456, 460–461, 463, 466–469, 476, 486–

Calvinism, 26, 28 487, 490, 495, 503, 511, 518, 523, 533, 535–

Campbell Morgan, 383, 450 536, 538, 541–542, 546, 549, 555, 559–560,

Canon, 82, 87, 353, 553 562, 571, 573, 585, 588, 596, 602, 605, 607

capitalism, 426, 602 Bible translation, 400

care, 1, 15–16, 18, 36, 44, 69, 73, 99, 103, 107– Biblical Ethic, 84

108, 118, 123, 128, 135, 138, 145, 151, 153, Biblical Theology, 25, 487, 520

157, 162, 170–171, 187, 190, 200–201, 209, binding, 116, 340, 350

219–220, 224, 229, 245, 254–255, 258, 260, biography, 4–6, 8, 10–15, 18, 86–87, 98, 110,

263–264, 270, 285, 295, 302–304, 308, 315– 130, 132, 206, 215, 220, 333, 428, 430–432,

316, 318–319, 322, 324, 327, 340, 347–349, 464, 503, 507, 509, 522, 542, 560, 562, 589–

360, 374, 382–383, 387, 396, 399, 405–408, 590, 594, 597, 607

422, 429, 438–439, 456, 487, 493, 501, 505, birth, 13–14, 23–24, 28, 35, 39, 82, 90–91, 113,

536, 540, 546, 549, 557, 571, 573, 576–577, 124–125, 148, 185, 203–204, 214, 235, 311,

579, 581, 604, 606 359, 427, 503, 573, 578, 586

Carmichael, 1–2, 4–18, 23, 26, 32–33, 36, 39– blind, 9, 136, 194, 207–208, 258, 264, 323, 375,

55, 57–61, 63, 65–72, 81–82, 84–86, 88–90, 474, 485, 503, 506, 575, 588

92, 94, 97–98, 100–102, 105–111, 115, 117– body and soul, 151, 192, 233, 386, 501, 537, 574 118, 121, 125, 127, 129–134, 139–141, 145– Botanic Gardens, 41, 57 149, 155, 157, 160, 164, 166, 169–171, 173– boys work, 266–267, 270, 328 175, 188, 191, 194, 196, 199–202, 205, 208, Brahman, 163, 178, 185, 187, 204, 225, 227, 363, 215, 217, 221, 224, 228, 230, 232–233, 236– 369, 541, 568 237, 240, 243–245, 249, 253, 255–256, 268– Brewington, 292, 299–300, 570, 592 270, 273, 275, 283–284, 286–291, 295–296, Brighton, 26, 83, 376 299, 308, 313, 317–318, 330, 332–333, 337, brokenness, 240, 540–541 345, 349, 353–354, 381, 383–385, 393–395, Broughton Grange, 7, 69, 71–73, 84, 93, 99–101, 397–398, 406, 408, 412, 415–416, 420, 423, 135, 139–140, 145, 147, 150, 218, 354, 418– 431, 441, 449–450, 453, 458, 463–464, 479, 419, 429, 464, 468, 501, 504, 541, 548 481, 483, 486, 495, 497, 501–503, 506–507, Buchman, 428, 592 509–511, 517, 519, 522–526, 529, 531, 533, Burma, 436, 482, 519, 555 536–537, 540–541, 543–549, 553–554, 556– Business, 25, 27, 43, 45, 49, 59–60, 84, 157, 159, 557, 559–560, 562, 564, 569, 571–574, 576, 162, 263, 269, 285, 292, 300, 333, 349, 351, 581, 583–590, 592–593, 595, 597, 600, 603, 359, 374, 391, 406, 429, 470, 472, 474, 532, 606–607 539, 549, 554, 562, 574, 576, 603 Carolyn Custis James, 16

Carunia, 50, 221, 250–251, 255–259, 270, 286, 464, 466, 468–469, 472, 483–484, 490, 494– 323, 330, 332, 406, 420, 443, 490, 495, 534, 495, 501, 504, 508, 520, 539–541, 544, 548– 560–561, 563, 571–572, 579, 588 549, 556–557, 560–562, 569, 576, 579–580, caste, 3, 10, 129–130, 157, 160–164, 176, 180– 582, 585, 588, 599, 601, 606

183, 185–188, 194, 203, 206, 209, 212, 214, child abuse, 29, 212 218, 220, 222–223, 225, 231, 252, 256, 270, child trafficking, 13, 212, 544, 576 302, 306, 314, 316, 330, 363, 372, 384, 386, child welfare, 295, 606 388, 394, 396, 463, 563, 565, 579, 594 childhood, 16, 54, 60, 73, 164, 206, 211, 213– Catholics, 149, 178, 183 214, 259, 289, 370, 426–427, 508, 536, 554, Celtic spirituality, 421 560, 562 Centenary, 99, 356, 364, 586, 590 children, 1–2, 4–7, 11, 14, 16–18, 25–27, 29, 31, ceremonies, 556 35–36, 40–43, 46, 48–57, 61–64, 66–68, 70, Ceylon, 48, 50, 56, 105, 117–118, 130, 132, 134– 76, 92, 98, 100, 103, 105, 109–110, 112, 123, 141, 147–148, 156, 169, 173, 199, 206, 224, 125, 128–130, 133, 138, 148–149, 153, 157, 255, 348, 353, 374, 419–420, 450, 494, 526, 163–164, 176, 181–182, 185–187, 189–192, 564, 570, 591, 595 194–195, 197–204, 206–214, 217–224, 226, challenges, 11, 16–17, 25, 31, 47, 76, 148, 157, 228–246, 249–265, 267–273, 275–276, 278, 169, 230, 354, 503, 518, 523, 546, 576, 581, 281, 283–285, 287–292, 294–295, 300–306, 592, 607 311–325, 328–330, 332–335, 338–340, 346– change, 1–2, 4, 9–10, 14, 24–28, 31, 42, 54, 56– 349, 352–353, 355, 360, 370, 373–375, 382– 57, 70–71, 83, 118, 124, 131, 139, 158, 161, 384, 386–387, 389, 391–393, 397, 399–406, 164, 170, 172–173, 175, 178, 180, 208, 233, 408–409, 411–412, 415–416, 419–420, 422, 255, 287, 295, 300, 314, 333, 359, 369, 371, 429, 434, 438–441, 443, 452–454, 466–467, 373, 382–383, 398, 402, 415, 419, 428, 453, 469–470, 472–474, 477–478, 481, 483–484, 456, 460, 473, 485, 488, 503–504, 522–523, 490–491, 494–497, 501, 503–505, 508–511, 540, 562, 564, 576–577, 582, 585 520–526, 532, 534–535, 537–546, 549, 553– character, 4, 13, 17, 23, 39–40, 46, 87, 107–108, 559, 563, 565, 567–569, 571–581, 583, 585, 110–111, 130, 148–149, 156, 170, 181, 197, 590, 603, 605–607 201, 212, 223, 242–243, 252–253, 256–259, Children’s Ministry, 223 268–269, 271, 293, 295–296, 302, 319, 324, China, 12, 26–27, 32, 34–35, 40, 42, 49, 82, 89, 329, 331, 334, 346, 368, 386, 396, 407–408, 98, 105–108, 111, 115, 119, 125, 131, 137, 420, 426, 430, 437, 449, 463, 468, 477, 488, 140, 148, 156, 170, 182, 201, 220–221, 237, 493, 503–504, 507, 510–511, 520–521, 532, 267–268, 302, 317, 320, 322, 332, 353, 356– 534, 538, 542, 554, 558, 563, 567, 590 357, 360, 375–376, 397–398, 402, 404–405, characteristics, 42, 50, 84, 87, 130, 163, 252, 343, 456, 463, 482, 507–508, 518–519, 522, 536, 412, 461, 568 546, 551, 570, 577, 592–596, 599, 601–602 charisma, 317–318, 336 Christ, 2–3, 5–9, 11, 13–18, 28–37, 40–43, 46, charismatic, 83, 503 49, 51–56, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 74–76, 81, 83– charity, 53, 76, 351, 477, 502, 525, 606 93, 97–101, 103–105, 108, 110–113, 115–119, child, 5, 13, 16, 29, 39–40, 43–44, 48–53, 55, 71, 121, 123, 125–127, 129, 131–135, 137–139, 76, 89, 100, 102–103, 105, 123, 127, 130–132, 143, 146–148, 150, 158–159, 163–165, 170– 138, 151, 186, 198–199, 202, 205–206, 209– 171, 175, 177–181, 183, 186–188, 190–191, 213, 217–219, 222, 224, 226–228, 230–235, 194, 197, 199–202, 213, 220, 222, 224, 227, 237, 239, 241–244, 249, 252, 254, 258, 260, 233, 235, 240–241, 243, 250, 255, 257–259, 263–264, 272–273, 295, 303–304, 311, 313, 262–264, 271–273, 284, 286–289, 291, 293, 315, 319, 327, 332, 337, 339, 347, 354, 358, 295, 299–302, 306–308, 311, 313, 316–319, 370, 375, 384, 388–390, 398–399, 404–406, 322, 324–325, 332–335, 337, 341, 345–346, 408, 417, 420, 423–424, 437, 444, 450, 462, 348–351, 353–354, 356–360, 363–364, 366,

369, 371–374, 376, 381–384, 386, 388–390, 313, 316, 318, 320, 322–323, 327–328, 330, 392, 394, 396–400, 402–413, 416–417, 420, 345–346, 350, 353, 356, 359, 365–366, 368, 422–423, 425–428, 430–432, 434–443, 445, 373, 375–376, 383, 386–387, 394, 396, 399, 447, 452, 454–458, 461–462, 465–469, 475– 412, 419–422, 428–430, 432, 435, 437–439, 479, 484, 486, 488–489, 492, 494–497, 503, 441, 453, 455–457, 464, 467–468, 470–471, 506–507, 510–514, 518, 520–522, 524–527, 486–487, 496, 507, 511–513, 517–524, 526, 531, 535, 537–538, 540, 542, 548–551, 554– 539, 545, 550, 554–556, 558–559, 562–564, 562, 564–575, 577–585, 593, 596, 600, 604– 566–569, 576, 578–579, 581, 590–591, 593– 605 594, 596–597, 600–602, 607 Christendom, 9, 411, 596 Church Fathers, 437 Christian, 2, 5, 7–19, 24–30, 32–35, 37, 40, 46, Church History, 520

49–50, 52, 57, 61–64, 71, 73–75, 82–89, 91– Church Leaders, 35, 430 92, 98, 101, 106–107, 110, 116–117, 119, cities, 24–27, 29, 31, 41, 58, 156, 200, 218, 225, 121, 124–125, 129–130, 132–133, 143, 145, 254, 299, 328, 487, 519, 524 147, 156, 158–159, 161–166, 169, 172–173, citizen, 24, 29, 116, 259 176, 178–180, 182–190, 192, 194, 198, 200, citizenship, 149, 483, 490, 563 202, 210, 213–214, 218, 223, 225–226, 229, city, 2, 15, 27, 29, 46, 58–59, 62–63, 66, 70, 91, 231, 236, 239–243, 250–251, 253, 255–256, 98, 118–119, 121, 123, 150, 164, 175, 200, 258–259, 262–264, 266, 269, 274, 277, 284, 208, 228, 241–242, 309, 333, 385, 397, 438, 292–294, 299–301, 303, 307–311, 313, 315– 442, 483, 487, 492, 509, 553, 599–600 316, 320, 322, 329–331, 338, 349, 351, 356– collaboration, 181 357, 361, 363–365, 367–369, 371–375, 379, College Gardens, 2, 57, 60, 536 383–384, 386–388, 390–397, 399–400, 404– Colombo, 117–118, 134–135, 138–140, 145 407, 411–412, 416, 418, 420–423, 427–429, colonial, 7, 9–10, 23, 155, 170, 172, 178, 200, 431–432, 436–441, 454–455, 457, 463–465, 305, 487, 517–518, 524, 596–597, 601 469–472, 478, 481, 483, 486–487, 492, 496– colonialism, 9, 518 497, 501, 503, 506–509, 511, 517–524, 527, colonisation, 23 537, 541–542, 544–546, 553–557, 559–562, coming day, 251, 260, 272, 323, 487 565–575, 579–581, 583, 587, 591–602, 604, commemoration, 2, 13, 557, 573 606–607 Commissioner, 558 Christian education, 263, 506 communal, 161, 434, 556 Christianity, 6, 9–10, 13–14, 24–25, 27–29, 31– communicate, 124, 369, 464

32, 41, 49, 76, 92, 113, 116, 119, 148, 156, community, 49, 77, 132, 157, 162–163, 165, 179– 159–161, 163–166, 175–176, 178–181, 190– 181, 188, 194, 199–200, 212, 223, 225, 228, 191, 197, 199, 211, 214, 225, 227, 251, 300– 254, 263, 288, 291–292, 299–300, 302–303, 301, 307, 323, 361, 371–372, 396, 422, 425, 318–320, 324–325, 346, 364, 373, 399–400, 427, 430–432, 478, 501–502, 511, 513, 519, 412, 428–430, 438, 457, 463, 465, 506, 526, 524, 538–539, 555–556, 558, 565–566, 571, 538, 547, 554–556, 562, 566–567, 573 573, 594, 596–599, 601 complete, 12, 25, 45, 56–57, 71, 84, 87–88, 90, 95, Christology, 25, 437, 559, 570 105, 111, 117, 123, 129, 131, 141, 153, 161, Church, 1–3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14–16, 18, 25–26, 28– 163, 202, 239, 299–300, 343, 357, 379, 398, 35, 40, 42–46, 49–51, 56–61, 63–65, 67, 73– 415, 432, 440, 443, 461, 467, 472, 475–476, 77, 82–85, 87–88, 90–94, 98–100, 104, 108, 483, 513, 522, 524, 562, 578, 580, 593, 597 110–111, 119, 129, 132, 145–148, 156, 160, compromise, 13, 106, 162, 165, 171, 190, 285, 163–165, 171–173, 176–180, 183–185, 190– 300, 332, 345, 363, 373, 383, 394, 396, 419, 191, 199–200, 202, 220, 222, 227, 235–236, 435, 442, 444, 457, 461, 465, 567–568 238, 240–241, 251, 258, 264, 271, 285, 289, concept, 170, 206, 303, 392, 439, 502, 506, 524, 291, 293–296, 300, 302, 304, 307–310, 312– 539, 562, 573–574 confession, 24, 84, 240, 293, 372, 384, 427, 476 400, 409–410, 413, 418–420, 423, 426, 428– confessions, 75, 240, 566 432, 434–439, 442–443, 454–455, 458–459, conflict, 11, 16–17, 23, 59, 62, 75, 101, 104, 135, 461–462, 465, 468, 476–478, 491–492, 499, 176, 184, 261, 328–331, 340, 365, 386, 402, 506–509, 511, 513, 519–521, 524–526, 540, 410, 428–429, 442, 462, 483, 485, 509–510, 544–546, 550, 554–555, 557–558, 566, 569– 593 570, 572, 574, 580, 589, 599, 601 Congregation, 40, 44–46, 175–176, 184, 191, cults, 347

240, 264, 312, 357, 365, 368, 435, 539, 556, culture, 4, 9–10, 13, 24, 31, 163, 165, 169, 181, 607 199, 207, 212, 222, 244, 261, 289, 300, 331, consumerism, 517 369, 397, 407, 415, 420–421, 470, 478, 519– 521, 523, 553, 561, 568, 571, 573, 595 content, 14, 24, 125, 127, 245, 285, 289, 325,

curriculum, 607 335, 338, 358–359, 374, 421, 436, 453–454,

custom, 13, 50, 92, 123, 163, 176, 181, 186–188, 476, 487, 491, 495, 514, 525, 531–532, 542,

195–196, 201, 205–207, 209, 228, 252, 260, 547

276, 313, 366, 371, 565 context, 5, 10–13, 104, 169, 351, 407, 423, 513,

customs, 7, 9, 62, 159, 163, 175–176, 181, 188, 542, 568, 593

191–193, 204, 227, 365, 545, 566, 604 contextual, 1, 23, 39, 81, 97, 115, 145, 155, 169,

217, 249, 283, 299, 345, 381, 415, 431, 449, 481, 501, 517, 531, 553, 603

D

contextualisation, 411, 518, 567 dark times, 399 conversion, 9, 25, 28, 31, 33, 35, 40–41, 66, 148, David, 5, 14, 24, 33, 41, 43–46, 49, 51, 58–60, 158, 161–162, 164, 175, 179–180, 199, 202, 175, 236, 261, 292, 357, 473, 501, 515, 520, 221–222, 225, 240, 264, 360, 363, 368, 372– 526, 563, 593, 597 376, 383, 390, 416, 428, 455, 467, 488, 504, David Livingstone, 5, 14, 33, 261, 515, 526, 593, 518, 543, 549, 557, 559, 589, 593, 596 597 converts, 10, 13, 18, 28, 56, 112, 125, 130–132, death, 3, 5, 14–15, 17, 29, 31, 34, 48, 56, 59–60, 172, 178, 181, 199, 202, 214, 225, 263, 340, 69, 71, 81, 84, 88, 92–93, 100–101, 104, 107– 350, 363, 376, 390, 404, 411, 423, 443, 462, 108, 117, 119–120, 124, 137, 149–150, 153, 491–492, 544, 560, 566, 568, 580, 583 160, 164, 167, 170–171, 174, 183, 187, 189– corn of wheat, 62, 307, 325, 329, 334, 345, 358– 190, 193, 209–211, 222, 228, 237, 241, 272, 360, 364, 468, 475–477, 525–526, 529 284, 288, 296, 300, 314–315, 319, 336–338, corruption, 159, 459 346–347, 353, 355–357, 360, 369–370, 375– counselling, 364 376, 384, 388, 400, 409, 412, 420–421, 428, covenant, 2, 178 431, 435, 437, 441, 446, 458, 461, 475, 477, create, 26, 32, 87, 214, 330, 431, 437, 439, 468, 479, 484, 487–489, 491–492, 495–497, 499, 474, 540 503–504, 506, 508, 513, 518–521, 524–525, creating, 188, 337, 442, 559 540, 544, 548, 555, 559, 561–562, 564, 566, creation, 3, 17, 36, 125, 208, 251, 326–327, 383, 568–570, 576–577, 584–587, 592, 594, 598 416, 420, 422, 429, 440, 456, 468, 496, 539, defined, 425, 432, 568 542, 554, 564, 573, 582, 595 Democracy, 120, 159 crime, 29, 153, 252 dependence, 183, 306, 325, 423, 440, 474, 557, cross, 1, 6–7, 13–14, 29–30, 41–43, 51, 56, 74, 563, 574, 580

76, 84–85, 90, 93, 97, 100, 102–105, 120, 127, depression, 162, 429 140, 145–146, 172, 179, 183–184, 187, 189– desert, 11, 14, 57, 62, 126, 220, 235, 295, 299– 191, 193, 201, 211, 222–224, 242, 249, 272, 300, 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316, 284, 293, 299, 302, 306, 310, 313, 332–334, 318, 320, 322, 324, 326, 328, 330, 332, 334, 337, 345–346, 348, 356–357, 359–360, 367, 336, 338, 340, 391, 410, 438, 459–460, 476, 369–370, 372–374, 379, 384–385, 397, 399– 502, 510, 525, 551, 556, 594, 596, 601 design, 176, 319, 417, 437 emptiness, 6, 68, 127, 189, 293, 495 determination, 73, 158, 225, 364–365, 395, 425, enculturation, 519, 539, 567–568

452, 537, 567 energies, 77, 141, 340, 431 devadasi, 4, 13, 204–207, 211–212, 232–233, 346, enforcement, 214

478, 542, 596 Enlightenment, 5, 24–26, 595 devadasi practice, 212 Enoch, 425, 565 devadasi system, 4, 204, 206–207, 211–212, 233, environment, 7, 16, 26–27, 48, 54–55, 71, 90, 98, 346, 478 185, 203, 213, 235, 242, 263, 284–285, 330, developing, 5, 155, 243, 509, 563 333, 384, 415, 420, 426, 437, 439, 472, 521, development, 9, 11, 13, 30, 35, 43, 46, 58, 93, 540, 562–563, 565, 601

185, 262–263, 357, 383, 426, 429, 431, 502, Ephesians, 101, 133, 220, 307, 314, 385, 426– 517, 522, 556, 564 427, 557 dialogue, 512, 518, 547, 567 eschatological, 88, 351, 429 dignity, 10, 16–17, 171, 188, 269, 385 ethical, 88, 210, 427, 429, 576 discipleship, 17, 62, 104–105, 361, 365, 372, 383, ethics, 8, 84, 426

411, 428, 476, 525, 565, 580, 590, 603, 607 ethnic, 415 diversity, 23, 110, 155, 293, 542 Eugene, 16, 29, 42, 156, 169, 292, 353, 355, 368, division, 76, 160–161, 368, 398, 439, 563 543–544, 590, 592, 596 doctrine, 25–26, 49, 84–85, 90, 93, euphemism, 16

133, 354, 372, 390, 429, 432, 455, 540, 550 Europe, 2, 25, 174, 212, 404, 439, 483, 513, 519 doctrines, 26–27, 76, 164, 199, 371, 427–428, Evangelical Christianity, 32

463 Evangelicalism, 24, 26, 31, 40, 42, 77, 85, 88, 90, dogma, 437 93, 178–179, 422, 427, 501, 571, 591–592, DOM, 71, 138–139, 147, 230, 353–354, 458 595, 600 domination, 9, 26, 184 evangelisation, 124, 146, 188, 316, 322, 349, 365, Donald Fraser, 468, 594 492, 522, 563 drink, 39, 52, 106, 165, 190, 192, 249, 334, 405, evangelising, 35, 194, 314, 320, 467, 573, 583 423, 425 evangelism, 13, 31, 63, 75, 91, 111, 161, 172, Dust of Gold, 321, 353, 488, 508, 537, 579, 581, 176, 183, 188, 199, 221, 223, 229, 242, 295, 586, 589 319, 322, 329, 348, 383, 411, 415, 422–423,

450, 487, 513, 517, 520, 523, 550, 563, 565, 568, 570–571 E

Evelyn, 267–268, 320, 443, 485 Easter, 70, 276, 312–313, 496

exclusive, 564, 605 Ecclesiastes, 191

Exodus, 67–68, 307 ecclesiology, 518, 563

experience, 2, 6, 8, 14, 17–19, 24–26, 28, 32, 34, economy, 519

40, 46, 49, 55, 57, 61, 63, 75–76, 81–83, 86– ecumenical, 110, 599

88, 90, 92, 99–101, 104–105, 107, 111, 116, edification, 423

123, 125, 127–129, 141, 148, 158, 169, 188, educate, 271, 322, 382

215, 230, 243–244, 255, 284–285, 290, 296, education, 5, 13, 23–24, 27, 45, 50, 54, 57, 63, 98,

300, 302, 304, 306, 311, 318, 322, 332, 343, 116, 120, 148, 157, 170, 172–173, 180, 186–

347–348, 355, 365, 376, 390, 400, 407, 411– 188, 190, 200, 214, 238, 243–244, 249–250,

412, 417, 423, 426–429, 437, 439, 444, 453– 252–263, 271–272, 286, 300, 302, 319–320,

454, 457–458, 460–461, 463, 466–467, 471, 353, 382, 427, 429–431, 450, 474, 485, 488,

475, 477, 491, 501, 503, 509–511, 520, 523, 501, 506, 520, 522, 568, 579, 594, 607

535, 543, 556, 561, 563–564, 566, 568, 570, Elisabeth Elliot, 12, 313, 329, 351, 510

574, 577, 580, 604 embrace, 85, 116, 132, 396, 420, 459, 527

Ezekiel, 349, 466 empowerment, 472, 474

309, 319, 326, 334–335, 338, 340, 349, 351, F F.B. Meyer, 86–88, 94, 100, 117, 201, 594 353, 358, 367, 370–371, 374, 390, 392, 401– fairness, 406 404, 406–407, 409, 416, 422–423, 427, 435, faith, 1, 6, 10–12, 14, 16–19, 25–26, 28, 30–33, 437, 452–453, 467, 470, 473–474, 483–485, 49, 53, 56, 59, 63, 68–70, 73, 75–76, 79, 81– 511, 513, 515, 521, 533–535, 541, 547, 555, 88, 90, 92, 97, 100–101, 104, 109–110, 112, 560, 562, 576, 579, 582, 584, 587, 592–593, 116, 119, 121, 126–127, 130, 132, 135–137, 606 141, 145–146, 149–150, 156, 161–163, 169, fatherless, 496 174–175, 179, 181–183, 186, 193, 202–203, fear, 8, 24–26, 43, 59, 75, 104, 128–129, 134– 208, 214, 222, 230, 238, 240, 242–243, 260, 139, 148, 158, 160, 163, 165, 178, 181, 190, 266, 269, 272, 288–290, 292, 300, 306, 311, 193, 196, 198, 209, 212, 218–219, 244, 249, 315, 317, 320, 324, 327, 341, 347, 354–357, 258, 261–262, 266, 273, 286, 291, 315, 317, 360, 371–372, 379, 383, 385, 388, 391–392, 325, 328, 334, 337, 353, 359, 381, 390, 403, 394, 396–399, 402–403, 407–411, 416–417, 405, 408, 410, 412, 418, 423, 440, 445, 456, 420–423, 425–426, 428–429, 435, 437, 440, 462, 468, 482, 489, 506, 508, 521, 525, 532, 442, 450, 452, 454–456, 458, 460, 469–470, 561, 569, 582–583, 604 476, 486, 491–493, 502–505, 507–508, 510– feminist, 10–11, 511 511, 518–520, 522, 524–525, 527, 532–533, fertility, 200 537, 539, 541, 546–547, 549, 551, 556, 560, festivals, 174, 184, 205, 251, 264, 000 564, 569, 571–572, 575, 582–584, 589, 592– Florence Nightingale, 285, 532 596, 598, 600, 602 flourish, 186, 212, 520, 553 faithfulness, 17, 19, 60, 373, 383, 397, 405–406, flourishing, 357, 395, 400

439, 452, 455–456, 491–492, 502, 527, 541, folly, 406 568, 575, 577, 581, 583, 600, 606 foolishness, 604 families, 29, 43–45, 70, 110, 130, 156, 161, 165, foreigner, 119–120, 131, 133, 156, 184, 260, 313 186, 201, 262, 293, 340, 501, 504, 506, 524, foreigners, 119–120, 131, 133, 156, 184, 313 553 Forest House, 273, 278, 338, 340, 425–426, 428, family, 4, 6, 16, 18, 24, 26, 29–32, 36, 40, 42–50, 432, 453, 473, 568, 582, 586

53–60, 67–72, 74–75, 84, 91, 98–99, 106, forgiveness, 86, 124, 192, 240, 256, 271, 323, 110–111, 113, 117–118, 130, 140, 148, 150– 325, 421, 428, 477, 546 151, 156, 161, 163, 165, 170, 174, 180, 186, formation, 5, 13, 54, 83, 91, 237, 364, 420 194, 197, 201, 212, 214, 218, 221, 232, 235, formulation, 52 237–238, 242–244, 246, 250, 253, 255, 259– Frances Ridley Havergal, 35, 69, 98, 104, 548 262, 271–272, 278, 284–289, 292–293, 296, François Fénelon, 75, 432, 435 301–303, 307, 309–311, 313, 315, 318, 320– free will, 32 321, 323–324, 326, 329, 331, 334, 338–340, freedom, 9, 33, 55, 87, 110, 203, 211, 262, 295, 357, 367, 369, 376, 384, 393, 397, 402, 405, 351, 428, 453, 468, 488, 521, 573 412, 420, 426–429, 437, 453, 458, 470–471, fulfilment, 119, 127, 224, 316, 408, 487, 489 477, 483, 485, 488, 492, 501, 504, 506, 524, fullness, 15, 75, 84, 87, 93, 133, 146, 293, 328, 532–534, 537, 541, 543, 548–549, 553, 559, 374, 398, 418, 438, 566, 598 562, 565, 569, 579–581, 583, 585, 589–591, 606

G

game, 253–254, 402 father, 8, 16, 28, 32, 43–46, 48–51, 53, 55–57,

Geert Grote, 75, 292, 430, 438 59–60, 62, 66, 71, 73, 86, 93, 98, 102–103,

gender, 10, 12, 23, 98, 116, 596, 599 105–106, 108, 111–112, 133, 140, 147–148,

generation, 4, 6, 9, 14, 16, 25, 28, 30, 33–36, 90, 170, 174, 191, 208, 211, 213–214, 222, 224–

120, 164, 183, 188, 195, 203, 209–210, 223, 226, 233, 238, 254, 258, 260–261, 268, 273,

266, 340, 356, 398, 427, 431, 487, 503, 505– 284–285, 288, 290, 294–295, 299–301, 306,

506, 512–513, 519, 524, 526–527, 555, 557– Godfrey Webb-Peploe, 151, 245, 266–267, 269– 559, 575, 577, 579, 582 271, 288, 303, 488, 586, 603 genre, 11 Gold Cord, 3, 55–56, 61, 66, 79, 94, 119–120, Gentiles, 176, 383, 409 189–190, 217, 221, 227, 234, 236–237, 250– George Müller, 89, 356–357, 404, 407, 599 251, 255–256, 258–259, 261, 264, 269–270, Geraldine Guinness, 12, 106–107, 536 273, 278, 285, 289, 291–294, 305, 307, 312, Gerhard Tersteegen, 281, 292, 430, 432, 434, 000 316–318, 346–349, 351–353, 364, 373, 375, gift, 3, 58, 66, 73, 86, 112, 120, 129, 139, 160, 383, 386, 391, 399, 405, 408, 420–421, 426, 228, 230, 235, 254, 263, 291, 304, 309–310, 431, 436, 438–439, 450, 454, 472, 475, 484, 315, 317, 323, 336, 338, 364, 386, 389, 405– 495, 503, 529, 532–533, 536, 543, 547–548, 406, 410, 428, 473, 506, 518–519, 533–534, 560, 572, 583, 587, 603 540–541, 547, 549, 556, 560, 564, 604–605 goods, 24, 58, 113, 575 gifts, 54, 84, 125, 180, 241, 260, 268, 285, 295, Gospel, 2, 6, 8–9, 12–17, 25–26, 28–31, 33, 39– 305, 309, 320, 349, 401–402, 404, 406, 486, 42, 46, 51, 55, 65–66, 76, 84, 88, 90–91, 111, 541, 559, 577–578 116–117, 121, 123–124, 132, 146, 156–157, Glasgow, 26, 40, 46, 69, 98–99, 101, 595 163–165, 171, 173, 175–176, 180–183, 188, globalisation, 9 190–191, 196, 198, 200–201, 214, 218, 220, glory, 5–6, 8–9, 17–18, 24, 58, 82, 84, 87–88, 91, 222–223, 227–228, 241–243, 259, 261, 271, 98, 103, 105, 132, 137, 143, 147, 149–150, 300, 303, 313–314, 316, 318–319, 321–322, 157, 171, 174, 181, 189, 193, 196, 199, 201, 334, 346–347, 349, 351, 356–359, 363–366, 211, 218, 220, 223, 227, 230–231, 238, 243– 368–369, 372–374, 377, 383–386, 396, 398– 244, 252, 254, 262–263, 279, 287, 295, 301, 400, 409–412, 415, 418, 420–421, 423, 430, 306, 310–311, 334–335, 354, 358, 360, 369, 435, 439, 441, 445, 450, 454–455, 458, 462– 382, 385, 390–391, 396, 398, 400, 408, 427, 463, 465–468, 474, 478, 484, 492, 506–507, 431, 441–443, 450, 458, 466, 468, 488–492, 511, 513, 517, 519–527, 533–534, 537–539, 497, 502–503, 509, 511, 513, 520–521, 525, 543, 554, 557–558, 563, 567, 569, 571–572, 529, 531, 537, 540, 549, 557–558, 566–567, 575, 577–581, 585, 592, 595, 598–601, 605 571, 575, 578, 580, 584–585, 592, 603–604 Governance, 568 goal, 6, 18, 125, 130, 149–150, 179, 243, 266, Government, 26, 30, 116–117, 156–157, 161, 272, 357, 383, 421, 464, 502, 521, 523, 525, 176, 186, 189–190, 207–208, 212, 243, 255, 567, 569, 578, 580 257–258, 262–263, 396, 404–405, 472, 488, God, 1–4, 6–12, 14–19, 23, 25, 28, 31–32, 34–37, 501, 506, 523, 525, 558–560, 565, 571, 577, 39–43, 46–55, 57, 60–64, 66–71, 73–77, 79, 606 81–95, 97–113, 115–118, 120–121, 123–141, grace, 2, 7–8, 15–18, 25, 27–30, 35, 40–41, 43, 143, 145, 147, 149–151, 153, 155, 157–159, 48, 51, 57, 64, 69, 73, 76, 87–88, 90, 92, 98– 162–166, 171–172, 175–176, 178–180, 182– 99, 103–104, 116, 132–133, 146, 156, 158, 185, 188–195, 197–202, 204–215, 217–218, 170, 178, 188, 191, 194, 200, 222, 230, 240, 220–225, 227–228, 230–235, 237–244, 249– 243, 276, 293, 299–301, 306, 325, 335, 346, 256, 258–264, 266–276, 278, 281, 283–284, 354, 357, 363, 365, 383, 391–392, 396, 398, 286–294, 296, 299–307, 309–323, 325–341, 401, 404, 409, 415, 417, 422–423, 427, 438, 343, 346–361, 363–377, 381–385, 387–413, 440, 456, 458, 463, 465, 493–494, 496, 507, 415–420, 422–432, 434–447, 449–450, 452– 509, 520–521, 525, 540, 547, 554–555, 557, 463, 465–479, 481, 483–489, 491–498, 501– 560, 564–566, 572, 577, 580, 582, 589, 593– 515, 517–526, 529, 531–551, 553–590, 592– 594, 597, 601 593, 596, 598–599, 603–606 Grattan Guinness, 42, 551 God’s Garden, 272, 286, 312–313, 429, 496–498, great awakening, 28, 31, 240

585 great commission, 35, 85, 292, 383, 521, 558, God’s Kingdom, 353 569, 581, 601–602

Greek, 170, 187, 354, 453, 459, 536 554, 556–557, 559, 562, 567–568, 580, 592, growth, 5, 9, 27, 30, 32, 35, 58, 93, 145, 161, 181, 598

225, 267, 329, 423, 449, 452, 523, 570, 604 holistic, 12, 571

Holy Spirit, 32, 40, 43, 57, 74, 81, 83, 86–87, 92–

93, 101, 110–111, 116, 125, 127, 163–164, H hagiography, 6, 10, 420, 513 181, 196, 240–241, 258, 260, 289, 300, 311, Hannah Govan, 100 324, 336, 353, 355–357, 374, 383, 398, 404, happiness, 53, 200, 236, 243–244, 411, 418, 427, 435, 440, 454, 467, 471–472, 250, 277, 294, 307, 314, 324, 328, 338, 386, 474, 477, 487, 506, 508, 522, 524, 553, 562, 389, 416, 420, 429, 471, 568 564, 566, 568, 599 harmony, 4, 13, 45, 132, 231, 242–244, 303, 306– homiletics, 607

307, 324, 351, 372, 385, 420, 423, 441, 450, honour, 5, 8–9, 18, 32, 35, 74, 103, 120, 169, 189, 454, 462, 467, 472, 484, 542, 556, 600 232, 256, 293, 358, 369, 394, 396, 441, 477, Harrogate, 54–57, 61, 63, 105, 145, 405, 495 491–492, 502, 549, 561, 567, 571–572, 578, 580 healing, 14, 87, 244, 273, 290, 300, 315–321, 336, hope, 2, 5–6, 13, 17, 19, 32, 36, 79, 87–88, 110, 340, 402, 410, 424, 473, 522, 544, 554, 558, 118, 120, 126, 136–137, 145, 153, 160, 178– 568, 573, 577, 586, 606 181, 190, 198, 208, 210, 223–224, 230, 233, hearing, 35, 64, 91, 101–102, 106, 162, 172, 214, 250–251, 259, 269–270, 272, 276, 289, 301, 223, 234, 254, 317, 323, 326, 359, 450, 483, 311, 316, 318–319, 331, 335–336, 341, 346– 571 347, 350, 352, 354, 358, 371, 374, 376, 383, Hebrews, 19, 109, 145, 174, 299, 332, 335, 384, 399, 409, 427, 437, 444, 452, 471, 477, 488– 389, 438, 452, 507, 527, 574, 583 489, 503, 508, 518, 531, 547, 572, 576, 581, held, 17, 26, 28, 33, 41–42, 46, 52, 64, 69, 76, 587, 598, 604, 607

83–84, 89, 91, 99, 147–148, 160, 191, 225– Hopwood, 174–175, 285 226, 236, 239, 251, 276, 286, 288, 295, 328, hospital, 134, 149, 169–170, 173, 180, 185, 194, 348, 358, 369, 389, 391, 425, 465, 470, 483– 209, 220, 244, 268, 271, 286, 289–290, 295, 484, 488, 492–493, 496, 505, 507, 541, 548, 303, 307, 309, 315–316, 318–323, 340, 384, 567, 570 393, 406, 410, 440, 476, 481, 485–486, 488, Heneratgoda, 118, 130, 134–140, 450 509, 557, 566, 568, 573, 577, 581, 590, 606 Hindu, 3–4, 12, 16, 92, 148, 160–165, 167, 172, hospitality, 54, 506

180, 183–187, 192, 194–195, 197–200, 202, House of Prayer, 231, 237, 252, 267, 272, 205, 207–212, 214, 221, 225–226, 229, 232– 288, 291, 294, 307–314, 321, 328, 401– 235, 242, 245, 251, 256, 266, 272, 305, 316– 402, 429, 471, 488, 495–496, 544, 556, 318, 321, 330, 349, 360–361, 363–366, 369– 567, 585–586 370, 372–373, 384–389, 428, 477–478, 487, household, 88, 148, 250, 307, 309, 313, 401, 471 496, 511, 517, 520, 523, 544, 554, 561, 568, human, 1, 16, 24, 29, 34–36, 57, 69, 77, 90, 145, 572–573, 576, 605 159, 163–164, 190–191, 213, 237, 254, 286, Hinduism, 160–165, 176, 180, 183, 189, 198– 291, 316, 322, 324, 337, 341, 346–347, 350, 199, 207, 217, 231, 234, 306, 314, 363, 368– 352, 367, 376, 379, 389, 391, 396, 400, 417– 369, 372, 394, 477–478, 487, 511 418, 420–421, 423, 432, 435, 437, 440, 456, Hirose, 132, 367 467, 493, 502, 520, 525, 535, 550, 556, 562, history of Christianity, 156, 165, 178, 597–598 574–576 holiness, 8, 11, 13, 26, 31, 34–35, 74–76, 82–85, humanity, 190, 261, 321, 518

87–91, 93–94, 99, 109, 111–112, 146, 163, humility, 76, 98, 129–130, 132, 293, 346, 427, 171, 189–190, 200, 222, 224, 241, 257, 277, 436, 502–503, 521, 538, 562, 572, 580, 604 289, 293, 300, 305, 337, 355–356, 364, 367– hymns, 35, 41, 59, 66, 117–118, 150, 175, 236, 368, 412, 424, 426, 436–437, 439, 445, 447, 276, 312–313, 375–376, 425, 431, 434, 538– 454–455, 457–458, 465, 476, 491, 497, 520, 540, 548, 592

353, 355, 357, 364, 407, 420, 422, 427, 429, I

435, 439, 456, 469, 472–473, 501–503, 505, identity, 23, 425, 490, 519, 521, 554

517–518, 529, 535, 543, 550, 553, 560–561, ideology, 160

563–564, 575, 577, 604 idyll, 39

injustice, 10, 16, 160 illustrations, 492, 545

inscription, 74, 111, 212, 238 immortality, 200, 269, 580

institutes, 107 imperialism, 524

institution, 13, 34, 54, 56–57, 60, 160–161, 175– implementation, 212, 416

176, 200, 255–256, 261, 284, 292, 294, 357, implications of, 82, 178, 412, 550

376, 394, 437, 439–440, 501, 514, 563, 577 importance, 27, 58, 85, 88, 141, 238, 306, 319,

institutional, 356, 430, 437–438, 556 325, 369, 371, 396, 405, 407, 427, 434, 437,