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Title: God's Mission AND Mindset
Review: This is NOT just a great book for cross-cultural missionaries: it's a MUST for every Christian worker because it reminds us that we cannot continue Christ's mission without also having His mindset - humble, loving service. It wasn't just Jesus' work that influenced the masses, it was His attitude and His spirit. Jesus affirmed individuals by valuing and esteeming them. Duane Elmer said it this way, "We are inclined to think too much of ourselves and too little of our neighbor . . . . To accept and affirm the dignity of the other will nurture the image of God in them. To devalue that person or fail to show respect will contribute to a further distortion of the image of God in them." I wish I could have read this decades ago because while I think my service has been good-intentioned, it has not always been clothed in humility and love. What Duane Elmer explains so well in this book is NEEDED by every follower of Jesus.
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