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Resources on Missions

Missions exists because worship of God does not. And the battle cry of Christian Hedonists is to go and double our joy in God by sharing it on the frontiers.


Sermons on Missions

The Aroma of Christ Among the Nations
2 Corinthians 2:12-17
October 29, 2006
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Christmas Gift to Our Missionaries
November 17, 1985
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Cities of Ruthless Nations Will Revere Thee
Missions Week
Isaiah 25:1-8
November 6, 1994
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Declare His Glory Among the Nations
Psalms: Thinking and Feeling with God, Part 6
Psalm 96
June 29, 2008
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Declare His Glory Among the Nations (Spanish)
Contad Su Gloria Entre las Naciones
Psalm 96
June 29, 2008

Disarray or God's Design?
2000 by 2000: What in the World Is God Doing at Bethlehem?
Haggai 2:6-7
October 21, 1990
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Everlasting Truth for the Joy of All Peoples
Missions Week
Psalm 117
October 26, 2003
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God: Refuge for His People, Exalted Among the Nations
Meditations on Signifiance and Success
Psalm 46
November 10, 1991
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Gospel to the Nations, Generosity to the Poor
Missions Week
Galatians 2:1-10
October 23, 2005
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Holy Ambition: To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named
Romans 15:18-24
August 27, 2006
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How Can We Be Clothed with Power?
Missions Week
Ephesians 3:14-21
October 23, 1988
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"I Am Sending You Out as Sheep in the Midst of Wolves"
The Cost and Blessing of Being a Christian Missionary
Matthew 10:16-31
October 21, 2007
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I Have Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold
Missions Week
John 10:15-16
November 10, 1985
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"I Will Build My Church" -- From All Peoples
Missions Week
Matthew 16:13-26
October 28, 2001
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Is Anything Too Hard for God?
Genesis 18:14
October 18, 1987
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Let All the Peoples Praise Him
Education for Exultation: Among the Nations
Romans 15:7-13
March 12, 2000
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Let All the Peoples Praise Thee
Missions Week
Psalm 67
November 9, 1986
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Let the Nations Be Glad
Missions Week
Psalm 67
November 7, 1993
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The Lofty Claim, the Last Command, the Loving Comfort
Missions Week
Matthew 28:16-20
November 1, 1998
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The Lord Stood By Me . . . That All the Nations Might Hear
Missions Week
2 Timothy 4:5-22
October 29, 2000
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Mercy to the Nations
Missions Week
Romans 15:8-9
November 5, 1989

Mission: The Gladness of God
Luke 15:1-10
September 22, 1985
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A Passion for the Supremacy of Christ--Where He Is Not Named
Romans 9:17
November 3, 1996
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Proclaiming the Excellencies of Christ, Not Prosperity, Among the Nations
1 Peter 2:9-12
October 26, 2008
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Proclaiming the Excellencies of Christ, Not Prosperity, Among the Nations (Spanish)
Proclamando las Excelencias de Cristo y no la Prosperidad, Entre las Naciones
1 Peter 2:9-12
October 26, 2008

The Relationship Between Diversified Domestic Ministries and Frontier Missions
Romans 14:1-13
November 18, 1984
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The Revelation of God's Righteousness Where There Is No Church
Missions Week
Romans 15:14-24
November 7, 1999
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The Spirit Wants the World for Christ
Acts 1:4-8
June 3, 1984
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Tell How Much the Lord Has Done for You!
Mark 5:19
January 22, 1984
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The Unfathomable Riches of Christ, for All Peoples, Above All Powers, through the Church
Missions Week
Ephesians 3:1-13
October 24, 2004
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What God Has Cleansed Do Not Call Common
Missions Week
Acts 10:1-11:18
October 20, 1991
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World Missions and the End of History
Missions Week
Matthew 24:14
October 26, 1997
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You Shall Receive Power...For Mission
Acts 1:1-11
October 16, 1988
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Taste & See Articles on Missions

Answers to Objections to Going into Missions
What I Said at Missions in the Main Hall
November 3, 2005

Bad Title, Great Book
The Church Is Bigger Than You Think By Patrick Johnstone
Psalm
October 26, 1999

“BBC Sevens”
90 by 90
May 14, 1984

Being Loved and Being Hated
What I Pray for in Missions Week
October 22, 1998

Bethlehem: Seedbed for Missions
August 17, 1982

Confidence Kindles Commitment to the Cause!
October 30, 1989
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Dangerous Mission
John 20:21
December 5, 1983

From Misplaced Shame to Mission Flame
October 3, 1988

In Need of Alien Minds
November 12, 1984

An Invitation to Join a New Venture in Missions
April 18, 1983

Is God Calling You to Give Your Life for His Sake and the Gospel in Missions?
Ten Means God Uses to Compel Those Whom He Calls
October 13, 2004

Lilias Trotter and the Language Nobody Knows
October 6, 2004

Mark This Day and Marvel at the Work of God
September 5, 2007
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Missions at the Manse
January 23, 1984

Missions, Orality, and the Bible
Thoughts on Pre-, Less-, and Post-literate Cultures
November 16, 2005

The Need for Something New in Missions
May 6, 1985

Operation: Ten Talents
New Strategies for New Ventures in Missions
April 2, 1984

A Passion for Missions in the Men Who Stay
November 14, 1983

“Safe for Democracy” or “Sent for the Gospel”
When a Cause Matters
February 13, 1984

Something Radical is Required
October 23, 1989

Then the End Will Come
November 7, 1983

Thoughts on Lausanne II in Manila
August 28, 1989

Unexpected Blows to Fatalistic Thinking
November 15, 2006

Until the Kingdom Comes
April 30, 1984

Urgent Call for Teachers in Cameroon
And BBC Laotian Summer Sunday School
May 22, 1989

World Missions: The Purpose, the Promise, and the Price
October 21, 1997

Worldwide Reasons for Hope in the Triumph of the Gospel
June 19, 1989


Articles on Missions

Closed Countries and Retirement
October 8, 1988

How Living and Working in Minneapolis Relate to the Sending Goals of 2000 by 2000
December 5, 1990

Is Jesus Christ Man's Only Hope for Salvation?
March 1, 1990

An Overview of the History of Missions
January 1, 1981

There is No Greater Satisfaction
God-Centered Motivation for World Missions
October 1, 1990

Thoughts from Lausanne II in Manila
July 21, 1989

Unreached Peoples
The Unique and Primary Goal of Missions
January 1, 1991

A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions
A work of gratitude to Daniel Payton Fuller on his 60th birthday
August 28, 1985

What Can Keep a Missionary Going?
May 10, 1989


Conference Messages on Missions

...So Send I You
UCCF World Missions Service
September 3, 2008
John Piper
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As the Father Has Sent Me...
UCCF World Missions Service
September 3, 2008
John Piper
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Doing Missions When Dying Is Gain
Wheaton College
October 27, 1996
John Piper
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Expanding the Biblical Basis for Harvesting
West Central Missions Conference
April 3, 1987
John Piper

Fathering a Pioneer Mission Ministry
2008 Desiring God Conference for Pastors
February 6, 2008
Greg Livingstone
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Future Grace for Finishing the Task, Part 1
International Missions Week, Ridgecrest, NC
July 8, 2000
John Piper
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Future Grace for Finishing the Task, Part 2
International Missions Week, Ridgecrest, NC
July 9, 2000
John Piper
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Future Grace for Finishing the Task, Part 3
International Missions Week, Ridgecrest, NC
July 9, 2000
John Piper
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Future Grace for Finishing the Task, Part 4
International Missions Week, Ridgecrest, NC
July 10, 2000
John Piper
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Future Grace for Finishing the Task, Part 5
International Missions Week, Ridgecrest, NC
July 11, 2000
John Piper
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Future Grace for Finishing the Task, Part 6
International Missions Week, Ridgecrest, NC
July 12, 2000
John Piper
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Future Grace for Finishing the Task, Part 7
International Missions Week, Ridgecrest, NC
July 13, 2000
John Piper
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The Glory of Missions Is Death
1989 Desiring God Conference for Pastors
April 15, 1989
John DeVries
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God Is Glorified When Christ Is Gain
Missions In Focus
February 10, 1998
John Piper
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God, Congregation, and Codependency
1992 Desiring God Conference for Pastors
January 29, 1992
Ralph Winter
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God's Passion for His Global Glory
Missions In Focus
February 9, 1998
John Piper
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Goliath is Back! Where is David?
1990 Desiring God Conference for Pastors
January 31, 1990
Greg Livingstone
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Hallowed Be Thy Name
Celebration East 1999, PDI
June 1, 1999
John Piper
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How Not to Serve God in Going and Sending
Missions In Focus
February 9, 1998
John Piper
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How the Missions Movement is Growing at Bethlehem and a Challenge to Western
Western Seminary Missions Conference
February 11, 1988
John Piper

Let the Nations Be Glad
Ligonier Ministries' Orlando 2000 Conference, "Upsetting the World"
June 15, 2000
John Piper
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Let's Get On With It
1995 Desiring God Conference for Pastors
February 1, 1995
Doug Nichols
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Life Changing Things I've Learned about Missions
First Baptist Church, Rochester, Minnesota
November 11, 1992
John Piper

The Living God Is a Missionary God
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, Lecture 1
January 11, 1998
John Piper
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The Missionary Challenge of Paul's Life
Bethel College Chapel
Romans 15:7-24
November 7, 1985
John Piper

Missionary Martyrs: Fools for Jesus, for the Nations
2006 Desiring God Conference for Pastors
February 1, 2006
David Sitton
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Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold
Don't Waste Your Life College Event
John 10:16
March 30, 2008
John Piper
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A Passion for God’s Supremacy and Compassion for Man’s Soul
Jonathan Edwards on the Unity of Motives in World Missions
February 19, 2007
John Piper
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