The Bible in Context
What does Christ want his followers to do? There’s more than one answer to that question, but I have been struck by one thought in particular: spread the gospel. Mark Consider Mark 3:13-15: Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that … Read more
The Christ of the Indian Road by E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973) is one of the most important mission books of the twentieth century. Born in Clarksville, Maryland, Jones began working as a Methodist missionary in India in his early twenties. In total, he served in India for more than forty years and traveled the world … Read more
E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973) was an American Methodist missionary to India. In 1925 he published a groundbreaking book titled The Christ of the Indian Road. Since many missionaries came to India from the West, Jesus was associated with the white man and the Western world. But Jones argued that this was unhealthy because Jesus was … Read more