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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. David Brainerd was an American missionary to the Native Americans who had a particularly fruitful ministry among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. During his short life he was beset by many difficulties. As a result, his biography has become a source of inspiration and encouragement to many Christians, including missionaries. I listened to this as an audio book. It is hard to think of something that could've been more depressing. Brainerd is known for having been a weary soul--constantly battling the trials of life and suffering periods of melancholy and depression. I was amazed that he managed to accomplish anything at all. His personal discipline in devotions was an inspiration particularly as he frequently didn't feel close to God. His obedience at these times was impressive. His humility and recognition of his own sinfulness before a Holy God is something that we should probably all dwell on. This was often the reason for his misery. The book itself was hard to listen to. It is, as the title suggests, a series of diary entries, and not much else. The entries are all remarkably similar describing how Brainerd was feeling spiritually that day and with brief details of his activities and how he felt about them. There is little of his actual work with the Indians--it wasn't possible to get a feel for any of the ministry/characters that he ministered to from his diary. This was worth listening to in an age of charismatic emotional experiences and people claiming all sorts of things in the name of God. In a day when we are told that if we don't feel like worshiping God we should repent and go home. Brainerd demonstrated the biblical response which was obedience despite his feelings. (John 14 vs 15) This was an encouragement to persevere in the hard times and struggles. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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David Brainerd (1718-1747) was an American missionary to the Native Americans who had a particularly fruitful ministry among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. During his short life he was beset by many difficulties. As a result, his biography has become a source of inspiration and encouragement to many Christians, including missionaries such as William Carey and Jim Elliot, and Brainerd's cousin, the Second Great Awakening evangelist James Brainerd Taylor (1801-1829). Much of Brainerd's influence on future generations can be attributed to the biography compiled by Jonathan Edwards and first published in 1749 under the title of An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd. Edwards believed that a biography about Brainerd would have great value and set aside the anti-Arminian treatise he was writing (later published as Freedom of the Will) in order to create one. The result was an edited version of Brainerd's diary, with some passages documenting Brainerd's despair removed. It gained immediate recognition, with eighteenth-century theologian John Wesley urging: 'Let every preacher read carefully over the Life of David Brainerd. The most reprinted of Edwards's books, it has never been out of print and has thus influenced subsequent generations, mainly because of Brainerd's single-minded perseverance in his work in the face of significant suffering. Clyde Kilby summarised Brainerd's influence as being based on the fact that, 'in our timidity and our shoddy opportunism we are always stirred when a man appears on the horizon willing to stake his all on a conviction'. From the eighteenth century, missionaries also found inspiration and encouragement from the biography. Gideon Hawley wrote in the midst of struggles: 'I need, greatly need, something more than humane [human or natural] to support me. I read my Bible and Mr. Brainerd's Life, the only books I brought with me, and from them have a little support'. Other missionaries who have asserted the influence of Jonathan Edwards's biography of Brainerd on their lives include Henry Martyn, William Carey, Jim Elliot. and Adoniram Judson. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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