In today's episode, Josh interviews Chip Lamca on the positives and negatives of short-term mission trips. We learn how to make the most of short-term opportunities. Also, praying for peace in the Colombian class war.

LINKS:

• Colombia’s class war turns hot on the streets of Cali (The Guardian)
• God Loves Peru (Facebook Page)
• "From Venezuela to Peru: How One Majority World Church is Receiving Migrants from Venezuela" (Christianity Today)

What is the relationship between a passion for the glory of God and compassion for perishing sinners? In this episode, Josh walks through chapter 6 in "Let the Nations Be Glad" by John Piper and works out the answer. Also in this podcast: celebrating the "Apostle to Islam", Samuel Zwemer; and the UPG of the Week, the West Coast Bajau people of Malaysia.

LINKS:

• "Let the Nations Be Glad" by John Piper
• "Samuel Zwemer: Faithful Hero" Urbana.org
• "Samuel Zwemer" The Traveling Team
• "Brief Biography of Samuel Zwemer" by Roger S. Greenway
• The Bajau People by Joshua Project

So how does the mind of a missionary work? In this episode, Josh interviews missionary and author David Joannes (Within Reach Global). David shares how he began ministry in Asia, what it's like to live in Buddhist Thailand, and how we can mobilize a generation for missions. Also, in "Beyond the Headlines", Josh explains the current conflict in Israel and prays for the peace of Jerusalem.

In today's episode, our host Josh Matteson walks us through the fifth chapter of Piper's "Let the Nations Be Glad". We consider the question, "Is it biblical to define the missionary task of the church as reaching all the unreached peoples of the world? Or is it sufficient to say that missions is simply an effort to reach as many individuals as possible in places different from our own." (p. 159) Also, we remember the life and legacy of Dr. David Livingstone, the 19th century missionary, physician, explorer, and naturalist  who opened up the interior of Africa to Christian missions and contributed to the eventual end of the slave trade. And... the Unreached People Group of the Week: the Zaza-Dimli of Turkey.

LINKS:

• "Let the Nations Be Glad" by John Piper
• David Livingstone: The Pathfinder of Africa
• ​David Livingstone by Robert E. Speer​
• David Livingstone: Missionary-Explorer of Africa
• ​The UPG of the Week: The Zaza-Dimli People of Turkey