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I finished Keith Green’s biography last week, and then I decided to read “Through Gates of Splendor” by Elisabeth Elliot. It is her account of five missionaries martyred in Ecuador: Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian. Two of them, Ed McCully and Jim Elliot, attended Wheaton College, where I studied this past year.
After reading those two books, I read the first chapter of “Pleasures Evermore,” which was interesting and piqued my curiosity so that I’ll hopefully read the rest of it. But, instead of delving into that one right away, I read “Taking Our Cities for God” by John Dawson, the director of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Los Angeles. I am so very glad that I read this book! It has been the best of these so far. Dawson packed his plea for urban missions with Scripture verses, and his teaching is passionate and Spirit-led as far as I can tell. Now that I finished “Taking Our Cities for God,” I am reviewing its message and the Scripture passages cited.

Also, since my church college group is studying Colossians this summer, I have decided that I want to try to memorize the whole book! This week, I have been working on chapter one, verses one through eight.

Proverbs 16:32 (NIV)
Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 14:17 (NCV)
Someone with a quick temper does foolish things, but someone with understanding remains calm.

James 1:19-20 (NIV)
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.