NOTHING ELSE TO FEAR
Holding fast to God in tough times
By David W. Ellis. Monarch/OMF. 158 pages. £6.99
ISBN 1 85424 637 2
This book is great stuff! David Ellis, who worked with OMF in Indonesia and across East Asia for decades, has done us all a favour. 158 pages of biblical and warm teaching.
In some ways this book is difficult to classify as there are so many aspects to it. The 13 short chapters range from dangerous missionary stories to exposition and to a very helpful discussion of Islam and Western culture. It does not fit neatly into any genre.
David Ellis recounts his time in Indonesia telling of incidents where he and his family were in physical danger, but, more importantly, he teaches us with great biblical wisdom how he dealt with those fears and dangers. Other helpful chapters deal with providence and suffering and there's also a stirring exposition of Psalm 2.
Some chapters did not follow one another. At times it felt like a collection of missionary letters, but this is a small quibble. This plea for wholehearted, sensible, sacrificial Christian living did me the world of good and would do the same for you.
I echo the words of Ajith Fernando who wrote on the inside cover: 'I need to read books like this regularly to help maintain my spiritual glow'. Buy and read!!
Paul Levy,
pastor of International Presbyterian Church, Ealing, and married to Claire, a very patient woman
