Source: William Carey Library
Expect Great Things: Mission Quotes that Inform and Inspire, compiled by Marvin J. Newell. William Carey Library, 2013. 368 pages.
Expect Great Things includes 700 quotations from 250 former and contemporary missionaries, statesmen, teachers, and preachers, from pithy one-liners to thought-provoking paragraphs. It doesn’t provide a lot of context, but it cites original sources, organizes the quotes into 70 categories, and includes an index. Its biggest selling point may be its reliability as a reference. Each quotation has been carefully verified as to its source and wording.
“Read them for personal encouragement,” urges Newell, the Senior Vice President of Missio Nexus. “Paste them on your website, blog, or other social media. Tweet them to a friend. Include them in sermons, speeches, newsletters, and lesson plans. Pass them along to others to encourage them along their way to Great Commission familiarity and commitment. ‘How good is a timely world’ (Proverbs 15:23).”
ยป Purchase this book for US$19.99 from the publisher or elsewhere. Also available from William Carey is the newly revised Writing Exceptional Missionary Newsletters.