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Time for Favour: Scottish Evangelism among the Jewish People: 1838-1852
The extraordinary story of the birth of the Scottish mission to the Jews
In the middle of the nineteenth century, God began to lay on the hearts of his people in the Church of Scotland a concern for the evangelisation of the Jews. The response resulted in a quarter of a million eastern European Jews finding salvation in their Messiah in the second half of the same century.
John Stuart Ross, author of The Power and the John Ross and the Evangelisation of Manchuria and Korea, brings his thorough research and engrossing writing style once more to this fascinating story.
Time for Favour features some of the most remarkable figures in the history of missions – an archetypal eccentric absent–minded professor, a group of dedicated young ministers full of romantic ideas about the Holy Land and the Jews, head–strong and sometimes morally weak missionaries. Here you will read the story of fallible but heroic men and women who were prepared to forsake everything, even their lives, because they believed that God was far from finished with the Jewish people.
In the middle of the nineteenth century, God began to lay on the hearts of his people in the Church of Scotland a concern for the evangelisation of the Jews. The response resulted in a quarter of a million eastern European Jews finding salvation in their Messiah in the second half of the same century.
John Stuart Ross, author of The Power and the John Ross and the Evangelisation of Manchuria and Korea, brings his thorough research and engrossing writing style once more to this fascinating story.
Time for Favour features some of the most remarkable figures in the history of missions – an archetypal eccentric absent–minded professor, a group of dedicated young ministers full of romantic ideas about the Holy Land and the Jews, head–strong and sometimes morally weak missionaries. Here you will read the story of fallible but heroic men and women who were prepared to forsake everything, even their lives, because they believed that God was far from finished with the Jewish people.
376 pages, Paperback
Published July 9, 2024
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July 24, 2025
This was so much more than I thought it would be, given the seemingly niche subtitle. Was fascinating to read insights about the desire for mission to the Jews not just from Scotland, but even from a pastor from Dundonald, where I now pastor. The church must not neglect its mission to take the gospel to the Jew first and the Gentiles.
August 16, 2025
An interesting book. Good but not extraordinarily great. I was interested because of my love of reading history. This was an unknown topic to me. So I learned a lot. This book is filled with lots of details. A lot of details. For me it was a bit much. However, like I stated earlier: a good book, worth the read. Lots to learn.
January 4, 2025
Well-written and engaging. Highly recommend.
February 3, 2025
Far more gripping than I was expecting when I picked it up! A niche subject perhaps, but so well written and full of wonderful gospel stories - challenging, humbling, encouraging.
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