Endorsement
‘I am grateful to Paul Schlehlein for providing a new look at the life and ministry of John G. Paton. Early in my life I was enduringly impacted by Paton’s autobiography edited by his brother, James. The story was a stunning account of dedication, desperation, sacrifice at the most extreme level, and selfless love to Christ. I was marked for life by the amazing missionary adventure and the far reaching and lasting gospel impact of that one man empowered and protected by the Holy Spirit. In this age when giving a trophy to everyone is standard, and when minimal Christian dedication is celebrated, all believers need to go back to the past to see what true devotion to Christ and the gospel really looks like. You will see it in John Paton.’
—John MacArthur
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Haunts of Savagery
PART ONE: PATON’S LIFE
1. The Early Years
2. The Painful Years
3. The Fruitful Years
4. The Final Years
PART TWO: LESSONS FROM PATON’S LIFE
5. Paton’s Godly Home
6. Paton’s Clear Calling
7. Paton’s Undaunted Courage
8. Paton’s Pensive Risk
9. Paton’s Gospel Strategies
10. Paton’s Relentless Evangelism
Appendix A: Timeline
Appendix B: Paton’s Family Tree
Appendix C: A Poetic Tribute
Appendix D: A Defence of Paton’s Eloquence
Bibliography
About the Author
Paul Schlehlein has been a church-planting missionary living among the Tsongas in rural South Africa since 2006. He helped establish a Bible Institute in 2008 to train pastors and planted Trinity Baptist Church in Mbhokota Village in 2009. Much of his time is spent teaching, evangelizing, and writing for the Tsonga-speaking people.
He is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary (Charlotte) and a doctoral candidate at The Master’s Seminary (Los Angeles). He and his wife, Melinda, have six children.
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