This is part one of a series of posts which are the combination of two papers on prayer: first, an exegesis of 1 Timothy 2:1-7; second, a consideration of the theology of prayer. Both written with the medical student/physician in mind....

This is an exerpt from the book Maximum Impact Short-Term Mission by Roger Peterson, Gordon Aeschliman, and R. Wayne Sneed. Arguing from Matthew 5, they make the point that any missions work that seeks to conform to God's plan for missoins should (must) involve average believers...