Autorentext

Robert Blincoe lived overseas as a missionary for 9 years. He graduated with a BA in history from the University of Oregon in 1973. His MDiv and ThM degrees are from Fuller Theological Seminary. His PhD is from William Carey International University. He is a Presbyterian minister. He blogs on the topic, "Two Structures of God's Redemptive Mission" at https://robertblincoe.blog.

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Between Iraq and a Hard Place. Before I moved to study Arabic in Jordan, friends said I should "wait until the Middle East calms down." They were even more emphatic after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. Instead, we moved to Kurdistan, where people live "between Iraq and a hard place." This is the history of remarkable missionaries who came before us. They learned lessons the hard way; that hasn't changed. The "great experiment" that they undertook for 200 years did not produce the results they hoped for. No doubt the next generation of missionaries will learn their own lessons, sometimes the hard way, but with more wisdom for having been careful students of the past.