This week, we celebrate one of the greatest Christian holidays in our culture. Thanksgiving comes to us through hardship and suffering. The irony in our generation is that a colossal ungratefulness exists.

There is much to be concerned about in Europe. This once thriving land full of churches (though not always spot on theologically) has now turned into a Christian wasteland. However, the Gospel brings new life.

America is in dire need of transformation. The Christian’s response is not to sit back and watch, but to actively proclaim this need, the solution to the need, and the way forward.

Three commonalities appear in these European missionary stories: the predicament of the people, the persecution from the people, and the proclamation to the people.