E. Stanley Jones
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Sep 27, 2026
J.D. WaltHOST
And he starts giving me books, okay? Like he gave me Hannah Weidel Smith's The Christian Secret of a Happy Life, like an old 18th, 19th century holiness book.
J.D. WaltHOST
And E. Stanley Jones.
J.D. WaltHOST
I mean, I'd never heard of these people, but I just kind of start reading them.
J.D. WaltHOST
And I start waking up.
JoeHOST
Or maybe you're just so thankful to have a home, and to have children, and to have a family, and it just breaks your heart any time you see a child who is homeless.
JoeHOST
I read in my devotional this morning E. Stanley Jones' book about a little girl, five years old, emaciated, who showed up at the missionary's house.
JoeHOST
And she was carrying her little brother, who was one and a half.
JoeHOST
Mm-hmm.
James BoiceHOST
He says do everything in love.
James BoiceHOST
Some years ago E. Stanley Jones, when he was in India and Mahatma Gandhi was still living, had an interview with Gandhi.
James BoiceHOST
And he said, in the context of the interview, because Gandhi knew the Western world so well, he said to him, Mr. Gandhi, what would the Christians have to do to win India for Jesus Christ? And Gandhi said, well, first of all, the Christians have to live like Jesus Christ.
James BoiceHOST
And secondly, he said, you mustn't compromise your faith.
James BoiceHOST
He says do everything in love.
James BoiceHOST
Some years ago E. Stanley Jones, when he was in India and Mahatma Gandhi was still living, had an interview with Gandhi and he said in the context of the interview, because Gandhi knew the Western world so well, he said to him, Mr. Gandhi, what would the Christians have to do to win India for Jesus Christ? And Gandhi said, well, first of all, the Christians have to live like Jesus Christ.
James BoiceHOST
And secondly, he said, you mustn't compromise your faith.
James BoiceHOST
And third, he said, learn everything you can about the non-Christian religions.
James BoiceHOST
He says do everything in love.
James BoiceHOST
Some years ago E. Stanley Jones, when he was in India and Mahatma Gandhi was still living, had an interview with Gandhi.
James BoiceHOST
And he said, in the context of the interview, because Gandhi knew the Western world so well, he said to him, Mr. Gandhi, what would the Christians have to do to win India for Jesus Christ? And Gandhi said, well, first of all, the Christians have to live like Jesus Christ.
James BoiceHOST
And secondly, he said, you mustn't compromise your faith.
Claire MummertHOST
He served as a youth pastor and assistant pastor in Puerto Rico and a senior pastor of Iglesia Metodista Unida San Andrés in Jamaican Plains in May for three years.
Claire MummertHOST
Before coming to Truett, from 2008 to 2010, he was an assistant professor of mission studies at Memphis Theological Seminary, and from 2010 to 2023, he served as the E. Stanley Jones Associate Professor of Evangelism at Asbury Seminary in Orlando.
Claire MummertHOST
Dr. Santiago Vandrell is passionate about missionary historiography, especially biographical studies, and how those studies could shape current Christian practices that are transforming and liberating.
Claire MummertHOST
Well, welcome Dr. Angel Vendrell to Currents in Religion.