The Melancholy Missionary: David Brainerd and the Power of a Weak Life

from Dead Presbyterians Society · host Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

David Brainerd's short, sorrowful life became one of the most powerful missionary testimonies in church history. In this episode, we trace his struggle with depression, illness, and weakness - and how Jonathan Edwards saw in him true religion in practice: holiness, dependence, and redeeming the time for Christ's kingdom.

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