Young man finds himself hunting those who killed his father and stole money entrusted to him. Lots of action, less retrospection, good read. ( )

【內容介紹】

現代宣教運動的初期，婦女並不被視為真正的宣教士。不過，很多宣教士的妻子卻有出色的服事。十九世紀後半葉，婦女擔負挑戰，進入普世的宣教工場。本書涵蓋了宣教士先鋒勇往直前的事蹟，創新的宣教策略，以及個人背後熱情洋溢的浪漫愛情韻事。



【目錄】

第一部：宣教的困難
第一章：勉強的宣教士：沒有呼召的事奉
第二章：宣教致命傷：疾病，迫害和死亡
第三章：最高的代價：失去孩子
第四章：次等公民：性別歧視的掙扎
第五章：營地裡的罪：不同心合意

第二部：宣教的機會
第六章：婦女的崗位：支援前線
第七章：高層領導：創辦和領導宣教組織
第八章：為城市哭泣：城市宣教
第九章：擴張帳幕：拓荒開墾
第十章 胸懷世界：植堂和講道
第十一章：信徒總動員：教會的組織與訓練
第十二章 幫助外邦姊妹：婦女間的事奉
第十三章：解救被棄者：孤兒和兒童事工
第十四章：為主教導：教育事工
第十五章 慈善的天使：醫療和人道服事
第十六章：各種語言的聖經：聖經翻譯和語言學

第三部：宣教的挑戰
第十七章：基督精兵前進：到敵人領土傳福音
第十八章 開發新知：宣教學和宣教策略
第十九章：筆桿的威力：文字宣教
第二十章：雙重委身：婚姻和團隊事奉
第二十一章：心碎的分離：母職與事奉
第二十二章：孤獨的成功：單身的益處
第二十三章：神蹟奇事：權能事奉與聖靈恩賜
第二十四章：工作的傳承：當地女宣教士



【作者簡介】

路得塔可（北伊利諾大學博士）是三一神學院的客座教授，著作有：《Daughters of the Church》、（與Walter L. Liefeld 合著）《From Jerusalem to Irian jaya》（曾獲獎）

All of L'Amour's books tell the same story - hero follows the Code of The West, gets shot by bad guys, gives them what they deserve, and rides off with the girl. It's a good story. (Even if some of the details are implausible.) Tucker's schtick is that he becomes the vengeful nemesis of the men who stole his money, just by following them. He succeeds (against improbable odds) after numerous escapes from what should have been sure death, by persistence and because, Justice.
At this stage, L'Amour knows he's writing by formula, so he uses it to throw in a little history and a travelogue spiel, which is okay. The stories are slim at best, and padded with constant repetition of the Hero's internal ponderings, but the Moral Code is punched out pretty hard as well, and it's a pity more people don't read the old Westerns any more.
The Code is the total antithesis of what the Precious Snowflakes are living by these days.
NOTE of complaint: the set-up is strangely unrealistic for L'Amour: no way that two people would take a cattle drive by themselves with that large a herd and pay-off, both for reasons of expediency (too few hands) and security (need more guards for the gold). ( )

While Tucker had some interesting scenes, I found the endless chase repetitive and the ending unsatisfying. ( )

Shel Tucker is eighteen and considers himself a man grown. But with his father dead and saddlebags full of gold lifted by a couple of his sometime friends, Tucker finds himself riding a long hard trail... and learning just how much he has to grow.

A coming of age for Tucker as well as L'Amour's view of how the West started to find law and order. ( )