The Hope of Heaven in the Hearts of Missionaries

What reward motivates missionaries to make great sacrifices for the sake of Christ? We might think first of the expectation that they will see the fruits of their labors in their lifetime. The work is hard, but the reward is imminent — right?Forty years after her husband and four others were martyred, Elisabeth Elliot cautioned against hidden assumptions as she reflected on the fruit of evangelism that followed the men’s deaths. “There is always the urge to oversimplify. . . . We