Lords of the EarthYWAM Publishing, 2003 - 306 pages "On every continent, in every nation, God is at work in and through the lives of believers. From the streets of Amsterdam to remote Pacific islands to the jungles of Ecuador and beyond, each international adventure that emerges is a dramatic episode that could be directed only by the hand of God. Engulfed in the darkness of Irian Jaya's Snow Mountains lived the Yali--canniblas who called themselves "lords of the earth." Yet in terror and bondage they served women-hating, child-despising gods, rendering fearful obedience to harsh edicts and even executing their children. Missionary Stan Dale dared to enter the domain of this Stone Age people, embarking on a fateful course that would swiftly bring him into bloody life-or-death conflict with the Yalis' "Kembu spirits and the complex religion they sustained. Only God could have brought about the stunning, unexpected result. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Introduction | 9 |
Photos and Maps | 10 |
THE THREERIMMED WORLD | 15 |
The Day the Sky Fell | 17 |
The Raid | 39 |
In Fear of the Kulamong | 51 |
The Yali Solution | 59 |
Something Lost | 111 |
Beyond the Ranges | 119 |
FOOTHOLD BEYOND THE | 147 |
A Lonely Place in Which to Die | 149 |
Another Listener | 157 |
Trials of a Family | 175 |
Explorations | 185 |
The Young Replacements | 197 |
The Omen | 67 |
Rebellion | 73 |
BEYOND THE | 79 |
The Weakling | 81 |
The Unforgiving Minute | 99 |
Gunfire in the Seng | 265 |
The Unexpected | 277 |
20 | 291 |
Postscript | 303 |
Common terms and phrases
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