The Jephthah Inheritance: Reflections on the Sacrifice of the Church's Children on the Altar of Evangelism

by Andrew Lane

Jephthah - one of the most baffling figures in the Bible. Ultimately, it is a story of child sacrifice. Nothing to do with contemporary Christian life, then, you might think. But you would be wrong, because the Jephthah Inheritance lives on in the missions and church organisations of today. For, just as Jephthah made God a promise that had never been required of him, sacrificing his daughter's life, many missionaries, pastors and full-time Christian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CSWVM1FH
• ISBN13: 9798889833239
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 248 Pages