Alvin E. Cook
Ministerial Secretary, Trans-Africa Division
Articles by Alvin E. Cook
"Let Marble Crumble This Is Living Stone!"
July 1973
PIONEER medical missionary David Livingstone came to the end of his African safaris one hundred years ago, on May 1, 1873. He died alone, on his knees, in a temporary shelter near the shore of Lake Bangweulu in Northern Zambia.
Livingstone…
"Return and I'll Return"
June 1976
WE CALL him Malachi. The He brews did the same. It's because we have not translated the word. If we did, we would say "My Messenger." Back in Bible days this may have referred to his position and office and…
Famous Last Words
November 1972
LUDICROUS in the light of reason, but in the light of history, sublime . . ." is the way one expositor described the missionary proclamation of the risen Christ, recorded for us in the closing paragraphs of St. Matthew's gospel. The ex-taxation…
