Matters of the Heart . . . and the Nation
...her head with a smile. “I am a believer as well,” I replied. “That means we are one family.” I sensed she was not the only one. As we continued...
...her head with a smile. “I am a believer as well,” I replied. “That means we are one family.” I sensed she was not the only one. As we continued...
...few. His book consists basically of two page profiles on each of 52 relatively unreached cities in China. His book consists basically of two-page profiles on each of 52 relatively...
...history. Its commercial development was related closely to the progress of steam navigation. The conquest of the 400-mile Yangtze Gorges by British and Chinese shipping companies in the late ’20s...
The “Chinese” Way of Doing Things: Perspectives on American-Born Chinese and the Chinese Church in North America by Samuel Ling with Clarence Cheuk. China Horizon, 1999, 229 pp. ISBN 1-892-63202-0,...
Coming Home Crazy—the apt title of Bill Holms’ witty, irreverent, yet insightful book on returning from China—describes how many feel after returning from China, even after only a short period....
...so disturbingly evident.” (p.17) Three trends that threaten to derail the North American missions movement are identified: The captivity of the movement—and much of the evangelical church—to American cultural realities,...
...the downside of our increasing reliance on technology in our quest to fulfill the Great Commission in China. In the insightful book Changing the Mind of Missions, Jim Engel and...
...throughout its pages. The fact that it was written by a British sinologist may provide a continental perspective on China in contrast to those stances commonly taken by American scholars....
...While Western evangelicals have had difficulty with some of the liberal theological positions Ding has espoused over the years, I, as an evangelical, believe his recent book brings out some...
...truth. It addresses many of the questions I have heard from intellectuals from the PRC and Taiwan, and I believe that educated Chinese will find it useful in answering common...
...evangelical movement has had to undergo also. I well remember the sharp intake of breath among British evangelicals in 1984 when the well-known Anglican churchman John Stott, wrote Issues Facing...
...likely to expand in China. Overall I liked the book, although it is quite academic. It fills an important gap in the English language literature on the new generation of...