Stagnancy Kills
...one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my...
...one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my...
...several chuandaoren while the other has three pastors and four chuandaoren. When I asked the reason for this inequality, I was told that churches are free to recruit and employ...
Growing up in an American Christian church, I learned that other religions were wrong and of the devil. Therefore, I avoided learning anything about other cultures or their religions even...
...funerals since October 2016 as part of local government reforms aiming to curb lavish, showy ceremonies. Chinese commentators tackle the challenge of translating American football (October 17, 2017, Christian Science...
...Fruit, Inc., said he found the group “intensely curious, genuinely interested in learning about how the American nonprofit sector works and in doing what is best for the people in...
...attention, however, was quickly drawn in another direction; I could not shake the impression that I was looking at a scene from a North American church. The images in the...
...Thought: A Christian Response, by I’Ching Thomas (ChinaSource) I’Ching Thomas will explore the notion of human flourishing in Chinese thought, focusing especially on Confucius’ teaching on self-cultivation and benevolence as...
...Maryland. That fall, I was struck by the devastating news that my close friend from high school had committed suicide due to depression. Coupled with the struggles I was facing...
...of the Chinese communist revolution are luck and violence—at least, that’s according to Prof. Frank Dikötter. Continuing from our last episode on Prof. Frank Dikötter’s new book, Red Dawn Over...
...it already has. Different Dreams As journalist James Mann observed nearly two decades ago, the American vision of a China that was becoming “more like us” ushered in an era of optimism. Riding...
...ago, early on in my itinerate ministry in China, I was teaching Romans 12:1, “I appeal to you therefore…” and used an American interpretive proverb—whenever you see “therefore” in the...
...inquired. “No, sir,” replied Morrison, “I expect God will.” And God has. During Morrison’s term of missionary service, he baptized less than a handful of people; now the church numbers...