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China’s Van Goghs
A Film Review
A look at the the oil painters in Dafen village, and at the creative process.
Knife in the Clear Water
A Film Review
Another favorite film from the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Nian
A Film Review
“If we let our fears hold us back, we will miss out on all that is beyond what we can imagine.”
Orthodox Doctrine of the Trinity
[…] 蘇穎智, Jiekai “Dongfang fachu de shandian” zhi miansha 揭開《東方發出的閃電》之面紗 (English title provided on copyright page), 3rd ed. (Hong Kong: Heart Publishers Ltd., 2013). Pastor So’s diagram is apparently based on the traditional “Shield of the Trinity” or Scutum Fidei. See “Shield of the Trinity,” Wikipedia, accessed June 24, 2013, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_of_the_Trinity. Back to Brief Look at Some of Eastern Lightning’s False Teachings
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The War against Cults in China
Lambert writes: “China has been experiencing a major revival of religious faith…at the same time there has been an upsurge in cults, many of them quite bizarre.” He traces a brief history of China’s cults and then deals with how a cult is defined in China. He goes on to look at the difficulties that […]
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Combating the Cult Almighty God Church
The author takes an in-depth look at Almighty God Church (formerly Eastern Lightning) and its impact on China’s house churches. He looks at early house church responses to this cult as it began infiltrating congregations as well as later responses as it became a greater problem. Yu shares with us a portion of the biblical […]
View From the Wall
A Field Study of “The Church of Almighty God” Cult
In early 2013, China’s official media first labeled “ Eastern Lightning,” more recently known as “The Church of Almighty God,” as a cult. Thus, the group entered the public arena and began to gain public awareness. However, due to the difficulties and risks involved in doing a field study of such a secretive organization, researchers […]
Cults in China
Last year members of the Almighty God sect savagely attacked a customer in a McDonald’s in northeast China after she refused to give them her cell phone number. Formerly known as Eastern Lightning, the Almighty God sect has emerged as one of the most active cults in China.
House Churches and Anti-cult Campaigns
Last week five members of the Almighty God cult (formerly known as Eastern Lightning went on trial for brutally murdering a woman in a MacDonalds restaurant in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province. The murder shocked the nation and prompted the government to launch a nationwide crackdown on illegal cults, or xie jiao (lit. evil religion).
Honor and Shame in Paul’s Message and Mission
A Book Review
Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes: Honor and Shame in Paul’s Message and Mission by Jackson W. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic Press, 2019. Christianity is a Western religion. We Chinese have our own traditions. It’s ok for you to be a Christian because you are a Westerner, but I am Chinese and the Bible […]