I first ran into this book at LifeWay in December. I was shopping with my mom for Christmas presents, and I was nearly finished with my entire list. We spent a pretty good amount of time in the store, perusing all their offerings. I found whole categories of books I’d never seen there before. But it was the columnar display of golden books which caught my eye, and after reading the back cover of Voices of the Faithful, I was elated to be holding it! I knew this was going to be my book. I quickly located my mother and informed her I had found exactly what I wanted from her for Christmas. I was even more delighted when she promptly placed it in her basket.
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February 28th, 2007 · Permalink · Back to Top · Comments (0) · Tagged: Books, Missions, Review
I’ve just finished reading a book by “Brother Yun” (Liu Zhenying) entitled The Heavenly Man. It is a story of hardship, trial, affliction, persecution, suffering … all for the cause of Christ. Beginning near the end of his story, and then going back all the way to the initial introduction of the Gospel to modern-day China, Yun describes in vivid detail how his own life has been riddled with torture at the hand of the Chinese government. It is a story you won’t soon forget.
When I was nine years old God spoke to me in a time of prayer and told me, “I want you to be a missionary to China.” This was the first time I audibly heard the voice of God. From that day on I have set forth to obey the command of God to go to China. My entire thrust has been in that direction, actively seeking the plan of God every step of the way. That is what led me to Thailand, to train further for that day when I will finally enter China and serve as a missionary, carrying the Cross of Christ to that land.
I suppose that is what many missionaries think, that God is waiting for the “Bamboo Curtain” to fall before sending in the flood of missionaries. And that may well happen; there probably will be a mighty thrust of the Gospel into Asia if Communism falls. But God hasn’t waited for it. In fact, He’s been working in Asia for over one hundred years already. Behind closed borders the Gospel is spreading like wildfire.
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December 30th, 2006 · Permalink · Back to Top · Comments (11) · Tagged: Books, Missions, Review, Thailand