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9 August 2008
What is Happening with Adventism in China?
Sometimes when our plans fail, we want to shake our hands in God’s face and say, “Hey! What in the world are you doing? Why in the world are you allowing this to happen to me?”
I was only a child in the early 1950s and not even remotely Christian. But now I can imagine Christian churches around the world questioning why God would allow Communism to sweep into control across China. Churches and church institutions were systematically confiscated and the government took over the “business” of religion.
Two and a half years ago, my congregation in Hollywood, California, embarked on a journey guided by a question: “What would it mean for our church to have a genuine missionary encounter with our neighbors?” This question itself suggests a whole load of other questions.
( August 4th, 2008 )
Before Jesus ascended, he laid out the job description for the Christian Church. John records part of our Lord’s incredibly moving prayer to his Heavenly Father, wherein Jesus said: “As you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world” (17:18; see also 20:21).
Obviously, this requires a second reading on our knees. Could he possibly mean what he said?
( February 25th, 2008 )
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