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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Are you reading me?
During a recent sermon, my senior pastor said something obvious but that was so revelatory to me: "As we read the Word of God, the Word of God is also reading us."
Often than not, I tend to regard reading the Bible as a one-way flow. I read and then I reflect on what I've read. My pastor's comments reminded me that even as I read God's Word, God's Word is also reading me and convicting me through the Holy Spirit so that I am drawn closer and closer to Him.
Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
A life of faith
"Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell."
- Charles Thomas Studd
His life
As a British Protestant Christian missionary to China Studd was part of the Cambridge Seven, and later was responsible for setting up the Heart of Africa Mission which became the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade (now WEC International).
- Charles Thomas Studd
His life
As a British Protestant Christian missionary to China Studd was part of the Cambridge Seven, and later was responsible for setting up the Heart of Africa Mission which became the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade (now WEC International).
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Spiritual red tide in China
Christianity expands turf in Red China
Excerpts:
"After coming to know God, I now know that someone loves me and that the most important thing in life is not money or success, but the relationships I have with God, my family and friends," Wu says. "I'm not afraid of the future anymore."
"In the past, most of our worshippers were elderly people, women or people in poor health. These days, we are seeing more young people, as well as academics and professionals," he says.
China is one of the world's biggest publishers of the book, with approximately one-fourth of the world's Bibles printed in Nanjing. The Amity Printing Co. Ltd., the only authorized Bible-printing company in China, has turned out more than 90 million copies since it started its presses in 1987.
Excerpts:
"After coming to know God, I now know that someone loves me and that the most important thing in life is not money or success, but the relationships I have with God, my family and friends," Wu says. "I'm not afraid of the future anymore."
"In the past, most of our worshippers were elderly people, women or people in poor health. These days, we are seeing more young people, as well as academics and professionals," he says.
China is one of the world's biggest publishers of the book, with approximately one-fourth of the world's Bibles printed in Nanjing. The Amity Printing Co. Ltd., the only authorized Bible-printing company in China, has turned out more than 90 million copies since it started its presses in 1987.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
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