The Gospel in China

There’s a lot of things that I don’t know that I wish I did know (there, I said it). For example, I’d love to know how every person at our Bible study tonight found out about the study and ended up there. This would give us a good idea about how contagious we are, and […]

The other day I wrote down a few names, six or so I guess, that I thought would be good names for our church. A couple of the regulars, with a couple of city names and college-student-ish labels tossed into the mix. It’s really quite a bit tougher than I thought it would be. The […]

Our leaders meeting is nearing the mid-point of its ten lesson basic discipleship course. We’ve been teaching them a lot – granted, a drop in the ol’ bucket of knowledge belonging to a twenty-year American church-attender, but leaps and bound ahead of the average student that finds their way into our Saturday Bible study. And […]

One of the most completely foreign aspects of life here in China is the outdoor morning markets. In all different parts of town, from the small hours of morning to an hour or so before lunch, a few blocks of street transform into a food and clothing market. The house our Bible study meets in […]

My naysaying friend, Sn., reappeared at the Bible study Saturday night after a several week absence. He’s really not all that much of a pain. He’s friendly, genuinely appreciates the Bible study, and tells me that he’s praying for me. Not many of the new Christians are likely spending much time in intercessory prayer, much […]

Internet problems galore. So my blog posting has been galess. Lot of excitement lately, and I feel completely drained today. Had a great time with our Bible study last night. The two services were a little more balanced (certainly more balanced than last week!), and I guess we ended up in the high 60’s after […]

What goes through a bank robber’s head as he stands in the lobby before pulling out his gun? He knows that he’s there on illegal business, and he knows that no one else knows… yet. I don’t really know what that feels like, but I think about it sometimes (in a purely healthy way, I […]

I’m absolutely amazed at how wrong I was about what kind of questions I would be facing here. And I never admit I am wrong, so you can be sure that I was really, really wrong. I really thought I’d be killing myself to prove to people that there was a God, that they were […]

Leaders meeting felt a little sleepy last night. Nothing like a good study on the ordinances of the church to wake everyone up! I was told this by mentors before I came, but I didn’t realize how important it really was. Even the most basic truths, the ones that we’ve heard a couple billion times, […]

Well, I haven’t been able to get on my blog for a while. I’m not sure what the problem is, or how to fix it, but sometimes the website just doesn’t work here. I think this is when I’m supposed to get really paranoid and monitor all my emails and calls. A bunch has happened […]