The Gospel in China

Last night we had a special activity for our Bible study. I really wanted them to have the chance to hear from our friend visiting from the States, but as he leaves this morning, we had to set up a special meeting. Wasn’t sure how many people would come, but we had about fifty show […]

So we met our visitors last night for dinner at about six. We had told a bunch of the students that we were going to meet to paint the second room at 7:30. So we gave T. the keys to the place and asked her to open the door for whoever came and give them […]

Last night my wife got a few of the girls together and they went to the Bible study house to paint. None of them had ever painted before, and they were really excited about doing it. Which was strange to me, but my wife said when she bought the paint, all the people at the […]

Last night was our leaders meeting, and I finally feel like we have some purposeful direction there. These students are by and large the most faithful, and they’re very interested in their own future as Christians as well as the future of our Bible study. So last night I explained to the them that as […]

Bible study tonight. Down in number a little bit, but we had a great time launching our new series on the life of David. The attendance at the two meetings is still majorly lopsided, and we’re trying to figure out what to do about that. Still, the second study seems to go better, as the […]

This is kind of a frustrating time right now around our house. Apparently, we’re facing daily power outages until the new heating system is installed. We were wakened at a little after six this morning by someone drilling through concrete right outside our bedroom window. Awesome. Power switched off a little after seven. And it […]

Last week, my wife had the idea of hanging a map of China on the wall in our new place and giving every student that comes to our Bible study a pin to put in their hometown. I’ve really been amazed at how many of the students here are from other provinces, many very far […]

Sometimes, you have to answer a fool according to his folly. Finding myself most often with a tendency towards the foolish side of unwise, I try to play it safe and not answer the fool according to his folly. But, like Solomon says, there’s a time to give an answer to the contentious. Jesus certainly […]

Interesting day. In our apartment complex, they’re installing some new heating pipes. And not too soon, as there’s already reports of snow in the area. Until yesterday, the only symptoms of the project were a steady clamor of banging and yelling. But yesterday afternoon, the power kicked off in the building, and we spent the […]

So last night, after talking to a lot of people a lot smarter than I am, we started our second meeting in the new place. And though this morning I feel like I lost a sand-drinking contest, everything went relatively well. It’s pretty cool, really. Some strong points jump out really quickly. It creates some […]