The Gospel in China

Bible study last night in our home. School is still out, but our space situation is about at a crisis level! We used every seat in my house (plus just about everything resembling a seat), but we just barely had enough. So we’ll grab some chairs of some kind this week and make do for […]

Yesterday my language teacher, W., and I got to talking about superstitions and luck. She told me that the government today works hard to make sure the Chinese people don’t live by the superstitions that haunted their ancestors. I pulled out the “hey-America’s-messed-up-too” card (if you want to be a missionary, you might want to […]

Why is language learning so tedious and strenuous? Because it consists primarily of two hateful tasks: memorizing and recalling from memory. Every “learn a language in 30 days” technique is really an attempt to make memorizing easier. Chances are, one of your least favorite tasks in schools was memorization. But there’s no escaping memorization if […]

I got this card a few weeks ago from a guy who became a Christian this summer: “Thanks a million for you both to gave me the chance – the first time Bible study, and I met so many wonderful friends. The chance changed me a lot – I became a Christian. It gives me […]

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Mars Hill in Acts 17 and the unique challenge of introducing our God to a people with no standard of absolute truth. To the Jews, Paul consistently preached two points of contention: “Jesus was the Promised Messiah” and “the Messiah is the Son of God.” These were […]

Ever had one of those days? When you’re learning a language, there are some days that you feel like you’ve just about got it. You feel competent, capable, and coherent. You feel like a few more days like this, and you’ll have it down. And then there’s days when it feels like you couldn’t talk […]

Fr. is probably the most curious dude I’ve ever met. He puts many a five-year-old to shame. And though he has been extremely hesitant to make a decision for Christ, he’s comes to our Bible study as faithfully as anyone else, and this week, he even brought a friend! Sometimes it’s really difficult to tell […]

Here comes another summer trip testimony! It was really exciting to have these students with us this summer. They really got to get their hands dirty in Chinese ministry! If you are interested in making a summer trip, please find a short-term trip with long-term benefits. I’ve made a lot of short-term trips. Some of […]

My wife told me that for the past couple of nights, I’ve been talking (or trying to talk) Chinese in my sleep. She says I say the same three sentences over and over. I guess I’m drilling. A language learner is never off the clock! But it was just another reminder of how much our […]

The following is another testimony from one of the students that gave a large part of their summer to working with us here in China: “I have learned a lot within these six short weeks here in China: I have learned that all of China is not as severely closed as people say it is. […]