Many missionaries are plagued by doubt. Not usually about the message. At...
The Breakneck Pace
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 […]
Summer Trip Testimony #2
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. […]
“Good-enough-for-them” Theology
When I was first interested in coming to China, I talked to a man who was sort of a missionary-evangelist. He was a loud voice for missions in America, and he also traveled around the world in leadership-training efforts. So I was surprised when he told me it was unnecessary to go to China as […]
Summer Trip Testimony #1
It’s been a blessing having a few college students with us here for about a month and a half this summer. They were a fantastic help and encouragement to my wife and I. I wanted to put some of their testimonies on the blog so you can get someone else’s view on life and work […]
My God-Given Weaknesses
Like I wrote yesterday, reading the Bible in a different language makes you notice some different things than usual. For instance, I was reading John 9 a couple days ago about the blind man that Jesus healed, and I had a thought that I haven’t been able to get out of my mind. So, here […]
Take Two Every Twelve Hours
Personally, I think one of the greatest experiences a missionary gets to have is to experience the Bible in another language. That may sound a little strange, especially when you consider the nightmarish work that goes into it. I honestly hadn’t really given THAT part much thought. As a Christian, we should continually strive to […]
O for a Thousand Tongues (Or One Really Hard One)
We had our Bible study again last night. And when I finished teaching, it was one challenging conversation after another. First, it was someone who wants to believe in God and in evolution. Then it’s someone who wants to read the Bible in English because the Chinese is too hard. Then I have (to try) […]
I Should Be Dead!
I don’t know how I’ve survived for so long! By my estimations, I should have died (and taken some others with me!) a long time ago! One of the most frustrating things about entering a new culture is taking all the criticism about what you do wrong. Cultural adaptation is of course extremely important, but […]
The Limits of Our God
“Is it okay with God if I pray in Chinese?” We’ve heard this question several times. It doesn’t bother some people; they just put two and two together: God is all-powerful, so He is not limited linguistically. But some people’s only contact or experience with the ideas of Christianity has been in studies of American […]
Three Self Token Churches
Almost everyone knows that there’s a lot of professing Christians in China. The majority of that number is made up by members of unregistered, underground churches. But a large percent (12 million people in 1999, growing about half a million every year) belong to the Three Self Patriotic Movement’s Protestant churches. Here’s some quick bullets […]
The Gospel in China 
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