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Well, I had a lot of spare time today (I'm in Wichita at my dad's place) and therefore finished The Heavenly Man. It was an entirely easy read, even though it was a fairly long book filled with many, many stories. It was exciting to hear about the many miracles Brother Yun witnessed, and yet at the same time, it felt terribly predictable. There is a neat section near the end about the Chinese vision for evangelism called "Back to Jerusalem". Some things I didn't appreciate - Brother Yun seems to take an almost aggressive attitude toward defining doctrine, recounting how the Chinese house churches had been unified until Westerners started to send more theological literature. Also, Yun seemed perfectly content with staying in house churches permanently. He even says that he had no intention of building church buildings, because the house churches were working out so well. I think there is a time for house churches, but I don't believe this is ideal by any stretch of the imagination. Finally, he doesn't want the persecution to end. He seems to think that persecution is necessary to awaken churches. While it is true that persecution is one way to make a church's congregation members rely more on their faith in God, I again don't think this is ideal, and I will continue to pray that God eases the persecution of his people in foreign countries.

The Heavenly Man: C

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Yokanchi said…
Hey, I like the new layout. How did you do that cool picture?!!
June 2, 2007 at 2:19 AM
Unknown said…
Thanks! I just went into the "edit layout" screen, and for the title bar, I clicked edit. There is an option to upload a picture. However, after you upload it, you have to edit it again to tell it not to overlay the title. For this picture, I just spent a lot of time tweaking it to get the right size, and then I used GIMP to put in the text. I've been playing around with different color schemes too, but I find that white looks the classiest with a picture. By the way, this picture is from when I played Lord Capulet in "Romeo, You Idiot" in high school.
June 2, 2007 at 9:25 AM
Anonymous said…
Hahaha... I loved that scene...
June 2, 2007 at 10:54 AM
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