上帝帶領我去哪?
我漸漸意識到,上帝呼召我做的,並不是離開教會,而是盡自己的一份力量,填補我在教會中看見的缺口。
我漸漸意識到,上帝呼召我做的,並不是離開教會,而是盡自己的一份力量,填補我在教會中看見的缺口。
All of a sudden, what started as a random set of strangers in a country I knew nearly nothing about outside of my middle school world history class, became God’s children whom he loved and the most important people in my life.
My experience of the election and grace of the Triune God—the providential care of the Heavenly Father, the guarding of the Holy Spirit, and the guidance of the Holy Son—is truly a testament to what John Newton described as Amazing Grace in his hymn: “grace appeared the hour I first believed.”
I gradually came to understand the deeper meaning of the Lord’s words over the years: those who trust in him are able, through him, to stand upright.
His life is remembered not only in the seminaries he helped build or the roles he held, but in the people he shaped, the faith he carried through hardship, and the conviction, tested across decades, that God’s work is not sustained by wealth, but by grace.
I've always thought myself to be as capable as an eagle, but this verse taught me that even the strength of eagles comes from the Lord.
Does a person really need faith? And if so, what exactly is faith?
There is no cross, no pulpit, and no choir. Three chairs surround a small tea table, a phone plays hymns, and a well-worn Bible rests nearby—the humble beginnings of a church.
It is hard to imagine that this pastor—now fluent in Scripture and prayer—had once devoted years to Daoist medicine and Buddhist practice, even preparing to become a monk
Reason revealed my limits; grace taught me to bow down.
In northern China, there is a large family that has followed Christ for nearly a century and has given birth to preachers for four consecutive generations.
The gospel does not erase the challenges of being a stranger, but God meets us in them.