Longing for Deeper Unity
This congress gave prominence to many important themes and concepts, including the kingdom of God, holistic mission, the cultural mandate, new creation, and polycentric mission.
This congress gave prominence to many important themes and concepts, including the kingdom of God, holistic mission, the cultural mandate, new creation, and polycentric mission.
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.”
We must explore what kind of ideology the Chinese church, which developed in tandem with such a turbulent history, would adopt as it enters the church, serves the church, and envisions the future.
Diaspora is not a condition to be solved. It is a place to be inhabited.
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.
Through the indwelling Spirit of God, we can join with the saints of ancient times and pray with Chinese Christians for the empowerment and manifestation of the Spirit for the Kingdom of God.
My most important rebuttal is that Yeo’s review has misunderstood my main goal. Rather than offering a Pentecostal reading of Chinese Christianity, I employ what I call ‘Pentecost historiography.
Next time you are riding the subway, in a transfer station, or looking at a subway map, be reminded that the Bible has also been carefully written and designed as an interconnected whole.
Chinese Christian Witness is a heartening collection of reflections which cannot—but help—drive onward the movement of God’s Chinese children in response to his command to make him known.
Before the next revival, today’s church in China will inevitably enter a process of upheaval, reorganization, and re-stabilization.
The utilization of diverse resources is needed if we are to effectively and robustly train Chinese missionaries and churches to be an invaluable contributory force to Christian mission.
上帝創造人,人又創造AI。當AI成為人類的「副本」,它所映照的不只有創造力與良善,也包括偏見、慾望與人性的扭曲。我們究竟把怎樣的自己帶進了機器?