I translated for the ‘Heavenly Man’ April 1, 2007
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So, last night, the ‘Heavenly Man,’ a Christian brother from China who’s been in prison 3 times for preaching the gospel, came to our church to speak. He’s had a lot of great expiriences and written a couple of books. I think he really has a strong annointing of the presence of the Lord and I’ve heard a lot about him in the last few years. I had the priviledge last night of translating for him at our church service. What an honor!
Jesus Revolution February 18, 2007
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Jesus Revolution
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internship brothers January 13, 2007
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A few nights ago, we had a very special time of fellowship with some of the guys in our apartment. Michael and Martin were here after spending some overtime in the office in preparation for U-turn, one of Tyler’s South African friends was here. After tea and lebkuchen were served, we just began to talk about our dreams for the future, our calling, and what church is like in all of our countries. I think all of us thought that the churches in each of our countries was in a state of disarray and it could be doing a lot more to help abate the crime in South Africa, preach the gospel to the lost effectively in America, or capture the essence of Jesus’ words here in Catholic Austria. I went to sleep with the feeling that it is possible to do Christ’s work, no matter how tough the situation is.
first african in western art…
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A couple of weeks ago, the three of us went to visit a monk that we’d met in one of the museums we visited. He was an American priest over here on some sort of exchange program. It turned out he lived in this fabulous monastery built around 1000 AD. One of the treasures of the monasery was a guided storyboard-type-thing that contained the first representation of an African in western art (it was the queen of Sheba). So much history right there, it was amazing.
More than that though, I was really impressed at his genuinely Christian heart. Not only did he show us very gracious hospitality, he was genuinely excited to be there, doing the ministry because, as he said “Jesus changed my life!” This was encouraging for me to hear because, as some of you know, I really believe that God has it in His heart to reconcile the Catholic church back to himself.
