China Could be Christian Country in a Decade

[Guest HIS girl]

'OneLight'

Have you noticed that the most growth comes from where there is the most tribulation?

That's so true OneLight...

[Lomi]

That will be so great. The prayers of the righteous & all the matyrs have been heard

[nebula]

One is a member of a church because they get free or buy rice very cheap.

Don't know where you got that from.

I doubt, though, that these business people would go to church for cheap rice.

[Guest HIS girl]

Cheap rice? Well it's good to see the Church helping!!

Seriously though, the stories I have heard coming out of China are amazing - like the one where a homeChurch only had a scrap of "Scripture" which they shared around - a very cherished item indeed and they would do "sermons" just from this one scrap of the Bible - many many sermons from it in fact. A Western Christian group donated some complete Bibles to them - it was like receiving gold - a precious gift..(which it is!!)

[Gauntlet]

This seems like unbridled optimism to me. The Chinese Communists are irredeemable, if you ask me. As irreedemable as the Taliban. As irredeemable as Sodom & Gomorrah.

[nebula]

Here's another report:

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When China's Communist Party members met recently at the National Congress in Beijing, President Hu Jintao did something that had never been done before. He added the word "religion" to the Communist Party constitution.

President Hu called the move an historic moment and challenged the party to view religion as a source of economic and social stability.

"I don't think the foreign missionaries who served in China in the old days could have imaged that such a thing could happen," said Zhao Xiao, a top Chinese economist.

Zhao was watching the political proceedings that day from his office on the outskirts of Beijing.

"The window in China is opening more and more," said Zhao. "Yes, the economy is the big story, but the other story is that we're also seeing a moral and religious revival and the government recognizes this."

A Communist Finds Jesus

In 2002, Zhao went on assignment to the United States to discover the secret of America's economic success. What he found changed his life forever.

"After my trip I wrote an essay entitled, Market Economies with Churches and Market Economies without Churches," he explained. "I discovered that Christianity was the reason for America's success."

Zhao was an atheist and a former Communist Party official when he wrote the paper. He later converted to Christianity after reading the Bible. His essay is one of the most widely read articles on economic reform.

"I meet people in the upper echelons of government and I tell them that China will prosper and be a blessing to the world if it embraces the message of the cross," Zhao said.

Building A Harmonious Society

And there's evidence that the government is taking a closer look at how Christianity and other religions can create what party officials call a more "harmonious society."

Full report here

[Gauntlet]

Here's another report:

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When China's Communist Party members met recently at the National Congress in Beijing, President Hu Jintao did something that had never been done before. He added the word "religion" to the Communist Party constitution.

President Hu called the move an historic moment and challenged the party to view religion as a source of economic and social stability.

"I don't think the foreign missionaries who served in China in the old days could have imaged that such a thing could happen," said Zhao Xiao, a top Chinese economist.

Zhao was watching the political proceedings that day from his office on the outskirts of Beijing.

"The window in China is opening more and more," said Zhao. "Yes, the economy is the big story, but the other story is that we're also seeing a moral and religious revival and the government recognizes this."

A Communist Finds Jesus

In 2002, Zhao went on assignment to the United States to discover the secret of America's economic success. What he found changed his life forever.

"After my trip I wrote an essay entitled, Market Economies with Churches and Market Economies without Churches," he explained. "I discovered that Christianity was the reason for America's success."

Zhao was an atheist and a former Communist Party official when he wrote the paper. He later converted to Christianity after reading the Bible. His essay is one of the most widely read articles on economic reform.

"I meet people in the upper echelons of government and I tell them that China will prosper and be a blessing to the world if it embraces the message of the cross," Zhao said.

Building A Harmonious Society

And there's evidence that the government is taking a closer look at how Christianity and other religions can create what party officials call a more "harmonious society."

Full report here

... but miracles do happen.

WHo am I to put limitations on the Lord?

[MorningGlory]

This seems like unbridled optimism to me. The Chinese Communists are irredeemable, if you ask me. As irreedemable as the Taliban. As irredeemable as Sodom & Gomorrah.

No one is irredeemable, Gauntlet.......

[Gauntlet]

This seems like unbridled optimism to me. The Chinese Communists are irredeemable, if you ask me. As irreedemable as the Taliban. As irredeemable as Sodom & Gomorrah.

No one is irredeemable, Gauntlet.......

What about those who commit that one unpardonable sin?

[Gauntlet]

This seems like unbridled optimism to me. The Chinese Communists are irredeemable, if you ask me. As irreedemable as the Taliban. As irredeemable as Sodom & Gomorrah.

No one is irredeemable, Gauntlet.......

What about those who commit that one unpardonable sin?

And if no one is irreedamable, why is there a hell? One of the main atheistic arguments I've heard goes like, If God really is as loving and forgiving as the Bible says, why does He sentence people to an eternity of pain & suffering in Hell? If God send people to Hell, He is a cruel & unjust God, undeserving of my worship.

And I'm always at a loss for what to say to that.