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A Chinese Dissident in the U.S.: My only Status Is Christian

While volunteering at my church’s soup kitchen, I often serve dinner to homeless individuals and new immigrants, many of whom speak little English. A recurring question emerges from these interactions, “Where are you from?” The Vietnamese guests are curious to know whether I share their heritage. Hispanics, recognizing that I am Asian, wonder whether my […]

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Jesus Was Born! The Chinese Communist Regime Will Fall.

In 2017, a Chinese human rights lawyer had his secret memoir “Unwavering Convictions: Gao Zhisheng’s Ten-Year Torture and Faith in China’s Future” published in the United States. Since then, Mr. Gao was forcibly taken from his home in China. In April 2023, on Mr. Gao’s 59th birthday, the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs held […]

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When Freedom Loses, We All Lose

In China, there is a popular idiom that loosely translates as “black and white are reversed”; it means that facts are twisted and distorted to the point that black is white and vice versa. Recently, the Chinese government accused some brave lawyers of inciting subversion, and threw  them in prison for the “crime” of defending […]

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The Crucifix on the Wall

​​One of the churches on campus carries the name “Christ The King.” Every night, on my way home from the library, I stop by the church and pray outside the building. The altar is surrounded by windows. From the outside, I usually was able to clearly see the crucifix above the altar, under the diffused ceiling lights. […]

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Christian M&M: Ministry and Mission

​​Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 28: 19 – 20 Every Christian should have a ministry and involve in the mission. The mission is to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the […]

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China Launches Anti-Christian Dragnets Under the Guise of “Anti-Cults” Campaign

​​“The context of this case can give us further insights into the twisted intentions of the Chinese government in regards Christians.” Many Americans may be familiar with the case of John List. He was a devout Lutheran and taught Sunday school. On November 9, 1971, he killed his wife, mother and three children in their […]

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Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain

​​“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” (Exodus 20:7) I just read an ABC-13 report that nine Chinese nationals, together with others from different countries, illegally crossed the Texas-Mexican border into the United States. Immigration authorities found […]

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A Dangerous, Disturbing Pattern

Hear us, our God, for we are despised. (Nehemiah 4:4) “Think about it – many people in the world cannot go to church today, because they are threatened to be killed or arrested if they go to a church like ours, New Life Assembly of God,” my pastor challenged our minds when he preached about […]