Faith in the Wilderness, Hannah Nation
Faith in the Wilderness, Hannah Nation
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Faith in the Wilderness
Words of Exhortation from the Chinese Church

Author: Hannah Nation, Simon Liu

Narrator: Michael Beck

Unabridged: 5 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: One Audiobooks

Published: 04/27/2022

Synopsis

For many Western Christians, the experience of suffering and persecution is remote. For Chinese Christians, on the other hand, persecution is a regular aspect of the Christian life. If a Christian from the West was transported to a Chinese house church, the topic of suffering would be ever-present in preaching and conversation. With decades of persecution under government oppression and a rich theology of suffering, the Chinese house church movement has much to contribute theologically to the global church.In Faith in the Wilderness, editors Hannah Nation and Simon Liu pull together the insights of the Chinese church for the West. These sermonic letters from Chinese Christians pull back the curtain on the pastoral heart and the hope behind the house church's remarkable faithfulness, awakening readers to the reality of the gospel―the ground of our hope―in the midst of darkness. Readers will be convicted, encouraged, and edified by the testimony of these Chinese Christians.

About The Author

Hannah Nationis managing director for the Center for House Church Theology and content director for China Partnership. She is co-editor of Grace to the City: Studies in the Gospel from China.Simon Liu is a pastor and mentor to pastors in China. Over the past decade, he has been involved in over 140 church plants across China.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on June 07, 2022

This is a collection of sermons preached to various house churches in China amid the pandemic, though I find the themes of sin and suffering evergreen. It's true that we face the lion's den each day – it could be the virus today, and something else tomorrow. The first half, if I were to consolidate......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on June 07, 2022

I really wanted to like this. I appreciate the exhortation, of course, to learn from the patient suffering faithfulness of our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ in China. But because I do not share the Calvinist theology of the writers, I found much of the advice strongly tinted with that theolo......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on May 12, 2022

What can the Western Church learn from Chinese Christians? Edited by Hannah Nation and Simon Liu, Faith in the Wilderness presents words of exhortation from the Chinese Church. God’s Sovereignty in the Pandemic and Persecution In a moving foreword by Timothy Keller and an insightful introduction by H......more

Goodreads review by Ben on December 14, 2022

Life-Changing Book This was an amazing book. Truly one of the best recent Christian books I have read. Thoughtful, honest, and life-changing. I thoroughly loved this! Definitely check it out. My own church continually says that in 50 years or less, China will have the most Christians in the world. Thi......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on May 08, 2022

I really enjoyed and was encouraged by this collection of sermons from various Chinese house church pastors on the topic of suffering, hope, and perseverance in the faith against the backdrop of the pandemic and much political and economic uncertainty. One of the things that living overseas has taug......more

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