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Faith in the Wilderness: Words of Exhortation from the Chinese Church [Paperback] Nation, Hannah; Liu, Simon; Keller, Tim and Keller, Timothy

2022 Christianity Today Award of Merit, Missions & Global Churcha powerful and moving collection of sermonic letters Tim ChalliesIf we want revival in our communities, then let us learn from those being revived 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 everpresent 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 churchIn 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 churchs remarkable faithfulness, awakening readers to the reality of the gospelthe ground of our hopein the midst of darkness Readers will be convicted, encouraged, and edified by the testimony of these Chinese ChristiansLet us learn from the witness of our Chinese brothers and sisters so that we can stand fast all the better as we face trials wherever we live Timothy Keller from the foreword