Chinese christian biography
Chinese christian biography
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Why the Biographical Dictionary?
Have you ever noticed that most of the Bible consists of narratives, that is, stories about God’s dealing with the humans he has made?
Not only does this sacred history reveal the unfolding of God’s plan of salvation, but it also presents us with examples of people who either walked with God or walked away from him.
“Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our instruction” (1 Corinthians ).
God has made us to love stories. The Chinese, in particular, delight in reading, hearing, and seeing (on television and in movies) tales of the heroes and villains of their long and colorful history.
Even today, many, continuing the tradition of Chinese opera, television dramas and movies revolve around the exploits of these well-known characters. Some of the accounts are embellished, of course.
Sadly, they do not know the true stories of the Bible, and even Christians are mostly ignorant of their own “sacred history.” They