"After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth."~Genesis 8:6-11

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

问题 Questions

Day 51.

In a country where only 5% of the population knows Jesus, it's rare that you run into someone who has heard the gospel before.  Last night, while evangelizing at the university, Ann and I got into a conversation with a boy who said he's heard it multiple times over the last couple of months.  We told him it again.  From beginning to end.  And then he asked a bunch of questions.

Why did Jesus rise from the dead?

Why were we created in the first place?

What is the Holy Spirit?

What happens when Jesus returns?

There were more that I've already forgotten... but we were able to answer them all!  I am so grateful for the last couple of months that I've spent here, because it has forced me to-not only fully understand what I believe-but also consider why I believe it.

It's right in line with this week's topic of study: Biblical Worldview.  Today we talked about the importance of proclaiming not only what we believe, but being sure that it's truth.  It's not ok to evangelize and tell people about something that you merely believe.  You need to know that it's true.

So, we've been asking questions in class like... Is homosexuality wrong?  Is the death penalty wrong?  Is abortion wrong?  Is lying wrong?  Is majority rules the best way to operate?  And we've been challenged to have answers that are based of off nothing except the Bible.  It's really made me question what my current beliefs about these questions are founded on.  And it's really made me appreciate the Bible.
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