We ordered this from www.christianbook.com. Worth much more than the $5 we paid. It is 9 audio CD’s long, and keeps getting better and better.
This true story starts with Fu growing up poor and ambitious in China in the 1970’s and 80’s. Then in university he gets swept up into the Tiananmen Square protests, and narrowly avoids being there for the government’s brutal crackdown. He suffers harsh persecution for his involvement. In his desperation, he reads a story of a Chinese man who welcomed Christ into his life, and he too trusts Christ, and his life is changed and filled with joy. We’ve known a number of Chinese students who are of that same generation, and part of the same revival, and it is helpful to see this background.
Another highlight was hearing about the support and friendship that Fu received from Professor Jonathan Chao. Coincidentally, I had already been listening to Prof. Chao’s lectures at http://christianuniversity.org. I hadn’t realized that he was such a hero and strength to the church in China, not only its historian. Before he died, it was necessary for Prof. Chao to fly as far under the radar as possible in order to do what he was doing.
The latter part of the book is about Fu’s involvement in lobbying the US government to pressure the Chinese government to stop persecuting Christians. You can hear at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcZ4cMIOg9Q about how effective President George W. Bush became at standing up for human rights in Chine, while President Obama has backpedaled on the topic.
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