Friday nights, like tonight, we have our weekly cell group/dinner/Bible study from 7p.m. to 9p.m. or so. We have dinner together, then sing worship songs, and after that Kennedy does a study on John. The folks that join us that haven't claimed to believe yet love the food, the fun talk & social time together, sometimes I think they even enjoy singing. But the Bible is so far off their radar...even though we use a common language, Biblical concepts are understood with great difficulty. As a Buddhist, to shed the blood of an animal is sin. As Southeast Asians, mild to moderate forms of deception are just part of life. When we read the great Biblical truths, you can only imagine how confusing it is for them. A different world, with different values, and a God for Whom blood must be shed for the remission of sins. A God for Whom truth is a foundational virtue and lies are from the heart of His enemy.
We need so much prayer here. Our living conditions are not difficult, the people are lovely and have taught us so much about hospitality, but when it comes to communicating the Word of God, we sometimes weep with frustration at the hardness of the hearts. They smile and nod as they listen to the Word, and then go home and prostrate themselves before images.
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