Are We There Yet?

I’m enjoying the Olympic coverage.  I’ve swallowed the Michael Phelps hype and have been watching eagerly to see if he will break the medal record set by Mark Spitz in ‘72.  I’m enjoying the swimming and look forward to the track and field events to come.

I’ve also enjoyed the coverage given to the history and culture of China .  It’s so foreign that it feels as if the reports are coming from another plant.  All this China emphasis sent me to Wikipedia to read about Chairman Mao whose picture dominates Tienamen Square.  All I could come away with after reading of his barbaric rule was how much the people of China have suffered.  Along with the people of the former Soviet Union, both nations experienced great hardship as millions and millions have died under Communism.  I know one critique of skeptics against Christianity is the charge of persecution by Christians in the Crusades and in the Inquisition.  While there is no defense for such actions, there is NO, repeat NO comparison to the death tolls that have arisen under atheistic communism.  Mao and Stalin starved millions and millions of their own people to death.  Their worldview allowed them to do so with no remorse.  Their people have suffered.  The recent events in the nation of Georgia have underscored the painful past.

The people of China need the gospel.  As we keep hearing, one-fifth of the world’s population lives there.  That’s incredible.  The underground church needs the freedom of worship and ministry.  Let’s keep praying for the church in China.

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