– says Dr. D, not his real name (or picture). I have been reading the Bible with him for several months, and answering questions: “What about people who aren’t Christians?” “Why is there still so much evil?” …. But I had noticed an acceptance on his part, and eagerness to read ALL of the Bible. So I asked him direct questions, he replied “Yes, Jesus is my Lord, yes, he is God, Yes, he came back to life and is now alive with God.”

But continue to pray… His heart needs to catch up to his brain.  Continue reading “Yes, I believe!” →

We were explaining the two greatest commandments to this young Chinese couple who have recently started studying the Bible with us. Suddenly I asked the question

Can you love your neighbor as yourself, without loving God first with all of your heart, soul, and strength?

She quickly nodded her head, “Yes.” But the husband slowly thought about it, and said clearly “No.” I asked why. Here I paraphrase his answer:

I don’t think I could truly love my neighbor because some people are very difficult to love, and because of prejudices, I don’t think I could really love people without God’s help.

Previously we thought he was far from the Kingdom of God, but Now I think he may be close!

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Please pray for them!

Thursday I (Mary Kay) met with an Iranian couple. They brought their Koran in Persian to see how it compares with the Bible – for 1 1/2 hours, we could have continued even more! They explained how they’ve been told that Jesus didn’t die but someone else did. My question to them was:

why would Jesus ever want that because He was the Only Perfect One that could die

– they were silent .. and eager to keep studying.