"Marie Monsen (1878–1962), a Norwegian Lutheran missionary who arrived in China in 1901 and served there some thirty years, was a catalyst of the Shandong revival of the early 1930s. According to Paul Hattaway, her question "Have you ever really been born again?" burned throughout many parts of China; held up to the searching light of God's Word, many professing Christians realized that Christianity had merely been pasted over their lives as a veneer, and that they had never been thoroughly converted to Christ nor forsaken their sins. A Lutheran missionary recalled that her plan was first to destroy the false security of church members, exposing the "patches" the unsaved hid behind to persuade themselves they were saved, and then to speak of sin, one sin at a time."
— Paul Hattaway
Source: Paul Hattaway, HENAN: Inside the Greatest Christian Revival in History, excerpt "Marie Monsen: The Mother of the House Churches" (asiaharvest.org); biographical details from BDCC, "Monsen, Marie"
Religion, Christianity, salvation, hidden sin, Holy Spirit, revival, sin, holiness
Views: 289
"While trying to change the religious beliefs of the Tibetan people can be as discouraging as trying to move the perpetually frozen mountains of Tibet, the greatest comfort for missionaries is knowing that Christ will surely reign wherever the sun shines."
— Lisheng Xu
Source: Rivers in the High Places: Five Stories of Tibetan Missions
Tibetan,Religion,Faith,Tibet,Missionaries,Comfort,Christ,Reign
Views: 34