Li Quan's Persecution In Safely Home By Randy Alcorn

The saint and the sinner both fall down eventually.” This claim of death hints that Lao-tzu sees an ending of life that is tangible, and therefore, he is materialistic in some aspect.

Though authored possibly centuries apart, the Confucian Analects and court historian Ban Zhao's Lessons for a Woman have far more similarities than they do differences. The reason for this complementarity is that Ban Zhao's writings are intentionally constructed to mirror the teachings of the Analects with a focus on the roles of women in society rather than those of men. She very specifically focuses on relationships between men and women, thus between the two texts a well-rounded picture of the proper marriage relationship in ancient Chinese culture can be formed.

Barnes Lampman's principal reason in writing this book was to raise public awareness regarding the importance of preventing crime. Through using theology in writing this book she wants to have Christians understand that it is up to them to assist individuals who were victims of crimes and that they should consider themselves saviors rather than potential victims. Simply considering oneself vulnerable to crime is likely to influence the respective individual in losing focus in some of the most important matters in life. People need to be able to act when the situation arises, as many potential victims depend on them. Christians have the power to help others and they need to create a relationship with individuals who were abused with the purpose of helping society as a whole.

The book is neither meant to be a theological treatise nor an academic exposition but a toolkit to unleash human potentials; a resource for intervention in dealing with human life hurts and as a channel of Gods healing and liberation through Jesus Christ.

Mark C Elliott’s book Emperor Qianlong Son of Heaven, Man of the World is a short biography about Hongli. Hongli was the fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor and the favorite of his father and grandfather and was born in 1711. In the beginning it describes how he rose up in rank as a son through his father who introduced him to the current emperor Kangxi, his grandfather. The first chapter gives us the story of what Hongli was like as a child and how he won the favor of the Emperor. The book follows Hongli all the time from his birth from a low ranking palace consort right up to the end of his life even after he technically gave up his title as

The Chinese population of the United States used perseverance, resiliency and hard work to prove that they could succeed in a country that has blatantly discriminated against them and labeled them as “undesirable” and “ineligible for citizenship.”

A Man named Hong Xiuquan who failed to pass the imperial exam to join the Qing government's civil service, experienced visions relating to Jesus, while he was suffering from an illness. Hong Xiuquan created his own version of Christianity, and gained a mass amount of followers; “In January 1851 Hong and the rebels declared the creation of their own state, Taiping Tianguo (Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace), in the Guiping district of Guangxi” (Gale). The Taiping Tianguo was under the rule of Hong Xiuquan as he crowned himself king. In 1853 the Taiping Rebellion took over Nanjing and settled there, however the inability to reach Hong Xiuquan’s utopia in Nanjing caused him to lose focus and enjoy the pleasures of his palace instead of gaining more followers. Without Hong Xiuquan leading, the Taiping rebellion came to their end in the hands of Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan. In 1988, when the Boxer Rebellion was spread throughout china, foreigners and Chinese Christians were harassed because the Boxers desired to get rid of the nation of foreign influence. The rebellion itself brought a lot of hate upon Christianity specifically towards Chinese Christians. The Boxers were very extreme and their works ranged “From burning the homes and harassing the businesses of foreigners, they soon turned to massacring Chinese Christians and Christian missionaries” “In and around the capital of Peking (present-day Beijing), the Boxers killed Christian missionaries and destroyed churches and railroads, which were largely owned by foreign entities” (Gale). Once again, when Sun Yat-sen established the republic of china, he brought many foreign ideas into china, one being “the once unthinkable — that a Chinese leader would be a Christian — became a reality” (Christians in China). and that definitely helped the Chinese become more open-minded towards Christianity in China. “In 1949, Chinese

First, the author tells us that Quan and Ben used to have strong Christian faiths together when they were roommates After Quan went back to China, his original home, Ben became a businessman in the United States. While Quan kept his faith close , Ben gradually let go of Christianity and focussed on his work. This is very ironic seeing as Ben was the one that introduced Quan to God. It is evident that Ben cares more about money and possessions than a relationship with God. “The seminar speaker had instructed them to recite their goals aloud and visualize them before each workweek. Ben had done so every Monday morning as faithfully as the most devout believer went to church every Sunday.” (17) Life since Ben and Quan’s college days has surely

The nature of being human is the desire to stay together, there is strength in numbers. We valued allies so much that we gained them within the animal kingdom. On the other hand, groups can cause tension, and hatred. A character in Gene Yang’s American Born Chinese experiences both sides of the spectrum through his time on earth. The twist at the end of American Born Chinese is that Wei-Chen is not another student, but an emissary-monkey, following in his father's footsteps.

Humbly believing himself to be a sinner, he decided that surely he wouldn’t merit the rewards of Gan Eden, but would be sent to Gehinnom (Purgatory).

In the early 1960s Richard Lee did a study that will agues the ideas of the many anthropologists on the !Kung and how they lived as foragers.Many anthropologists thought the hunter gathers lived from hand to mouth. (Placeholder1). The Kung are a group of hunter gathers who live in small groups, share all food they have gathered with equal shares. They grather vegetables within a six mile radius of a watering well they live by. A two to three day supply of dry meat and plants are on hand most of the time. The !Kung do collect food every third to fourth day as an on going process. Vegetable foods are collected by the women and men collect plants and small animals.and hunt large game. The mongongo nut is a large part of their diet about 50 %. In the dry season, and they will walk many miles to gather the nut. Even when large game is not avaible the vegetable foods are, so they do not go hungrey. The Kung are a self-sufficent group. They have strong ethics on sharing and everyone getting an equal porition to eat.

How quickly can your life turn around? Ji-li's life changed greatly in the memoir Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang. In the beginning, Ji-li was always thinking positively. As the story continued, she began to feel confused and upset. She found herself questioning everyone and everything she loved.

The Shack is a riveting book that presents an answer to the question, “Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?” The reader learns the communications of three theological truths revealed through Young’s words: revelation, salvation, and the Trinity. The amazing story challenges the reader to understand God’s plan in its entirety.

The freedom of religion is also violated. This is evident when China prohibits all religious activities outside establishments registered; only four religions which are Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity and Islum, are permitted for people to practise and contents are monitored and sometimes modified. The government has endeavoured to eliminate many types of new religious group, including Falun Gong. Falun gong has been banned since 1999; security forces kidnap and arrest thousands of Falun Gong leaders, approximately 3000 practitioners were tortured to death and 6000 was sent to prison(Human rights watch, 2002), because it had been the most serious threat to the government since the 1989 Tiananmen student uprising. The governments do not approve of religious performance, so people would not share ideas that are not beneficial to obedience under a communist regime.

Yiyun Li’s collection of short stories in Gold Boy, Emerald Girl share the common theme of loneliness in a collection of short stories: “Souvenir,” “Sweeping Past, and “A Man like Him.” While the characters of each story encounter different hardships and tragedies, each character seemed to show development. At first glance, they seemed to have grown from their experiences. However, they eventually fall into a downward spiral of regret and sorrow after having epiphanies of their mistakes. The identifiable protagonists’ grief-stricken experiences dramatically shift their perspective, becoming hopeless in the harsh reality they have grown accustomed to.