More on church and state.
Here’s an interesting story about a Chinese Christian who was denied asylum in the United States because an administrative judge said he did not know enough about Christianity. The man was seeking asylum because he said he was tortured by Chinese officials for being part of a house church that was not sanctioned by the Chinese government.
See if you could pass the test.
I am a part-time local pastor serving Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and a participant in the Indiana Conference's Wesleyan ConneXion. I teach business communication at Indiana University in the Kelley School of Business.
I also blog at Luc means light and contribute to The View from Here blog at Next Step Evangelism.
My wife, Lisa, and I have been married 23.5 years. Luc, 8, lives with us. Zach, 22, and JillAnn, 18, are off at college much too soon for my liking.
Contact me at johnmeunier at Gmail.
The doctrine of original sin is surely more humbling to man than the opposite: And I know not what honour we can pay to God, if we think man came out of His hands in the condition wherein he is now.
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