Salt And Light Volume 3

In this centennial year of China's 1911 Revolution, Volume 3 in the Salt and Light series includes the life stories of influential Chinese who played a political or military role in the new Republic that emerged. Recovering this precious legacy of faith in action shows the deep roots of the revival of Christian faith in China today.

Élisabeth and Félix Leseur began their life together in France as a carefree young couple with a bright future ahead of them. They were beautifully and compatibly matched, except for one major difference—Élisabeth was a devout Catholic, and Félix was a firmly decided atheist. As they faced the seasons of life together, their relationship was tested, and both were called to deep spiritual transformation. Out of love for her husband, Élisabeth spent her life offering her many sufferings for the sake of his conversion. After her death, and in response to the profound love he encountered in her writings, Félix converted and offered the rest of his life to God as a Dominican priest. This biography is a lovely narrative of their marriage and the transformative power of God's love and grace in their lives. It also presents a charming picture of upper-middle-class French society at the turn of the last century. The cause for the canonization of Élisabeth Leseur has been opened by the Catholic Church.

Salt and Light presents the life stories of outstanding Chinese Christians who, as early modernizers, promoted China's nation building and moral progress in the early twentieth century. Lively anecdotes and photographs highlight the strong character of ten pioneers in the modern professions of education, medicine, journalism, and diplomacy. These professionals were motivated by faith to introduce practical social reforms and build up China's civil society. They modeled and promoted virtues essential to social progress during the "golden age" of Chinese Protestantism. Their stories touch on themes important in today's global era: patterns of cooperation between foreign and Chinese partners, the contributions to China of Western-educated professionals, Christianity's role in furthering East-West understanding and exchanges, and the transnational nature of modern Chinese Christianity. The editors and authors articulate the importance of recovering China's Christian heritage as part of world Christianity.

The hidden seeds of the Christian renewal in China today include the outstanding Chinese Christians in Salt and Light 2, a dozen new life stories with lively anecdotes and photographs. These reformersÊmade lasting contributions that shaped modern China. Working out of the limelight in their professions, they had quiet but powerful influenceÊonÊearly twentieth-century civil society. Motivated by their faith, they modeled essential virtues.ÊThis series helps recover a lost Christian heritage linked closely to a legacy of East-West cooperation in an earlier global era. Contributors: Jean-Paul Wiest, Chi Wai Cheung, Kazimierz Poznanski, Wenzong Wang, Ying Zhu, and John Barwick

"America is the center of Christianity in these last days. Seeing that his time is short, the enemy is on the attack, dragging down Christian leaders, destroying Christian homes, destroying Christian values, and attacking the foundations of our nation. Whether we realize it or not, we are involved in a spiritual warfare that has caused the moral values in America to deteriorate more in this last generation than in all of the previous years of our country's history ... The teachings in this book will equip you with the building materials you need to build that ark for you and your family. This book is based on spiritual principles that will help you live in spiritual safety despite the enemy's brutal attacks"--P. [4] of cover.

Ryan Pernofski shares his work on Instagram, Vine and YouTube and has cultivated a social media followingof over 350,000 - and over 300 million video views. 'Salt & Light: Photo Journal by Ryan Pernofski' is a128-page book, presented in magazine format. The photographs were predominantly taken with just an iPhone and waterproof case.

In this centennial year of China's 1911 Revolution, Volume 3 in the Salt and Light series includes the life stories of influential Chinese who played a political or military role in the new Republic that emerged. Recovering this precious legacy of faith in action shows the deep roots of the revival of Christian faith in China today.

Arnold calls us to build up a just, peaceable society motivated by love. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus puts aside his usual parables and speaks plainly in language anyone can understand. Like Francis of Assisi and others, Arnold chose to live out Jesus' teachings by embracing their self- sacrificing demands. In this collection of talks and essays, he calls us to live for the Sermon's ultimate goal: the overturning of the prevailing order of injustice. In its place, Arnold writes, we must build up a just, peaceable society motivated by love.