Christians, Unashamedly Ethical and Malaysia - an update
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 10:47AM Controversy in Mayasia - update: In this morning’s newspaper the language is softening and the integrity of original reporters is (rightly) being questioned. Please continue to pray for peace and truth.
You can read the article that was on page 3 of The Star by following this link.
Steve flies home this evening and I will be leaving tomorrow morning. We are pleased to say that the local community has established some wonderful structures to see values, ethics and clean living roll out in Malaysia. We had an incredible time and met some of the most amazing people!
I can't wait to be back in October to speak at the Alpha / Marketplace Ministry conference... Let's hope they allow me into the country! If not, it won't be the first time I've been refused entry. In 2003 I was refused entry into the USA and last year I was not allowed to travel to Lebanon.
The two following quotes spoke strongly to me about being a witness for Christ in such situations. Certainly we have faced nothing compared to these two great witnesses for Christ, but their testimony has offered me great encouragement!
"I don’t preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person. When people were hungry, Jesus didn’t say, ‘Now is that political or social?’ He said, ‘I feed you.’ Because the good news to a hungry person is bread."
Desmond Tutu
"Even when they call us mad, when they call us subversives and communists and all the epithets they put on us, we know we only preach the subversive witness of the Beatitudes, which have turned everything upside down."
Oscar Romero
Grace and peace from Malaysia! Tomorrow I will be in Hong Kong.
Reader Comments (1)
You were refused entry into the States? How come?