Is there common ground for a Christian blogger, atheism and communism?

Indeed there is. There are not a few atheists who are bloggers. And not a few bloggers living in communist China. Oh, there are Christian bloggers, too. I am unashamedly one of them!

My in-laws were born in China, (made in China I like to say) 75 and 70 years ago. As an infant my father-in-law survived the Rape of Nanking of 1937. Both survived the founding of modern China by Mao Zedong in 1949. And again, my father-in-law survived exile during the Cultural Revolution of the 60′s. That’s a lot of survival!

Yet, there was an even greater attack that both Gong Gong and Poh Poh survived. These two fine people through years of diligent study and self examination (especially my father-in-law) made the decision to forsake their combined experiences of 145 years, and start over. That is, to be born again.

Grandpa Hu and Grandma Sun became Christians, were baptized into the faith on September 11, 2011.

Indeed it is a big deal.

I learned a long time ago to respect the decisions of the aged, the wise, the experienced.

If after 75 years Gong Gong concludes that atheistic science and forced communism come up empty and that only a Creator God can satisfy his intellectual curiosity and his emotional voids, then ought we not all take notice? Indeed we should. I should. I am.

Listen to his testimony for yourself. The translation is a bit rough, but accurate. The translator offered, unprepared, on the spur of the moment to allow English speakers in the audience to listen in to the testimony.

I, a blogger, offer you the opportunity to listen as well. And I invite you to make the same decision my in-laws did.

For 4 months, I wished they would go home. Now, I face the prospect of spending eternity with them. And I couldn’t be happier about it.