Dr. Tson was a pastor in Romania during the communist years. He was repeatedly arrested, interrogated and tortured for sharing the gospel. Dr. Tson provides a very different perspective than the prosperity gospel - perhaps following Jesus is more than just for our benefit.
Today's article is written by Dr. Tson. Here is an excerpt:
"During an earlier interrogation at Ploiesti I had told another officer who threatened to kill me, 'Sir, let me explain how I see this issue. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying... Everyone will know I died for my preaching. And everyone who has a tape will pick it up and say, 'I'd better listen again to what this man preached, because he really meant it: he sealed it with his life.' So, sir, my sermons will speak 10 times louder than before. I will actually rejoice in this supreme victory if you kill me...' As long as I tried to save my life, I was losing it. Now that I was willing to lose it, I found it." - Dr. Josef Tson
You can read the article here: Thank you for the Beating
You’re Exactly As Holy As You Want To Be
13 hours ago
thank you for the article .. wow.. it makes sense of servant leadership in Matthew 20.
ReplyDeletePastor Grose - thanks for the comment! I am consistently amazed at the effects of globalization - that a Pastor of an Australian church is reading a blog post from an Texan. It is a true picture of the global church, right?
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