The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun [Paperback]

Brother Yun (Author), Paul Hattaway (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 23, 2002

A dramatic autobiography of one of China's dedicated, courageous, and intensely persecuted house church leaders. (20040603)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Amazing story and highly recommended for church libraries. (Church Libraries )

About the Author

Paul Hattaway is the international director of Asia Harvest, an organization committed to serving the church throughout Asia. He is an expert on the Chinese church and author of the bestselling titles The Heavenly Man, which has sold more than 500,000 in English alone, and Back to Jerusalem.

Brother Yun travels widely from his current base in Germany.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: Monarch Books (December 23, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082546207X
• ISBN-13: 978-0825462078
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (221 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Evangelism > Missions & Missionary Work
  • #8 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Ethnic & National > Chinese
  • #52 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Religious

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237 of 241 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What True Faith Looks Like - Why Our Freedoms are Precious, January 24, 2004

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Upward Call - See all my reviews

Many Christians in America are causally aware that outside the West, Jesus' followers experince difficulty because of their faith. We observe November's Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, and afterward go on with our lives. You cannot read this piercing biography of Liu Zhenying, better known as Brother Yun, and remain unchanged.

These recorded experiences show in a concrete way what it is for Chinese Christians to live hard lives of extreme danger because of their faith: police raids in the night, long imprisonment without trial, beatings (no citizen of the West is equipped to imagine what a beating is), forced abortions and sterilizations, starvation, dehydration, isolation, nakedness. But from this, God produces lives of committment to Christ, lives of joy, and and intense motivation to carry the message of the Gospel around the world, at any cost.

It was as if I was reading something from the Book of Acts. Unimagined miracles side by side with heartbreaking hardship - happening daily half a world away.

After reading this book, you'll appreciate the impact Jesus has on civilization as we know it. You'll see how dark and brutal civilization becomes without Christ. You'll understand why the freedoms and protections we take for granted are a treasure.

But you will also see how dangerous peace, safety and material prosperity can be to your spiritual health and to your committment to serving the cause of Christ.

What will it cost you to NOT read this book?

149 of 150 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF 'THE CRUCIFIED LIFE' ....., February 12, 2004

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Leonardo LCH "Lenben" (Cebu, Philippines) - See all my reviews

I wish I could give this book six or seven stars. There
are a few truly rare books out there that can genuinely
change your life for the better: this is definitely one
of those books.
You will be amazed to read the fascinating and heartrending
testimony of bro.Yun, a leader in the Chinese underground
church, and how his "faith of abandonment to GOD" leads
him into astounding testings and overcoming power to
testify of the faithfulness and supernatural power of
Christ in daily life: a life that seeks nothing but the
glory of God and the salvation of others as a true servant
in the Kingdom of Christ and His Church.
Just to read the triumphs and tragedies of chapters 11 and
12 alone is more than worth the price of this book. It's a
modern-day classic that will, perhaps, challenge your faith
and your life as no other book you may ever read.
I know now beyond any shadow of doubt that most Christians
in the Western and developed world are virtually spiritual
pygmies compared to our brethren suffering under persecution
and rising to the task of giving testimony to The Gospel with
their very lives and their all for Christ, and Christ alone.
~ This is what genuine, - from the heart CHRISTianity is
all about. The book is a rare treasure. don't miss it, OR
the Message.

57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grace under Persecution, April 11, 2003

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A. Jennerjahn "follower of Jesus" (Long Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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We lightly speak of our own 'cross' or of 'persecution', but those of us in America have no idea what other believers are going through.

Brother Yun has experienced unbelievable persecution, including torture and imprisonment. He has also experienced unbelievable grace and miracles. And in a paradox that continues to confound, he describes how the true church actually flourishes amidst persecution.

Be warned -- it is hard to read. Not in the sense of literary difficulty (the language is easy), but it will cause you to search your own soul. You cannot read this without questioning your own commitment level. Yet at the same time, one is tempted to read quickly, at breakneck pace, just to follow the adventure, and see how it all turns out. It's an adventure story -- truly a 'page-turner'.

Be inspired by one who made the choice to follow Christ even if it cost everything.