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The dramatic autobiography of one of China's dedicated, courageous, and intensely persecuted house church leaders.
This is the gripping story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Henan province and placed him on the front line for Jesus, in the face of impossible odds. Instead of focusing on the many miracles or experiences of suffering, however, Yun prefers to focus on the character and beauty of Jesus. Interspersed with his personal account are contributions from his wife, Deling, made mostly during her husband's frequent periods of imprisonment. You will remember where you were the first time you read this life story. It's a watershed book that will turn the reader to prayer and praise. It deserves comparison with past classics such as Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand, or the Life of Watchman Nee.

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heavenly man, remarkable, true story Chinese christian bother yun missionary conversion experience

An astonishing story of one of China’s most dedicated, courageous, and intensely persecuted house church leaders!

Brother Yun

Brother Yun became a believer at the age of 16. Soon after he became a Christian, God called him to be His witness in the west and south. As he was obedient to the calling, he eventually became a witness of Christ not just in the western and southern parts of China, but throughout China and in the nations beyond China as well.

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.

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The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Bother Yun

This astonishing account of perseverance and miraculous intervention in the face of horrific opposition has become a worldwide best seller and has been translated into nearly fifty languages.

''This book is like reading a modern day version of Acts. Prepare to be deeply encouraged as well as rudely awakened. An absolute must for the sleeping churches of the West.” —Rev. Dr. Mark Stibbe Author of Thinking Clearly About Revival

“The story of Brother Yun’s persecution and imprisonment is heart-rending. It’s a profound challenge to each of us to take up the cross and follow Jesus. I found it deeply moving.” —Rev. Dr. Rob Frost
"You may begin reading The Heavenly Man on your couch, but you will finish it on your knees."—Reinhard Bonnke

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Amazing story and highly recommended for church libraries. ― Church Libraries Published On: 2004-06-03

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Brother Yun travels widely from his current base in Germany. 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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kregel Publications; 4th edition (December 23, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 351 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 082546207X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0825462078
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.76 x 7.75 inches

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Great book

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Brother Yun gives a power testimony to living a life fully directed by the Holy Spirit. He was keenly aware of the times he didn’t follow as Christ directed as well as those when He did. Both were at God’s mercy and direction. He learned His lessons and lived with Holy Confidence. He was where he was supposed to be as long as Hod needed him to be there, and not a day longer. This man’s life story is a sermon all its own.

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Amazing book! It is a must read.

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This is my second favorite book. Second only to the Bible. It encourages me to live by the word of God through the real life accounts of Brother Yun.

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amazing story

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Well put together. The book is a sobering read. It makes all Christians examine our spiritual condition. I encourage every Christian to read it

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This book is a wonderful testimony of devoting your whole self to Jesus. Giving him your all. Not just a !little here and a little there.

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Christian biography is one of my go-to genres for encouragement and refreshment; my delight, with the Psalmist's, lies with the Saints who are in the land (Ps 16:3). Consequently, I was excited when The Heavenly Man, the story of Brother Yun, was glowingly recommended to me. Perhaps here was another book to add to my list of greats--to place alongside Brother Andrew and Corrie Ten Boom on my shelf of Saints. However, as I worked my way through Yun's story a strange cadre of emotions followed me; this was a book that left me... uncertain. Let me see if I can explain why.

Brother Yun is a Chinese house church leader, and The Heavenly Man is his story, told with the help of Paul Hattaway. It begins in Yun's youth when he begins to earnestly pray for a bible. He prays fervently and faithfully--so fervently that his family begins to think him crazy. Then, one day, God miraculously provided a bible for Yun. He began to consume, then memorize the scriptures, and then was almost immediately called to preach. What follows (the remainder of his story) is an amazing account of miracles (among these were healings, miraculous transportation, provision, supernatural wisdom, and multiple divinely planned escapes from the authorities). In short, Yun travels, preaches, brings people to faith, spends time in prison, ministers to prisoners, is tortured, is released, is imprisoned more, is tortured more, and through it all is provided for by God on numerous occasions.

What I say next I want to say carefully: there is nothing wrong with Yun's book; but there is also something not quite right about it. The cadre of strange emotions that traipsed through his story with me nagged again and again, raising small flags here and there, that something didn't add up.

Let's begin with what was right with Yun's book. First, his life story, as one of commitment to Christ through suffering, is admirable. Yun's faithfulness is a wonderful testimony to Christ's goodness. Second, Yun is clear in that he gives glory to Christ for what has happened and not to himself. (Incidentally, Yun's nickname, "Heavenly Man" isn't about Yun's holiness, but about a time when the authorities asked him where he was from. He responded, in order to protect his village, by saying he belonged to Heaven, and the nickname stuck.) Third, and this is terribly important, whenever Yun quoted scripture--whether to teach, to explain a situation, or in defense of his actions--he quoted them accurately. There was no proof texting, but healthy interpretation of the bible. Often, I find that if a teacher is faulty, those faults show up first in the teacher's interpretation of scripture. So this factor--the accurate use of scripture--is one that gave, to my mind, the greatest credibility to Yun's story.

But alongside theses goods came, every few pages or so, the red flags which left me uncertain. And the first red flag was Yun's accounts of miracles. Now before I go on let me be clear--abundantly clear--that I believe in the power of the Spirit to do whatever He wants to do. That is, I have no problem believing in miracles--in transportation, in fasting, in healings, in knowledge, in miraculous escapes. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever; he is the same one who acted in the past, he is the same who acts today. So my concerns about Yun's book have precisely nothing to do with a prejudiced dismissal of the miraculous. My concerns are different, so let me try to explain them. When I read about Brother Andrew's miraculously surviving Volvo, or his miraculous encounters at hostile borders, there are no questions in my mind. When I read about Corrie Ten Boom's miraculous bottle of vitamins while in the concentration camp, I am undeterred. When I read about Jack Hayford getting words from the Lord and having visions I am unfazed. And when I read about John Wimber's miraculous accounts I am encouraged. In each case one factor is consistent: the Spirit within me ratifies His own work. And this may seem unfairly subjective, but I have experienced the Spirit, know what He is like, and recognize the scent of His actions when I encounter them. That flavor was missing from Yun's book--and that lack of confirmation troubled me deeply. Do I believe that he was miraculously transported from one location to another? I'm not sure. Do I believe that he fasted from food and water for more than 70 days? I'm not sure. Do I believe that he miraculously walked out of a maximum security prison in China? Again, I'm not sure.

Still, my uncertainty shouldn't negate a book's testimony--especially without evidence!--otherwise it would just be my word against his. But other elements combined to create a deeper suspicion. One of these other red flags was the frequent use of what I'll call "everybody" language. Yun preaches, and "everybody" repents. Yun holds a meeting and "everybody" weeps. Yun shares the gospel in prison and "everybody" is enrapt. Now, this is, most likely, a blatant exaggeration. There's always some Eutychus who nods off, even when the preaching is first-rate. And this idea of exaggeration began to lodge itself in my mind. It is easy, as a preacher, to exaggerate--to make the story bigger, the salvation more poignant, the miracle more miraculous. I began to wonder if Yun had fallen into that trap.

Reflecting on both the miracles and the `everybody' language, a new thought occurred to me: Yun's book closely resembles the book of Acts. And not just `closely resembles', but appears to be written as a copy of the book of Acts. Yun is saved, set apart for a mission like Paul, is miraculously transported like Philip, is part of healings and radical community like the early church, escapes from the authorities like Paul, escapes from prison like Peter--Yun is even met at the door by a girl who forgets to open it for him after his escape! Through this all my inner eye began to narrow more and more as I scrutinized Yun's book. Why does this book so closely parallel the story of Acts? Again, I must ask, is it possible for God to do these things? Certainly! But does this all add up?

In the end, I left Yun's book feeling like I had been fed a story I wanted to believe, as if this was just what I wanted to hear about the underground Chinese church, its size, its miracles, its freshness, its closeness to the apostolic Church of Acts. And because of all this, I'm not sure Yun's book was entirely truthful. Do I doubt that Yun has a ministry in China, possibly a highly effective one with the Spirit's power? No. But I'm not sure that this book is an accurate picture of that ministry. And for that reason I don't feel comfortable recommending it. Sadly, it won't go on my shelf of saints. Does that mean I won't be proved wrong? Far from it--nothing would please me more than to learn that I've made a misjudment about Yun and his story. But I don't think that's the case. And until that time, if you read his book, I suggest you read it with caution.

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This book is POWERFUL. It both encouraged and challenged my faith in Christ. I highly recommend this book to anyone who follows Jesus. Very few books have impacted my life like “The Heavenly Man.” I’ve bought 5 copies and given them to members of my church….and I’m sure I will buy more.

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Powerful Personal Testimony of the Persecuted Church in China and the Ministry of Brother Yun

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Brother Yun's The Heavenly Man is a remarkable testimony of his life as a Christian evangelist in the People's Republic of China from the time of his personal commitment to Christ at the age of 16 (1974) through to his remarkable escape and reunion with his family in Germany in 2001. Along the way we witness the wonderful "religious freedom" of Communist China and tender mercies of atheistic Communism towards uncompromising believers in Jesus Christ. Truly the persecuted Church of China has been watered by the seeds of its martyrs (yet revival continues in China while foolish Western Christians rush headlong into secular socialism like lambs to the slaughter). Brother Yun's book is a remarkable series of adventures in the Holy Spirit. Sometimes mind-boggling, often suspenseful, and frequently heart-wrenching, The Heavenly Man is just the kind of book smug, self-reliant Western Christians need to read to consider their own ways. What I like about this book is that despite the truly remarkable miracle testimonies recorded here, Yun also includes a great amount of introspection and soul-searching over his own ministry failures, missteps and stubborn self-will. The Chinese Church is not perfect nor are its leaders. Brother Yun is not afraid to acknowledge the mistakes in his own life. Paul Hattaway, the co-author and an expert on the Chinese Church, has done a remarkable job meticulously verifying the sometimes unbelievable aspects of Brother Yun's story. And while many of the testimonies seem too fantastic to believe, I found his life to be no more fantastic than the lives of the Bible saints all Christians are supposed to accept at face value. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. And Jesus said we would do "greater works than these" (His own) so why are the miracles in this book so hard for some to accept? As a Pentecostal/Full-Gospel believer with much experience in overseas evangelism, I found the wonderful miracles of Brother Yun's life to be what you would expect from a body of believers who have had to rely entirely on God's provision in the face of relentless poverty and persecution (something Western Christians can barely imagine). And Yun's most radical miracle testimony, the 74-day fast that strengthened his Christian resolve in China's most notorious prison, which many argue is medically impossible, is actually no more radical than what I have read in various survival and prisoner of war books. Except that Yun fasted in the power of the Holy Spirit! A Chinese writer living in Germany and a Chinese House leader from another group outside Yun's own network have been among his most vocal critics -- despite the overwhelming testimonies of hundreds of others who have known Yun for decades. That kind of slanderous criticism only helps me realize that even among the "saintly martyrs" of the persecuted church there will always be those who say "I am of Paul" or "I am of Apollos." Fine. But don't let the rantings of a few self-appointed online critics keep you from reading this stirring, well-written book. Brother Yun's current venture in support of the Back to Jerusalem campaign is particularly exciting as my research suggests this idea arose simultaneously in the hearts of many Christians throughout the global church, a miracle that could only be attributed to the work of the Holy Spirit. This book is one of the best I have read all year and is highly recommended.

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I read this book years ago but must have lent it out, so I bought another. This is an incredible story of the work of God in China through the author's experience. It reads like the Book of Acts, only set in China, with Brother Yun as one of Jesus' disciples. The miracles and testimony of faith are challenging and inspiring. It is both an encouragement and a call. Pray for the church worldwide to pursue God's call to make disciples.

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Esse livro é maravilhoso! Muda nossa perspectiva! Muito muito bom!
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Pete the Wino

Challenging and REAL!

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An amazing biography that causes one to rethink what real 'faith' is all about. Brother Yun's experience graphically demonstrates that Christianity thrives and progresses under persecution, where believers are forced to make a real choice upon which their lives could depend. Well written, entertaining, but often tragically real, this book will put some steel into the hearts of those in the West that despair at the decline of Christianity in our own societies.

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A Must Read

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This book is challenging, humbling and exciting. The story of Brother Yun highlights the heart of God for those who don't know him. You can't read this book without it leaving an indelible mark on you. (I read it almost yearly, knowing it will always inspire me).

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