October 3, 2011
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Class on Missions…
Fascinating to read one of my students commenting on how as an adolescent he interpreted Galatians 5:1 (“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery”). He grew up as an unbeliever in the early 90s in the mountains of Peru in a context of frequently listening to “Shining Path” (terrorist) propaganda: “This was one of the first texts that I read…when in my city there was much defense of terrorism…and I thought the verse was saying that we shouldn’t be subject to a government that was making slaves of the people only to satisfy political and economic ambitions. What a mistake to interpret it that way! Thanks be to God who opened my spiritual eyes and gave me understanding.”
Peru is a fascinating place to be teaching!
