Son of the Underground
The life of Isaac Liu, son of Brother Yun, the Heavenly Man
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Paperback / softback
£6.99
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780857211996
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 20/01/2012
Width: 13 cm
Height: 19.8 cm
Isaac Liu, the son of Brother Yun, tells his own story of growing up under the hostile eyes of the Chinese authorities
In the months before Isaac's birth, Brother Yun was in prison. His mother was about to be forced into having an abortion, though seven months pregnant, because she was carrying the child of an enemy of the state. After desperate prayer, the night before she was due to go into a hospital for the operation, she miraculously gave birth.
Isaac met his father for the first time at the age of four. With Brother Yun constantly on the run, and his mother working to feed the family, Isaac's grandmother cared for him. One day his mother was also arrested. Isaac and his sister were swiftly taken by local Christians to another town, where they registered at a school under false names. The family finally managed to flee to Burma, then to Thailand, and ultimately to Germany.
Isaac's mother had prayed that God would not call her son to be an evangelis--but his father had dedicated him to God. Isaac, now in his twenties, has embraced the call to be a pastor.
Contents
1. Son of an enemy of the state 7
2. A nervous robber 14
3. Our village 17
4. My grandmother’s equation 21
5. A heroine of the faith 24
6. I only knew my father from the wanted poster 29
7. My mother was a very courageous woman 32
8. Persecuted, but alive and active 35
9. It’s a good thing you only get baptized once! 38
10. Not a little saint 42
11. Police and demons 48
12. Secret meetings 54
13. Forced to flee 64
14. Disappointed by God 68
15. A guest of the official church 72
16. The exam is cancelled 77
17. The network of Christian "agents" 83
18. In a Chinese Volkswagen among buffalo carts and goats 88
19. We leave China 93
20. In Burma 96
21. My friend Ming 102
22. Reading and yet more reading… 109
23. Prisoner in a hotel 114
24. Fleeing to Thailand 121
25. Lufthansa flight to Germany 125
26. What’s to become of me? 130
27. The "dusty country" 137
28. When I think of China… 140