Listener Responses from China

Topic of the Month - Atheists Converted to Christ through Gospel Broadcast

She failed to change me

I was converted to Christ through listening to gospel broadcast. Since my mom and many other relatives are Christians, I had a basic understanding about Christianity before I came to Christ. My mom especially encouraged and urged me to believe in Christ. She was an orphan and was brought up in misery. Although I hoped she might find a spiritual prop and get some comfort from religion, I myself did not believe in Christ. Nurtured in the ideology of materialism since childhood, I was disgusted with religions. To me, religions were ridiculous and unscientific. Even though my mom often tried to persuade me, she failed. I was that kind of person who liked to raise questions and my mom was often stuck by my questions. At last, she invited me to listen to gospel broadcasts with her. I agreed and was then attracted by your programs. I like your broadcast more and more and was then converted to Christ easily. I have read some spiritual books and found them very helpful. Thank God for calling me and conquering me.

(#696 Jiangsu, response to "Voice of Friendship Seminary", "In Touch", "Bible and Living" and "Light a Lamp")

I first listened with a very critical attitude

I first listened to gospel broadcast in 1991 and was converted to the Lord from atheism because of your broadcast. You know, when I first listened to your broadcast, I listened with a very critical attitude. This unbelief attitude lasted for a year. If God did not choose me, who would persist to listen for a whole year? Was it not a strange thing? Even much stranger was, when arguments against Christianity arose in my mind, answers would be broadcast through radio immediately. Moreover, the answers seemed especially for me, just like I have raised the questions to the host in advance. The answer always came just in time, never later than five seconds!

Similar miracles came about several times so that I started to believe miracles mentioned in the Bible. I listened to gospel broadcast on one hand and read the Bible on the other. I used one year to "study" Christianity. At last, at one night, I prayed to the Lord and received Jesus as my Savior under the lead of a program host. Glory to the Lord!

I started my church life on the Christmas day of 1992. Now, I listen to your programs from 5-11pm daily. As sometimes I have to preach in church, I need your help.

(#3825 Fujian, response to "Voice of Friendship Seminary" and "The Spicy Mountain")

I began to think over the meaning of life

I first listened to your programs more than ten years ago. At that time, the mainland just began to adopt open door policy. As atheism was already instilled into our hearts when I was young and inexperienced, whenever I heard the words "Lord" or "God", a strange feeling came out naturally. Why should we communicate with a God who was not seen and could not be touched? Was it too tired to live like that? My impression on Christianity was "the tools of invasion for imperialism", "the spiritual opium to blunt people".

As I walked passed the course of my life, I became more experienced and got more worldly wisdom. I experienced different mishaps like losing my loved ones, changing jobs unwillingly, frustration over love affairs. I found out that human reason is limited and the reality is cruel. At that time, I began to think over the meaning of life. I had a chance to listen to "Voice of Friendship Seminary" when I listened to radio broadcast in the midnight. Once again, I got in touch with the Lord of the universe, our only true God. And I turned to Christ.

(#3950 Shanghai, response to "In Touch", "Bible and Living", "Endless Love" and "Voice of Friendship Seminary")

I was a member of the Communist Youth League

I have loved to listen to gospel broadcast since I entered high school in 1982. At that time, the study was very tough. I usually listened to gospel broadcast during the evening when I was having dinner. Unspeakable joy filled my heart every time I listened to your programs. Now I have been working for 15 years. Although deep in my heart, I know that God created and controls the universe and Jesus is the only true God, I did not dare to acknowledge openly that I believed in Jesus and I am a Christian.

I was a member of the Communist Youth League and was the target to be recruited into the Communist Party. However I was no longer interested in joining the Party since 1995. I could not help but often wanted to go to church and be baptized. I was overjoyed with a heart admiring and desiring for the Lord. But my husband disagreed with me. He said I was silly enough. If I believed in Jesus, I would be even sillier. I ignored the ironical remarks from people around me and was baptized on the first Sunday after July 1, 1997. I was very joyful! Only brothers and sisters in Christ could understand the excitement and joy in my heart.

(#6528 Nei Mongol, response to "In Touch", "Streams in the Desert", "Friendship Concerto", "The Fountain of Inspiration", "Affection of Life", "Endless Love", "Light a Lamp", "Bible and Living", "Voice of Friendship Seminary" and "DAWN China")

He did a miracle in my family

To me, love is the most precious thing among human beings. However the hearts of all my classmates and friends were occupied with money. I once thought that pure love no longer exists. I did not know what I lived for in the past ten or more years of my life. How should I live my life? What did I seek after?

At first, I was also an atheist. But thank God, He did a miracle in my family. My sister-in-law was possessed by demon. When some Christians in our village came to visit her, she cried and yelled loudly. They prayed in one spirit and drove the demon out. Since then, I got to know God. I knew that its God create the world. He also masters the universe. He has love and mercy. I could not express well all my heartfelt joy after believing in Jesus.

(#6587 Henan, response to "Vagabonds' Hearts", "Back to God" and "Walk in the Breeze")

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