MINISTRY//A Luther-like priest
Notes from our 316NOW team
Between now and the end of the year, our 316NOW team will have the opportunity to share with you some of their stories.
As you read their stories, please do two things.
Pray for our team and the souls they care for.
Consider how you might partner with them. https://www.316now.org/firmlyforward
316NOW's Bible institute professors find great joy in witnessing how the Spirit releases their students from the impossible demands of God's law and brings them into the freedom of his grace.
One of our professors describes his joy over a student who came to a Luther-like understanding of the gospel.
I've taught Bible institute classes for a number of years. When the students only speak Mandarin, I've needed a translator.
To help me understand the Mandarin answers on the final exam for a course about the basics of the Christian faith, the translator explained the students' answers to me.
One student's answers were faultless, just like a young Luther would have given. I asked the translator to tell me more about this student.
"His name is Steven," she said. "He is a former Catholic priest who has left the Catholic church. He is seeking a new church."
His answers were just perfect, showing, just like Luther, how he had come to appreciate God's graciousness in Jesus Christ. How grateful I was to have the privilege of teaching him!