Journal
The Brothers Karamazov is the best novel I have ever read
- Jiyu Yan
- Books
- 24 Oct, 2021
It is simply the best novel I have ever read. I agree with almost every place in the book where you can feel Dostoevsky's strong point of view and laugh with joy. I convinced my father, a few Christi
read moreMy story with God
- Jiyu Yan
- Faith
- 30 Sep, 2021
When I was in university in China, for a while I was not busy, and interested in dreams. In my lucid dreams, I knew I was in a dream, I could have keys in my hands by just thinking of keys, and the fe
read moreShadian: a 1975 conflict between Communist forces and Muslims in China
- Jiyu Yan
- History
- 21 Aug, 2021
During the Cultural Revolution, Communist campaigns attacked religious and traditional cultures, including Confucianism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. The Communist army put pigs' heads in the M
read moreWe love because He first loved us, not meaningless self-love
- Jiyu Yan
- Faith
- 21 Jun, 2021
Self-esteem, self-love, self-help, self-respect, self, self, self.You can't love others properly without loving yourself at first. - popular ideaWe love because He first loved us. 1 John 4: 1
read moreThe Five Love Languages and Extrovert Only Exist in Language
- Jiyu Yan
- Essays
- 10 May, 2021
The craving for generality is a philosophical sin. Everyone is born with some difference. Features like hair colour, and sports/music gifts, likes salt/sweet, exist and don't change much according to
read moreOral history of two Christians in a Chinese labour camp in the 1960s
- Jiyu Yan
- Faith
- 11 Aug, 2020
The Great Chinese famine from 1959 to 1961 in China killed 15 to 55 million people. In those years, many intellectuals were sent to a re-education labour camp in Jiabiangou, Gansu province. People a
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