Grace writes about persecution, evading the police, saving lives, helping the homeless and the disabled, and she even writes about the murder of a friend. Dragon Ride records the actual conversations Grace had with her friends, and many of them embraced Christ as the answer to their deepest longings. In Dragon Ride, the beauty of the Lord is seen through the eyes of Buddhists, atheists, idol-worshippers, Muslims, and an animist as they encounter Jesus. “Grace, you can’t be serious! You actually believe God exists?”
In the kick-off meeting of a discussion group Grace was leading for atheist university students, Carol burst out laughing. Is Jesus powerful enough to protect me from them?” “If I believe in Jesus, the gods I worship are going to retaliate.
Leah, an idol-worshipper, longed to become a Christian, but she was afraid. With tears in her eyes, she told Grace and Justin, “I’ll never betray you two, no matter what they do to me!” The police were interrogating 19-year-old Hope every few days - pressuring her to disclose Grace and Justin’s ministry to university students. The first time Doris, an orthodox Buddhist, heard about Jesus, she whispered to Grace, “Don’t tell anyone that Jesus died for us. “If leaving me in the mental institution will further the gospel, then leave me there!” Twenty-year-old Peter, when threatened with incarceration in a mental institution for his faith, refused to let Grace fight for his release.
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