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The Strong Women Podcast

45. From Atheist to Prayer Warrior: The Love and Devotion of a Mother with Christopher Yuan

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

How did God transform an atheist mother into a prayer warrior? Christopher Yuan and his mother, Angela, wrote a compelling book sharing their journey to faith called "Out of a Far Country." In this episode, Christopher shares more of his mother's story and how after she came to love Jesus, her prayers led him to leave his life of sin and love Jesus as well. 

 

Christopher Yuan Show Notes: 

Christopher’s Website: https://christopheryuan.com/ 

Summit Ministries: https://www.summit.org/ 

Bible Study Fellowship: https://www.bsfinternational.org/ 

“Out of a Far Country: The Yuan Family Testimony” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR-2EZe6XIc&t=882s 

Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc 

Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/  

The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/  

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity,

0:07.8

value, intellect, and creativity of women.

0:11.6

I'm your host Sarah Stone Street, and I'm your co-host, Erin Kunkel.

0:19.3

Today on the Strong Women podcast, we have the great pleasure of having our guest Christopher

0:25.3

Yuan. Now, this is a Strong Woman podcast, but we do occasionally let wonderful men on our podcast,

0:33.0

and today is no exception to that. So Christopher Yuan is actually going to talk to us about his mother, but I want to introduce you to him before we start our conversation.

0:44.0

So if that name sounds familiar, it's maybe because you've heard of his book, Holy Sexuality and the Gospel.

0:50.9

And it was awarded the 2020 Book of the Year for Social Issues by Outreach Magazine, and it deserves awarded the 2020 book of the year for social issues by Outreach Magazine,

0:56.4

and it deserves every award it receives.

0:59.5

It's a wonderful book that we highly recommend.

1:02.9

But he also authored a book with his mom called Out of a Far Country,

1:08.3

A Gay Son's Journey to God and a broken mother's search for hope.

1:12.6

And we are going to unpack that book today. And again, highly recommend it to you guys.

1:18.6

So Christopher Ewan teaches Bible at Moody Bible Institute, and he's a speaker at Summit Ministries

1:24.4

that we've talked about a lot, speaks all over the country at conferences

1:28.4

and college campuses and churches. So Christopher, thank you so much for being with us today.

1:34.6

Thank you so much for having me on, Erin and Sarah. It's a blessing, really, to represent my mom.

1:40.1

Hopefully, I'll do that well.

1:41.7

Yeah. Well, we wanted to, I mean, we thought about your mom specifically on this special Mother's Day episode that we'll be airing on the week before Mother's Day.

1:53.4

I mean, both of us have read your book and heard you guys speak together.

1:56.8

And her story is so powerful.

1:59.4

And I want to be a prayer warrior like her.

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