wfn.org | TCN:“Unclean Diary” uses fiction to win souls

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>Taiwan Church News

>2992 Edition

>June 29~July 5, 2009

“Unclean Diary” uses fiction to win souls

>Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong

>Written by Lydia Ma

“Unclean Diary”, a new novel set in Jerusalem and using  Christian history as its

background, is expected to be distributed this September. Though  more than

200,000 Chinese characters or nearly 500 pages in length and with  a strong

evangelistic message, the novel is full of interesting plots that  befits any good novel,

including passionate love stories and grueling battles.

What makes this novel special is that it is not a translation but  a Taiwanese work

written by Hou Ya-ge, a Taiwanese youth from Shuang-Lien  Presbyterian Church in

Taipei. According to Hou, the novel uses confirmed Palestinian,  Roman, and

Jewish historical incidents to weave an interesting storyline. He  is determined to

become a famous Christian author so that those who like to read  novels can enjoy

>good stories while learning about the gospel.

According to reports, a renowned Taiwanese anchorwoman and a  best-selling

Taiwanese author have already agreed to write forewords for this  novel. It will also

be re-adapted into a television mini-series featuring a theme song  written by Hou

entitled “Because you first loved me”.

Hou has written several Christian songs in the past that have been  widely

distributed. Since the novel is an attempt to win souls for  Christ, he has gone to

great lengths making sure that original ideas are used to market  the novel to make

it stand out from all other new novels and attract readers to take  a peek.

All marketing expenses for this project were self-funded by  Hou’s evangelical group

Jesus Fever. The group hopes that its ministry might spur other  Christian novelists

to write by offering a channel where literature and evangelism can  be merged and

>presented to the public.

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