{"id":36,"date":"2016-10-04T01:59:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T01:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/littworld.webfactional.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2016-10-04T03:59:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T03:59:08","slug":"the-best-kind-of-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/id\/the-best-kind-of-good-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Kind of Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>What is the best good news that you have ever received?<\/p>\n<p>I recently asked some friends to describe a time when they received some really good news.<\/p>\n<p>Some, with great emotion, shared dramatic news:<br \/>\n*A scary medical test that came back negative<br \/>\n*A family member had survived a serious accident or catastrophe<br \/>\n*An unexpected financial gift in a time of hardship<br \/>\n*The offer of a new job<\/p>\n<p>Strikingly, each case involved a hard situation that was entirely beyond the person\u2019s power to control or change. A happy resolution depended on someone, or something else\u2014regardless of the person\u2019s skills, contacts or maneuvering. That\u2019s what made the news so good.<\/p>\n<p>We Christians know about another kind of Good News. But the phrase can become a kind of spiritual clich\u00e9. Maybe it\u2019s time we reflect on what makes this news so good.<\/p>\n<p>People try in vain to earn God\u2019s forgiveness or approval through good works. But the Good News is that our salvation is entirely a gift through faith in Jesus Christ. What a relief. What amazing grace. What good news!<\/p>\n<p>MAI is privileged to equip Christian publishers and writers who are sharing Good News around the world, often at personal risk or sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-37\" src=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kornel-and-ChinkKar-by-KCrespo-low-res-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"kornel-and-chinkkar-by-kcrespo-low-res\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kornel-and-ChinkKar-by-KCrespo-low-res.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kornel-and-ChinkKar-by-KCrespo-low-res-223x187.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cPublishing is not about making books and selling them, but about fulfilling a larger calling: to spread the Good News to our hopeless world with the help of the Holy Spirit,\u201d said Hungarian publisher Kornel Herjecki (left in photo at LittWorld 2015 with ChinKar Tan of Singapore).<\/p>\n<p>Each book and article published as a result of MAI training has the potential to transform a reader\u2019s life, to strengthen the Church and to influence society with Christian values.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for helping global publishers and writers share the Good News through your prayers and gifts. And, take a moment to reflect on just how good this news really is.<\/p>\n<p>John D. Maust<br \/>\nMAI President<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the best good news that you have ever received? I recently asked some friends to describe a time when they received some really good news. 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