{"id":3267,"date":"2016-05-27T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T20:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littworldonline.org\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2016-11-18T22:32:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T22:32:03","slug":"the-best-kind-of-good-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/pt\/the-best-kind-of-good-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Kind of Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>By John D. Maust, MAI President <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2765 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/John-2015-headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"John 2015 headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\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.\u00a0 A happy resolution depended on someone, or something else\u2014regardless of the person\u2019s skills, contacts or maneuvering.\u00a0 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<figure id=\"attachment_3272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3272\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3272 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Kornel-and-ChinkKar-by-KCrespo-croppedlowres-1-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"Kornel (left) with ChinKar Tan of Singapore, LittWorld 2015. Photo by Karen Crespo.\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kornel (left) with ChinKar Tan of Singapore, LittWorld 2015. Photo by Karen Crespo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\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.<br \/>\nEach 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.\u00a0 And, take a moment to reflect on just how good this news really is.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John D. Maust, MAI President What is the best good news that you have ever received? 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