Describe Yun's life as a youngster. What is the monumental event that changes his life at sixteen? What is it about his father that prompts this event? What are the roles of Yun's mother and father in his life?

How does Yun come to meet Deling? How do they come to marry? Describe their lives as husband and wife. What does Deling say about the pressures of being the wife of a preacher? Of being the wife of a man in prison?

Describe the prison escape. Why doesn't Brother Xu walk out with Yun as well? What happens to Yun's ministry as a result of the escape?

What is the Three-Self Church? Does Yun agree to join this church as a condition of parole from prison? What reason does he give for this decision? Can you list any other churches that have performed this...