Compare And Contrast Li Quan And Ben Fielding

America is a country that is portrayed differently from others when it comes to freedom. The society of Americans is spoiled unlike other countries because it is materialistic. Unfortunately, since America is spoiled the majority of the community only has a love for money instead of things that are more important such as family and a relationship with God. “It is Americans who are gullible” (Alcorn, Page 191). Li Quan and Ben Fielding were old time friends who went to college together at Harvard University. Li Quan was from China and his mother and father died when he was younger. As he grew up he had many goals for himself and one of those goals was to go to America. However, Quan was angry at God and his father, so he was not a Christian.

When Ben and Quan graduated, Ben became a vice president for Getz International and work became his primary focus; therefore, he began to lose his relationship with his family and when his son died, he no longer believed in God. As a result, Ben became worth millions of dollars to his company. “Ben Fielding has not suffered first nor he has suffered most” (Alcorn, 192). Quan did not have a job because no one wanted to hire him because of his faith. After getting denied from many jobs, Quan became hopeless and “For many years I thought God might be punishing me because I was once ashamed of my father, because I was so unworthy of my heritage”. All things considered, Randy Alcorn compares Christianity in America with Christianity in China. The act of Christianity in America is fair. The community is able to worship God without being persecuted. Also, being a Christian does not label you as being a “problem” for the community. However, people with more power have the advantage to not allow Christians to work with a company. On the other hand, America has its disadvantages because the image of a person or company is considered more valuable than someone’s

The Lama is not the way. Yesu is the only way” (Alcorn, 162). Furthermore, a wretched yell instantly occurred saying, “Leave! Go or we will kill you” (Alcorn, 162). However, Quan kept talking about Yesu, “I will say the name of Yesu” (Alcorn, 162). The reader can notice that monks do not like to hear the name of Yesu in their temple and they do not like Christians. Also, China’s government believes that “Christians are the cause of economic problems…” (Alcorn, 99). China is also portrayed as realistic because people are still being persecuted, also the country is still a Communist country and the government does not care about human rights. Therefore, the readers can take into consideration the suffering Christians are going through in other countries. Also, this book gets the readers to become more grateful that America is a free country and Christians question their faith because you think about questions such as “Would I die for my faith?” “Would I have signed the paper and give up or stay strong like Quan?” The most valuable lesson Quan taught us is “Temporary suffering is a small price to pay for eternal happiness” (Alcorn, 316). In addition, through these valuable lessons, Ben became a Christian and rejoices through the teachings of Quan and also helping him through his time of suffering (Alcorn,