Category archive: Sermon

Healing a Hardened Heart

Becoming jaded, distant, frustrated, or apathetic towards God (or towards someone you love) can be signs of a heart that is growing hard. In marriage counseling, a hardened heart can cause things like becoming critical, feeling contempt, stonewalling (being unresponsive), or flooding (losing control of emotions and becoming overwhelmed by them). Marriage counselors warn that…

Rest for Korea

This is a sermon about the hurried culture of Korea and why Korea is so restless. Koreans work ridiculous hours, study ridiculous hours, get little sleep, and Korean youth were ranked the least happy among youth according to a survey given in 30 countries. The hurried culture here is no joke and needs to be dealt…

Soccer Camp 2015 – Creating a Kingdom Culture

  On August 10-12, 2015, Jerusalem Ministry had our 8th annual soccer camp for 3rd – 6th grade boys from different children’s homes in Seoul. We had a total of 58 boys participate (one arriving a day late) from eight different orphanages. They were divided into four teams: Argentina, Spain, Brazil, and Germany. Each team had…

The Power of Couple Tees

In 2008 I attended a missions conference in Thailand. On my flight back (a direct flight to Korea) I was overwhelmed by all the matching honeymoon couples. Their outfits were coordinated perfectly top to bottom. This picture would be an example of one couple, but only if their socks and shoes were identical too… I never knew how…

Meekness vs Responsibility

Sermon – Blessed Are the Meek (sermon manuscript) This past weekend I preached a message, “Blessed Are the Meek.” You can listen to it here or download it on iTunes under “New Philadelphia Church.” The message covers a number of things, but one that I wanted to highlight in this blog is the contrast between meekness (patience…

The Spirit of Music

Music is straight up powerful. Music transcends time. Music was happening before creation (Job 38:7). One of the greatest rewards in heaven is to learn a new song that no one else will ever know (Revelation 14:3). Throughout the book of Psalms we are commanded to sing songs to the Lord and to make music to…

Your True Identity

Over the years of serving the orphans, pastoring at a church, and directing a healing/deliverance ministry, the subject of “identity” has stood out the most to me. With all the superhero movies in Hollywood this past decade, it seems the subject has been on their minds as well. “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” “How…

A Key For Being Blessed (and Oak Tree Project sharing)

On Sunday during a prayer meeting before service, one of my orphanage ministry staff Mijeong Song was leading and she asked if anyone in the room needed healing. She then asked if anyone needed wisdom or direction. And then she asked if anyone needed refreshment. Different people raised their hands each time, expecting that they…

Crucial Marriage Prep…

If you are continually neglecting your body then you should not get married. Let me repeat that… if you are continually neglecting your body then you should not get married. Ephesians 5:28-30 – In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no…

The Power of the Arts

This past Saturday I preached at a joint prayer meeting in Seoul on a subject that God has been relentlessly speaking to me about since I started dating Sky: the power of the arts. I want to encourage you to take a listen to this sermon and share it with anyone you know who is…

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