Category archive: Christian Living
Dating and Social Media
Technology is moving at such a ridiculous rate that now a lot of young kids think that rotary phones are ancient artifacts. I didn’t send my first e-mail until 1996 when my family got America Online and then I used AIM for online messaging while I was in college. Most kids have never heard of…
Before You’re Sent
Future of Forestry – Gazing Over the years while directing the orphanage ministry and also meeting many people interested in North Korea and in the justice movement, I’ve noticed some glaring flaws among many people wanting to surrender everything for the poor and the desperate. I always admire their passion, but I know if certain…
Saying Goodbye to Loved Ones
When I arrived at the orphanage at the end of 2005 I couldn’t speak Korean and didn’t know how to connect with kids well. I didn’t have any close friends in Korea and so I was alone often. Because of my inexperience with children and the language barrier, I would get worn out easily from…
Fire to Fight Against Lust
Yesterday I preached a message, “Sex, Soul Ties, and Pornography.” It was inspired from teaching sex-ed to boys at my children’s home and to others as well, and discovering that not one boy had ever received teaching on the subject matter I covered (premarital sex, porn, masturbation, etc). Most kids are exposed to those subjects…
The Right Order of Serving
I was reading Isaiah 6 today and the description of the seraphim (heavenly creature) stood out to me. These “burning ones” have six wings: two to cover their face, two to cover their feet, and two to fly with. Two cover their face likely out of awe of God, two cover their feet likely out…
Going Deeper in the Bible
I began reading the Bible around my sophomore year of high school. For a few years I would read a chapter each day and get pretty much nothing out of it. For one, I used to read right before I fell asleep, so my focus wasn’t that sharp. But more than that I just didn’t know…
When It’s Time to Move On
I think one of the hardest things to do is to know when to move on from an unhealthy friendship or a difficult ministry relationship. Christians are taught to “leave the 99 for the one lost sheep” and to love those who don’t love back and to keep a persistent, unfailing love. The sad thing…
A Life of Stories
The past two Tuesdays I spoke at two campus ministries, one at Korea University and the other at Seoul National University (both under Emmaus Campus Ministry). What God put on my heart for both campuses is the truth that with God our life should get better and better. Not better in a sense of…
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…
What If You Had Everything?
What if you had all the money you ever needed? What if you had a ton of money in your bank account… enough to live for your full life on? What would your life be like? Would you feel absolute peace? Sky and I live off of support money. We don’t know how much we…