Day 7: A New Stove for the BI

October 27, 2011

Here’s the video from Day 7, in which a gift that started in California ended up heating a tent in Korea….

Day 6: Kent’s Story

October 26, 2011

Here’s the video from Day 6 of our Korea-China trip with a glimpse into the classroom and a Korean student shares his story….

Day 5: Betsy’s Story

October 25, 2011

Here’s the video from Day 5 in which you get a glimpse of our first session with the students and also we share a testimony from Betsy, a student from Taiwan….

Day 4: Visit to a Buddhist Temple

October 24, 2011

Here’s today video in which we visit a Buddhist temple on Jeju Island.

Day 3: Young Nak Presbyterian Church

October 23, 2011

Here’s the video from Day 3 of our Korea-China trip featuring our visit to the Jeju Young Nak Presbyterian Church….

The Pastor Who Didn’t Believe in Hell

Recently I read about a pastor who lost his faith in hell and then found it again. Having been trained in a liberal seminary, he simply dropped his belief in hell without telling anyone else. He regained his belief first by reading the Bible and then by doing some serious repenting before the Lord. When asked how a loving God could send amazingly …

Day 2: Airport Evangelist

October 22, 2011

Here’s the video from Day 2 of our trip to Korea and China in which we meet a man carrying a cross at the airport in Seoul:…

Day 1: Somewhere Over the Aleutian Islands

October 21, 2011

Mark and I left yesterday on a 17-day trip to Korea and China. Here’s the video update from Day 1….

When Should a Pastor Leave a Church?

The question came from a young man pastoring his first church. I don’t know much about the congregation he serves except that it is small and filled with mostly older folks who don’t want to change.At least that’s how the young pastor sees it. Both he and his wife have been feeling discouraged. After three difficult years, here is…

Counterintuitive Faith

October 20, 2011

Marlene and I were having dinner with some close friends who are also supporters of our ministry. At one point during a delightful evening, the husband looked at me and said, “What you are doing is counterintuitive.” The dictionary defines counterintuitive as being “contrary to what common sense would suggest.” As I thou…