Small Act of Service Transforms

I started to attend church at age 31.  Since I seek God desperately, I quickly had encounter with God in a dramatic way.  Within 6 months, pastor of my church suggested me to apply to a seminary.  At that time, I rather wanted to be a theology professor than a pastor, but I decided to go a seminary anyway and prayed to God to open the door for me.  However, God did not open the door for seminary.  Instead, He opened a door for work opportunity.  I was convinced of God’s direction and gave up of attending seminary. Once in a while, I think how my life would be ...

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Do You Know Ji Hye Park Violinist?

Sometimes people ask why SBC does not have music revival.  Churches of this size normally have professional musicians and regularly host music revival with songs, music, worship and testimony.  That is why they ask this question.  We often receive such requests, but we normally decline. Such events will be presented during Wednesday worship time.  Since we have relatively small congregation for Wednesday worship and do not have that many music fans who are eager to come for such event, we need to request SBC family to come to church for such event.  However, SBC ...

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“Repsond 1988”

Recently, an immensely popular TV show titled ‘Respond 1988’ ended.  Viewers expressed not only feeling of sadness but also a feeling of emptiness after the final episode was aired.  The show is a family drama of 5 high school students who lived in the neighbor during years of 1988 to 1994.  Their growth, friendship, and love along with happenings in and between each family are presented beautifully and the show enjoyed record breaking viewership. One of the unique features of this show was to watch the TV news and advertisement of the time on TV.  Many enjoyed ...

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Apples of Gold

Proverbs 25:11 says: A word spoken in the right circumstances is like apples of gold in settings of silver.  This verse emphasizes the importance of proper words in any given situation.  Sometimes, we see that people around us will say things which are not proper for the situation, or to put someone down or slander others.  By doing so, they tend to lose the favor of others.  I experience this kind of situation sometimes.  I understand that it is not often for church members to have a chance to talk to me and in such a rare occasion, they may say things which are not ...

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My Prayer for the Year

My prayer request for the 333 prayer team for the last year was 'to have better spiritual eyes and to be more sensitive toward God's voice through deeper prayer and fasting'.  Last year, I thought that as of August, 2015, I would complete 3 years as senior pastor and would start the 4th year.  Therefore, my prayer request reflected my desire of entering into a new deeper level of spirituality.  I wanted to have a more intimate time of prayer during the Morning Prayer and wanted to have a spiritually more meaningful time during the weekly fasting rather than mechanically ...

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Finding Freedom From Guilt Trap

I was born in a non-Christian family but I probably had a notion of God.  So, if I went to a Buddhist temple for a school field trip, I bowed down to the statue of Buddha and when I heard that I needed to pray to the moon on the first full moon of the year, I did.  However, whenever I was in trouble, I sought 'God'.  I did not know when I attained this concept of God, but He was always the one I prayed to when I took a college entrance exam, had a job interview, or whenever I needed help. However, in spite of seeking Him in times of trouble, He was not a comfortable ...

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The Reason We Do What We Do

We have been doing youth house church ministry for over four years now. It's been quite a ride. There have been many moments in the past when I concluded that this is not going to work. It's not worth it. It's too hard on the kids, parents, village leaders, and me. But we're still doing it because I believe it's worth it. Here's why. Recently, a ninth grade student shared her testimony with me. I had asked her to answer some questions for me because she wanted to be baptized. After answering those questions, she added a personal note. In it, she shared about her journey ...

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