Have the North Korea/South Korea/US "Peace Talks" changed anything for Christians in North Korea? The general consensus: Not for the better. They've actually been used by the North Korean government as an occasion for accelerating the reputation building of Kim Jung Un domestically. The youngest Kim, whose published exploits are beginning to rival those of ...
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04 Jun 2019 In 스페셜 칼럼 By Pastor Tim
Nothing to Pity: God’s Purpose for the Pain of a Sex-Trafficked North Korean Woman
Join us in remembering faithful North Korean missionary, Mrs. Hong. Like many North Korean women, Mrs. Hong was sex-trafficked into China. Unlike many North Korean women, however, the man who bought Mrs. Hong, an atheist, allowed her to attend church. He even welcomed the congregation into their home. Still, conditions at home were miserable and ...
22 May 2019 In 스페셜 칼럼 By Pastor Tim
NK tried to silence Pastor Han; now his voice will be heard around the world
Filming is underway here in Korea this week on a short feature on the life and death of Pastor Han Chung Ryeol, as seen through the eyes of one of the many North Koreans he evangelized. Pastor Han was the Korean Chinese pastor martyred in Changbai, China on April 30, 2016. Thanks to the vision ...
07 May 2019 In 스페셜 칼럼 By Pastor Tim
Are you sure you want a prophet’s reward?
In Matthew 10:41 Jesus says, “He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet receives a prophet’s reward.” A prophet’s reward. Our eyes and mind go right past that phrase without thinking too much about it. We hear “prophet’s reward” and think, “big reward”—something really good. So in our mind the passage becomes ...
23 Apr 2019 In 스페셜 칼럼 By Pastor Tim
“How Would I Respond to Persecution?” is not a hypothetical question
After hearing the story of Richard Wurmbrand or other Christians who have been tortured for Christ, we sometimes ask ourselves, “What would I do if I was in that situation? Would I be faithful?” But that is the wrong question because we actually are in that situation. It is the same principle as when we ...
09 Apr 2019 In 스페셜 칼럼 By Pastor Tim
Is There Such A Thing As Smuggling Too Many Bibles Into North Korea and Other Closed Countries?
I regularly see ministries putting out ads claiming that the number one request of North Korean Christians is for Bibles, Bibles, and more Bibles. These ministries claim that for every few dollars you send, they'll send one more Bible into North Korea; the only limit is your generosity. I've even seen them claim to distribute ...
27 Mar 2019 In 스페셜 칼럼 By Pastor Tim
The New Wave of Christian Persecution in China is Producing a New Wave of North Korean Missionaries from the Most Unusual Backgrounds
2018 marked a new wave of Christian persecution in China–a coordinated, country-wide offensive against the church in both its registered and unregistered forms. One battle in that larger war has been the identification and expulsion of South Korean missionaries. As a result, North Koreans, who have typically learned about Christianity from two sources–Korean missionaries and …
12 Mar 2019 In 스페셜 칼럼 By Pastor Tim
Richard Wurmbrand’s Marx and Satan: The most relevant book you can read this year
(Here's an English version of the Foreword I wrote for our new Korean language edition of Rev. Wurmbrand's book Marx and Satan, to be released in a few weeks. You can find an English language edition of the book here--minus my Foreword, of course.) What do Marx and Satan have in common? Some might answer ...
27 Feb 2019 In 스페셜 칼럼 By Pastor Tim
The Five Zones of Persecution
The Bible does not portray persecution as a product of particular political systems the way we are prone to today. Such a portrayal leads us to think of persecuted Christians as beleaguered minorities peacefully minding their own business and beliefs, whispering worship songs and Bible verses under blankets while candlelight illumines their angelic faces; meanwhile, …
29 Jan 2019 In 스페셜 칼럼 By Pastor Tim
The main character in Tortured for Christ is not a Wurmbrand. It’s this woman
Tortured for Christ is often described as the life story of Rev. Richard Wurmbrand. In fact, however, Rev. Wurmbrand is not the main character of the movie or the book. The main character is a woman, but she is not Sabina, his wife. The main character is not listed in the movie credits or on …