The Word and the Cross

(From 2007)  I don't mean to imply that the present leader of North Korea will one day rule the world. I do mean to say that if you want to know what tomorrow's world will look like, take a hard look at North Korea. The Bible describes a situation that

This story comes from Fox News reporter Efrat Lachter. Lately I have been posting news about North Korea that I first reported nearly 20 years ago, with the note that things are the same today. Reading these lines from Fox News lets me know that things

FROM 2007... and current... An Hyuk was arrested for crossing over into China, out of curiosity.  All his life he had belonged to a loyal  party family. He had received a government scholarship to a physical education school at age 12. But one day he was

(In North Korea years ago, but echoing still throughout the persecuted world...) "They begged and begged me, but I couldn't give it to them, " said the man. "I know Christians are supposed to share, but I just couldn't part with it." He sadly held out his

North Korea: On losing everything and being Free (From 2008) The unusual thing about Hyok Kang (This is Paradise, 2004 ) is that he was only 13 when he escaped from North Korea. The childhood he recalls is probably not like yours or mine: "The power

North Korea: Mocking and copying in prison... (2008) From "The Aquariums of Pyongyang" : (Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot , 2000.) As one more example of how the North Korean government makes a mockery of, by trying to duplicate, the Christian faith,

Voice of the Martyrs Korea is asking that God's people everywhere sign a special petition addressed to the Russian government for the release of a Mrs. Park, a near 70-year-old missionary who was heading home to retire when she was arrested on trumped-up

By God's grace and a lot of help from sermonaudio staff, all 3,000 + audios are back on board. It will take a while to get things back in their proper categories, and erase descriptions I picked up at Buzzsprout, but I'll be working on it every day. If

Hello friends, After a short stay with Buzzsprout, I've decided to return "home" to sermonaudio. I have renamed the site: it was for many years "Hackberry House of Chosun"; now it will be known as The Word and the Cross to match the two themes of my