The Word and the Cross

While driving through Clearwater during our most wonderful trip to Florida, I happed upon a sign posted at a large Presbyterian Church. It said simply, "Christmas IS Christ." I was at least a little while distracted from the birds and the flowers and the

One thing sure about the current crop of Muslims: They are not afraid to die. They have been made promises about dying that are enticing to those who are a little weary of this life anyway. So a bit of pain, and zoom! they are in the glories of Allah's

[2007] When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard: "Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your

From '07... Can't blame the devil for everything. Your own heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, says Jeremiah the prophet (17:9). The unredeemed unsaved heart is the center for evil on the earth. Satan would be powerless without it. The heart and

How serious is our desire for our children to know Jesus and His words? While we are not advocating brainwashing, certainly there is something a Christian can learn from the North Korean about child-rearing: While speaking of the original Kim dictatorship

Have you read Helie Lee's book about her rescue of some family members out of North Korea (In the Absence of Sun) ? I must hasten to add that although Helie has a healthy "respect" for Jesus because of Halmoni (grandma), my personal faith resembles that

Shaped like a rocket, nose like a needle, largest structure in all of North Korea. It's the Ryugyong Hotel. Meant to be the largest hotel in the world, it met a few obstacles in its construction. The concrete was of poor quality. The elevators could not

(From archives) Two e-mails awaited me this morning. You've probably seen one of them circulating. It's a picture of the new dollar coins. The sender of the e-mail is urging that all of us refuse to accept these new dollars as change. Why? The words "In

(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