I’ve been interested in the issue of leadership and how we can contextualize biblical and secular leadership principles to our churches so that more people can come to know the hope that we have in Christ Jesus.
I loved reading Neil Cole’s Organic Church a few years back as it transformed the way that I view [...]
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October 30, 2009
Missional and Organic Leadership
October 21, 2009
Training for Ministry
Today, during our 2009 Onnuri Spirituality and Leadership Conference, Richard Foster said something along these lines – “After coming to know the Lord, Paul spent three years in the desert being trained (Gal 1:17-18) – this wasn’t seminary…this was after seminary” (my paraphrase).
He went on to talk about how the Lord taught and trained Paul [...]
October 14, 2009
Where to go to Seminary? A preliminary comparison between seminaries in Canada, the United States, and Korea
This post arises out of a unique journey of mine. Believe it or not, I am actually enrolled in 4 seminaries at the moment, pursuing my Masters of Divinity (M.Div) at all of them! Okay, before I qualify that statement, I am actually only taking courses at one of the four seminaries, but I still [...]
August 17, 2009
The Architecture of Asian Christianity
Two weeks ago, when my wife and I travelled down to my mom’s home town (Seosan, Choongchun-Namdo, South Korea) for my uncle’s funeral, we came across this interesting building. Upon closer examiniation, we discovered that it is a Catholic church, but I was just in awe of the Asian flavor that the cathedral had.
Living in Montreal, Quebec for [...]
March 17, 2009
Dangerous Worship
Worship is not about a powerless people coming together to sing. Worship is dangerous because it is the children of God coming together, in the name of Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to proclaim the praises of the high king of the universe. As a result, when individuals worship, [...]
September 7, 2008
the full story – Michael Guglielmucci’s Deception
Almost a month ago, Michael Guglielmucci, a pastor in Australia who had written and sung “Healer” on the latest Hillsong album, came out and confessed that he had been living a life of deception. For the past two years, he had deceived everyone, his wife and parents included, and told them that he had terminal [...]
August 22, 2008
our calling in life…
“Every assignment that God gives His people is His primary means of sanctifying His leader.”
These are the words of Crawford Loritts that have encouraged me today. In a sermon entitled The Call to Courage from the 2008 Desiring God Pastor’s Conference, Loritts digs out an amazing insight from Joshua 1:1-9 regarding the calling that God has [...]
August 15, 2008
conversation with a Korean taxi driver
Sitting in an airport just outside of Seoul, South Korea, I can’t help but reflect on the conversation I just had with the cab driver who drove me to the airport.
I was initially going to take the bus to the airport, but as I was waiting, a taxi driver approached me and asked if I [...]
July 25, 2008
stanley cup baptism
Upon winning the Stanley Cup, Detroit Red Wings’ Tomas Holmstrom decided to let his cousin use the Stanley Cup as a baptismal font to baptize his 7 week old daughter. Now that’s probably never been done before.
Growing up in a Korean Presbyterian Church, I was baptized as a child, and I was confirmed as [...]
July 24, 2008
what exactly is sin?
Sin – you’ve probably heard the word before, but what is your definition of it?
According to Oxford dictionary, sin is “an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.”
If you go to Church, sin is typically defined as “disappointing God,” or “disobeying God,” or “breaking his rules.”
This is what Soren Kierkegaard in Sickness [...]
