The Word and the Cross

Bible believers should enjoy bursting bubbles, if done with love, of course. Bubbles are all over the Body these days. Like for example the proposed difference between the "logos word" and the "rhema word." We're told by those who are supposed to know,

There he was, the lonely thing, right in the midst of the glory of that day, and no one noticed him. They say over 2 million people gathered during that two-day event in Chicago, the famed “air and water” show. I’d listened to it on the radio, traveling

(from 2007) Three times in the last weeks I've been informed that the church is filled with phonies. Fakes. Hypocrites.  I suppose they have a point, but Phony-watchers have some blind spots. They never seem to see the phonies in their peer group. Or

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

graphic courtesy of Crossing Borders**     http://crossingbordersnk.org  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

graphic courtesy of Crossing Borders**     http://crossingbordersnk.org 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"

graphic courtesy of Crossing Borders**     http://crossingbordersnk.org 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

(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

graphic courtesy of Crossing Borders**     http://crossingbordersnk.org (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,

graphic courtesy of Crossing Borders**     http://crossingbordersnk.org 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

graphic courtesy of Crossing Borders**     http://crossingbordersnk.org 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

graphic courtesy of Crossing Borders**     http://crossingbordersnk.org (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

graphic courtesy of Crossing Borders**     http://crossingbordersnk.org (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

graphic courtesy of Crossing Borders**     http://crossingbordersnk.org (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

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