On a flight to Seoul – Hyungbae (Joseph) Park (S.G Kim cell)
I’m writing this message on my flight to Seoul. I first came to God’s Vision Church in Sept 2016, after 2 years of living in Berlin. At the time, I was going through a wilderness experience in my life. I came back from Berlin, having experienced failure(?) in my love life. Moreover, after a week […]
“God’s Vision Church – a church people devote to build together” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Since March last year, after all meetings were brought online, we have been actively responding to this pandemic situation thinking it would continue for the next five years. Many young people returned to Korea, but since it is difficult to gather in Korea as well, they participated in our worship and cell meetings. Leaders’ meetings […]
Becoming a part-time worker, not an owner – Rev. Young Joo Lee
I have started to meditate over the book of Ecclesiastes. The first paragraph is chapter 1, verses 1 to 11, which says that all things in this world are meaningless, meaningless and that there is nothing new under the sun. My eyes first stopped at the word “new”. Indeed, there is nothing new in this […]
Discerning when to recover vs. when to believe – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Prayer requests from members of our congregation include topics such as ‘restoration of true worship’ and ‘renewal of one’s first love for God’. In most instances, when we pray for such things, it’s because we have been unfaithful and hence feel distant from God. The cure to this problem is very simple. It is to […]
“The reason Christians can’t overcome sin” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
All religions teach a way to overcome sin. Christianity also teaches us to take sin seriously and stay away from it, more than any other religion. The most differentiating aspect of Christianity, however, is that overcoming sin does not come from our effort or will but the grace of God. The Bible says that sin […]
“My heart is racing again” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
I had a Zoom meeting with diaspora church leaders this past Tuesday. There was a total of about forty of us. We held a short worship service, talked about the future directions for our ministries, five members shared about the effect of the pandemic on their ministries, and had smaller breakout groups. Thankfully, I was […]
“Appointing 21 deacons in 2021” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
We will be appointing ten new deacons today. That makes 21 in total, as we currently have 11. 21 deacons in 2021 – a coincidence, but it seems quite meaningful. =D Back when I was in Korea, churches that I served at used to appoint their members as deacons if they regularly attended church on […]
“Sexual immorality – the starting point of all sin” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
The most shocking news at the start of this year came from reports about the sexual misconduct of Ravi Zacharias while he was alive. I had respected him and had considered him a model evangelist, so this news really shocked me – but also terrified me. I can only hope that he repented before he […]
A serious conversaion with Joshua – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Joshua, my eldest son, is a thoughtful child. After having a meal this week, he asked, “Dad, how is Catholicism different from Protestantism?” Then there was a long conversation. “I think the biggest difference is freedom. At that time, Catholicism was centered around a pope and priests, and people were ignorant to a point that […]
A must-have attitude in this generation – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Nowadays, most of us prefer to send text messages rather than call someone on the phone. If we observe at our own lives, most of our communications occur via Kakaotalk or WhatsApp. We rarely make phone calls. This may be the case if we feel uncomfortable communicating face to face, but I don’t this is […]
