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Computer-Assisted Langauge Learning Lab teachers, L to R:Andy Brown, Chris Smith, Jessica Matchett, Jeannie Chang and Lynn Devries

With the Lord before him and the cross behind him, there is no limit to what the future holds for our beloved brother, Deron Walker, as he wraps up his stay here at Handong University!

Our devoted chaplain, Henry Whang!

Chaplains: Kim Dae-Oak, Henry Whang and Phillip Kim, serving God in unity and love.

Romans 12:9-11

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Faculty Worship Service Sermon

Today's speaker was Dae-Young Ryu.
He read from 2 Corinthians 3:1-3:
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Some notes taken during the sermon:
-We live in a world of email/text messaging and Dae-Young wonders if people will continue to write letters in the future anymore.
-Letters are for showing our heart and our problems to ones who are far from us.
-We share our love with others through writing such letters. Many did so when they were children but don't do so anymore.
-If you check the archives of ancient missionary letters, you will find that they were magnificent writers; good at communicating their feelings and experiences.
-At that time, people would wait more than a month to receive word from back home.
-Earlier, there were even longer gaps between writing and receiving letters.
-Archeologists learn a lot from the past through studying letters found.
-Almost all of the New Testament is made up of letters which shows what importance letters had.
-"letters of recommendation"-many so-called apostles wrote to commend themselves at the time. The Corinthian church was established by Paul. According to some of the false teachers, they came after with "the real gospel". They tried to tell the people to doubt Paul because he didn't carry a letter of recommendation as they did.
In verse 2, Paul stressed that YOU are the letter.
-This was both a glorious statement and a challenging statment, depending on their behaviour, performance and character. Bad behaviour would reflect a bad recommendation from Paul while good fruits would ensure a "fragrance of Christ". (and therefore a good testimony towards Paul)
-The letter (contrary to most private letters) WAS TO BE READ BY ALL-not confidential!
Everyone should see!
(The speaker then made a good application to ask whether we were sending out students from Handong as "letters of recommendation" in the same way, with right doctrine, behaviour, thinking and deeds that "glorified Christ".)

From the Announcements:
"The motto for year 2005 is "Win the Lost". We ask for your prayers and support in reaching out to the non-Christian students on this campus."

Peter Fama who seems to have had a vision at the faculty worship service.

My soul finds rest in God alone;

my salvation comes from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation;

He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

(Psalm 62:1-2)

Wednesday Morning Faculty Worship Service April 20, 2005 - 8:25am

Diagnostic Writing Clinic

Also known as "Option 2" in the Writing Lab, this option is open for any interested HGO student who feels they need help to become a better writer. Specifically designed lessons work on student problem areas. For example:

• Choosing a topic
• Narrowing the topic
• Writing topic sentences
• Writing supporting sentences in paragraphs
• Writing concluding sentence
• Giving specific examples
• Writing a hook and introduction
• Writing a thesis
• Writing the body paragraphs of an essay
• Writing a five paragraph essay
• Writing a good conclusion
• Writing paragraphs with unity and cohesion
• Brainstorming
• Planning and organizing
• Revising
• Self-editing

The cost for four lessons and initial consultation and placement is 20,000 won. (or about $20 US).

Cho Sung-Ah (pictured below) is the first (and so far only...) student who I have assisted following option #2 this semester. Tuesday was her 3rd lesson and her writing is improving! (She was considerate enough to bring me the drink you see in front of her-How kind!)

Cho Sung-Ah, a student from the Handong Law School

The Most Powerful Weapon in the World!!!

The Deep Thoughts of My Brilliant Students...

I have really come to enjoy the students that I have been blessed with this semester. Both EGC classes and my Grammar Practice class students continue to amaze me with their deep insights into things. Here are a few examples:
While doing a "classification essay warm-up activity" I asked my composition students to consider how many types of people they thought there are in the world and to tell us the categories. Here are some of the surprising answers:
3 kinds:

• quiet
• active
• both

3 kinds:

• party animals
• nerds
• those who study hard and party

3 kinds:

• those who like dogs
• those who don't like dogs
• those who eat dogs

2 kinds:

• logical
• illogical

4 kinds:

• those falling in love
• those falling out of love
• those in love
• those out of love

3 kinds:

• those who use desktops
• those who use laptops
• those who don't use computers at all

2 kinds:

• those who like to spend time with others
• those who like to spend time alone

4 kinds:

• white-collar workers
• blue-collar workers
• part-time workers
• unemployed

2 kinds:

• doers
• thinkers

3 kinds:

• those who believe in creation
• those who believe in evolution
• those who believe in nothing

10 kinds of people

• those who read binary numbers
• those who don't...

Another Example of My Students Creativity/Imagination:

For the beginning warm-up ? of the day, I wrote on the board, "What do you think is the most powerful weapon in the world?" Here are some of their answers:

• Nuclear bombs (probably the #1 answer)
• Love (probably the 2nd most popular answer)
• Biological weapons
• Hatred (as it destroys everything)
• A girlfriend's tears!
• The mouth (as it can make one happy or depressed)
• Our worldview (as in the case of Muslims it can cause death)
• Hatred (as it cause one to punch another in the face or cause war)
• Our intellectual property (our brain-as no one can take it away)
• God
• Fire (as it burns everything)
• The tongue
• Our beliefs or ideology (our strong beliefs cause us to do good or bad)
• The Word of God (as it can change someone)
• Swearing
• English (This was Sung-Bin's answer. He said, "To conquer English is to conquer the world!" Wow!)
• Indifference (can kill or heal depending on our feelings)
• Our belief (Jeong-Sung gave a great example of Joshua marching 13 times around Jericho which would have seemed ridiculous without faith.)

Pretty bright and imaginative minds here, huh?!

Some of the brightest students of Handong University - My first period English Grammar and Composition students!!!

Me and my marvelous EGC 1 students!! (8:30am-9:45 Mon/Thurs)

Another group of sensational English Grammar and Composition class students!!

Me and my fantastic EGC3 class!! (10am-11:15 Mon/Thurs) (No comments about the cheesy white suit, PLEASE!)

1...2...3..."I love grammar!"

My WONDERFUL Grammar Practice class students. (YuMi-What are you doing behind your teacher's head?! :-)) and where did Ji-Hoon (J.T.) go?.....

Chuck Hazard letting out some "hazardous tunes" as he "rocks on in the free-world". (He just got this guitar the day before...and now is looking to get a drum-set! A young talented musical Christian that is going to rock this world for Christ!)

No, Frank, get the fork out of Owen's back!!! (and you call yourself a doctor?!)

An after-dinner-group-back-massage. (We are a hands on kind of church!)

Gabriella Valentin definitely has the tender qualities of a potentially wonderful mother someday! (Dominic smiles on in agreement)

Proud mom, Esther, looks on at her gorgeous child, Dominic McIntyre.

Melissa and Amy enjoying the DELICIOUS dessert made by Amy herself! (and she made the cute oriental tree on the table as well!) Single ladies could learn something here..."the way to a man's heart is through his stomache!"

Peter Mazur keeping Alejandro busy while mom and dad get a bite to eat!

Best buds - Adrian Valentin and Nahum McIntyre!

Sunday-after-church-lunch get-together at the Hazards place. (counter clockwise from the back of Pastor Tim's head, Josefina Valentin, Charles (Jr.) Hazard, Frank Valentin, Charles (Sr.) Hazard and Owen McIntyre.

SIBC members, Peter and Melissa Mazur!!

The next 6 photos are of artistic creations done by women of SIBC

great art!

"Zacchaeus, you come down! For I'm going to your house today!" (song line based off Luke 19:5)

No comment (the picture says it all, ha!ha!)

AMEN!

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Me with Ann Story, a Southern Baptist Missionary. (She served in Northern Ethiopia with the Tigrai people and God used her testimony in our church to move me to work there myself!)

The McIntyres!!! (Owen and Esther)

SIBC deacon (and secretary), Nathan Phillips!

The "mixed group" bible study sunday school teacher and SIBC deacon, Eyra Wheeler!

SIBC's "singles group" Sunday school bible teacher, friend, brother and role-model, Glenn Creech.

More Than A Carpenter (Final Study)

On Sunday, we looked at the 7th and last lesson on Josh McDowell's book "More than A Carpenter". Here is the study sheet in it's complete form:

MORE THAN A CARPENTER
By Josh McDowell
LESSON 7: DO YOU WANT TO BE CHANGED BY THE RISEN LORD?

How do you feel about airplane passengers with first class and business tickets being able to board the plane first? __________________________
How do you feel about clubs that offer exclusive memberships? ______________
How many entrances do you think a home should have? ____________________
Why do we like multiple entrances to our homes? _________________________

I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. (John 10:9)

Do most people want one or multiple entrances into heaven? How might they feel about the message in John 10:9? ______________________________________
Why can't there be other ways to heaven? _______________________
Why is Jesus the only way to a relationship with God? _________________
What do you know about what other religions teach about how its members can earn salvation? _________________________________
GOD FORGIVES SINNERS:
Jesus told him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6)
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
One students question...Why is Jesus the only way to a relationship with God? Why Jesus? Why not Buddha? Mohammed?
Another person asks....Evidently you have proven that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Aren't there other ways also to a relationship with God apart from Jesus?

Many people don't understand the nature of God. A misunderstanding of the basic nature and character of God has been the cause of so many theological and ethical problems. Most people understand God to be a loving God. However, he's not a God of love only. He is also righteous, just and holy.
One asks...How can a loving God allow a sinful individual to go to hell? We might also ask..How can a holy, just, righteous God allow a sinful individual into His presence?
Why couldn't God just forgive?
An executive states...My employees often do something, break something, and I just forgive them. Are you saying that I can do something that God can't do?
Where there is forgiveness, there is payment.
My daughter broke a lamp....I forgive her...but who pays for the lamp?
Someone insults you in front of others. You say, "I forgive you." But, who bears the price of the insult?
God says, "I forgive you." But, He also paid a high price.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." (Galatians 3:13)

SEARCHING FOR MEANING:
Happiness...a state of mind, does not depend on circumstances
Meaning in life
Settle unanswered questions...Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?
Freedom...To have the power to do what I know I ought to do.
Prestige..being a leader, being, known, finding a good cause and giving of myself.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:27)
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. (John 15:11)

JESUS CHRIST, NOT RELIGION:
"I'm fed up with religion. I'm fed up with the Bible."
Christianity is not a religion. Religion is humans trying to work their way to God through good works. Christianity is God coming to men and women through Jesus Christ offering them a relationship with Himself.
Although the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)
All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." (Galatians 3:10)
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
What are some misconceptions about Christianity that you have encountered? ________
Note which of the following actions Christian students did that helped lead Josh McDowell to Christ....

• The lived with integrity, joy and peace
• They were accepting
• They insisted he clean up his act first
• They convinced him with Scripture that Jesus was the Messiah
• They declared with conviction Jesus is the only way of salvation

(All of the above, except for the 3rd one of course!)

A SKEPTICS CONVERSION

Accepting the truth but still not willing to follow...."I didn't care if Jesus did walk on water or turn water into wine. I couldn't think of a faster way to ruin a good time. My mind was telling me Christianity was true and my will was somewhere else."

A RADICALLY CHANGED LIFE:

Before conversion-restlessness. Always needed to be occupied.

After-Absence of conflinct...and the ability to cope.

Before-Bad temper, hatred, insecurity...inward grinding, ticked off, threatened by others

After-Love for his alcoholic father

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Dear friends, le us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us; He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us we also ought to love one another. (1 John 4:11)

(Wrap up point from Glenn-"A relationship with Jesus Christ really does change people.")