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Fun for the whole family! Hit a bullseye and win a bottle of Johnnie Walker. Yes, folks-let's promote alcohol and violence all in one "shot"...

Anything to draw the tourists...In the past few weeks, more restaurants have sprouted up and now they even have several of these "carnival like tents" which will hopefully bring $$ to the local economy.

"Jesus-freak-extraordinaire"-Andy Brown at Chilpo Beach, June 2nd around 6:30pm

Eric and his friend "Bob" at Chilpo Beach

Eric, The Beach and Baptism

Today I hung out a bit with one of our international students here at Handong Global University-Eric Som. Eric is a dedicated Christian brother who is very outspoken for the Lord. First we had lunch together at the "snack bar" which is basically the only place open during the summer apart from the small campus supermarket/book store. We met up hours later at 5:45 pm to head down to Chilpo Beach. Once we got to the beach, I realized that I forgot to post Eric's baptism pics earlier. The reason I was reminded at Chilpo Beach was...well, yeah, that's where he was baptised! Well, here they are:

A lot of people were suprised at Eric's baptism as he has been an active member of the church for 10 years. Eric felt moved (by the Spirit) to get baptized this year and he was with 6 other members of HIC (Handong International Church). I'm so glad that he took that step of faith and obedience.

This brings up an important issue: Why does one get baptized? Is it necessary for salvation? These are ?s one hears often from people. We know from the scriptures that our Lord was baptized Himself (though he didn't need to be) in order to give us an example to follow. Whenever people put their faith in Jesus Christ, they were shortly thereafter baptized. (apart from the thief on the cross, as it wasn't possible...) We are saved the moment we believe, but we get baptized as an act of obedience. "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:3-4, KJV) This important verse is written on my birth certificate:

What's wrong with infants being baptized? No where in scriptures do you have infants being baptized. They are always those of an age to understand. Sure CHILDREN can and should be baptized. (Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." (Matthew 19:14)

Why full body immersion? Isn't water poured over the head enough? Again, it must be stressed that this is a spiritual cleansing that is REPRESENTED through baptism (symbolism) and not a physical cleansing...but again, in each case of the Bible the individuals were fully immersed in water. Here are some examples: "Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because there was plenty of water and people were constantly coming to be baptized." (John 3:23) and "Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, Look here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?" And he gave orders to stop the chariot, then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him." (Acts 8:35-38) If it is always full immersion in scripture, why do anything else?! The moment you start doing anything slightly different from scripture, (be it infant baptism or part baptism -even with good intentions) you are getting "into dangerous waters"!! (Pardon the pun!)

Yachay-jun is sometimes called "Korean pizza". (for the look-not taste!) "Yachay" means "vegetable". More of a side-dish than a meal, it is often enjoyed with Korean traditional wine...No-Not at Handong! ha!ha! Alcohol free campus here!

Korean dish of the day - "Gamja-sujaybi". "Gamja" means "potato". Anyway, this tastes a lot like "mandu-gook" or "dumpling soup". Pretty good!

My cool buddy, Nahum McIntyre, giving his "Jesus Rocks" pose!

The Holy Alphabet

Although things are not perfect
Because of trial or pain
Continue in thanksgiving
Do not begin to blame
Even when the times are hard
Fierce winds are bound to blow
God is forever able
Hold on to what you know
Imagine life without His love
J oy would cease to be
Keep thanking Him for all the things
Love imparts to thee
Move out of "Camp Complaining"
No weapon that is known
On earth can yield the power
Praise can do alone
Quit looking at the future
Redeem the time at hand
Start every day with worship
To "thank" is a command
Until we see Him coming
Victorious in the sky
We'll run the race with gratitude
X alting God most high
Yes, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Z ion waits in glory...where none are ever sad!

-"I AM Too blessed to be stressed!"
-The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.
-The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything.
-Forget "e-mail" - God answers "KNEE-MAIL"!
CONTINUE TELLING OTHERS THAT GOD LOVES THEM TOO. JUST THINK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT COULD BE REACHED OUT TO AND BLESSED WITH THESE WORDS.

History Forgotten

This is worth remembering, because it is true. It's familiar territory, but..... Those of you that graduated from school after the early 60's were probably never taught this. Our courts have seen to that !
Did you know that 52 of the 55 signers of "The Declaration of Independence" were orthodox, deeply committed, Christians? The other three all believed in the Bible as the divine truth, the God of scripture, and His personal intervention. It is the same Congress that formed the American Bible Society, immediately after creating the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress voted to purchase and import 20,000 copies of Scripture for the people of this nation. Patrick Henry, who is called the firebrand of the American Revolution, is still remembered for his words, "Give me liberty or give me death"; but in current textbooks, the context of these words is omitted. Here is what he actually said:"An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all that is left us. But we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God that presides over the destinies of nations. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone. Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death." These sentences have been erased from our textbooks. Was Patrick Henry a Christian? The following year, 1776, he wrote this:"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom of worship here." Consider these words that Thomas Jefferson wrote in the front of his well-worn Bible: "I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have little doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our creator." He was also the chairman of the American Bible Society, which he considered his highest and most important role. On July 4, 1821, President Adams said, "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: "It connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity." Calvin Coolidge, our 30th President of the United States reaffirmed this truth when he wrote, "The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country." In 1782, the United States Congress voted this resolution: "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools." William Holmes McGuffey is the author of the McGuffey Reader, which was used for over 100 years in our public schools with over 125 million copies sold until it was stopped in 1963. President Lincoln called him the "Schoolmaster of the Nation." Listen to these word of Mr. McGuffey: "The Christian religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our nation, on the character of God, on the great moral Governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free Institutions. From no source has the author drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these extracts from the Bible, I make no apology."
Of the first 108 universities founded in America, 106 were distinctly Christian, including the first, Harvard University, chartered in 1636.In the original Harvard Student Handbook, rule number 1 was that students seeking entrance must know Latin and Greek so that they could study the Scriptures: "Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies, is, to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life, John 17:3; and therefore to lay Jesus Christ as the only foundation for our children to follow the moral principles of the Ten Commandments."
James Madison, the primary author of the Constitution of the United States, said this: "We have staked the whole future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments." Today, we are asking God to bless America. But, how can He bless a Nation that has departed so far from Him?
Prior to September 11, He was not welcome in America. Most of what you read in this article has been erased from our textbooks. Revisionists have rewritten history to remove the truth about our country's Christian roots. You are encouraged to share with others, so that the truth of our nation's history will be told.
John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life!
This information shared is only a drop of cement to help secure a foundation that is crumbling daily in a losing war that most of the country doesn't even know is raging on, in, and around them...Please do your bit and share this with as many as possible and make the ill-informed aware of what they once had.

Street Drama prayer, preparation, practice & pizza

The "march to battle"! (Spiritual that is!)

SIBC Street Drama Evangelism across from McDonald's, Itaewon

SIBC Street Drama Evangelism in front of KFC, Itaewon

This reminds me of the atheist who was found by his friend on his deathbed reading a bible. When his friend asked "What are you doing?" He answered, "Looking for a loophole!" Well, here's your loophole-It's called the cross!!!