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Monday, May 26, 2008
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Spiritual "Bait and Switch"
Very insightful article....
Church: It's Time to Stop the Spiritual "Bait and Switch"
(if you would like a full article, let me know and I'll loan you my copy)
Are we lying to people when we "evangelize" them by trying to get them to come to church by whatever means that interest them (men's group, golf interest club, baby sitting, etc) and then hope to introduce the "gospel" sometime down the road?
Perhaps there is something very deceptive here in the way we often do "evangelism". Come to church, you'll have a good time. Come to church, you'll meet some great people. Come to church, you'll like the donuts there.
*sigh*
Jesus on the other hand, does not meet people's felt needs or their interests. See John 6 for example. Jesus actually turns people away by making it HARDER for them. "You have to eat my flesh." See also Matt 19:16-30.
Why? He does this because people need to realize their REAL needs, not just their selfish desires.
I'm convinced that we should jettison the 'marketing' strategies that have become very standard method of evangelism these days.
Check out also "Selling Jesus" at White Horse Inn
Thursday, May 08, 2008
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Good Reads
Check out GoodReads.com (http://www.goodreads.com/)
It's a networking service wholly devoted to the books one reads. I guess it's the virtual version of recommending to others what you've read.
You can check out the books I've read (and would highly recommend based on my ratings of 4 or 5) at the following:
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/020381
Monday, April 07, 2008
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Playing with Calvin
It's fun being a dad....
Check out a somewhat slightly older video, but one that I often go back to often:
http://picasaweb.google.com/yonghyunkim/CalvinVideo/photo#5179053199743817490
Friday, March 21, 2008
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Standing up for Christ
Check out this convocation speech at Dartmouth by Noah Riner.
http://www.therebelution.com/downloads/noah_riner_convocation.wmv
Just like in the content of his speech, what we need in our education is not just knowledge but CHARACTER.
I look forward to meeting Noah, a man of character, some day. May we all look to Christ to build true character in us.
Happy Good Friday. The Lord IS risen!!!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
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LinkedIn: 'Facebook' for professionals
A colleague of mine introduced me to "LinkedIn." It is a networking site for professionals with the intention of finding jobs for one another. It looks like a very neat service and can easily connect with both old colleagues who are now at different companies. You can view my profile at this link:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/yonghyun
For those of you looking for jobs out there, check this out. And good luck!
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