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House

Growing up, we didn’t know what living in a house was like. My family bounced around from apartment to apartment, making new friends, riding bikes on the sidewalks, and trying not to make too much noise at night because the walls were thin. We were a… read more

A Life of Service

Hello! My name is Jonathan Hur and I have been a youth leader at Pleasanton Korean Seventh Day Adventist Church for seven years. Originally, I did not devote my life to God - but in the 7th grade I got involved in community service. My first glimpse of God… read more

God’s Not Dead

I recently saw a movie called “God’s Not Dead.” The movie is about a college freshman that encounters a bullish philosophy professor proclaiming that God is dead. In the classroom, the professor openly taunts anyone who believes in God and… read more

Good Will Hunting

A newborn shivers as she lies abandoned in a dumpster. A child gasps faintly as starvation takes his last breath. A woman screams as she fails to fend off an intruder and knows she is about to be violently taken. A man buys sleeping pills as the heartbreak… read more

Now What?

It was four months after the Faith Trip ended. I was in my apartment in Davis, CA, sitting in my reading chair one night when I came across this passage: “But like Enoch, God’s people will seek for purity of heart and conformity to His will, until… read more

Faith vs. Works

As Adventists, we are all familiar with the Great Controversy. This is the backdrop of our entire belief system. But I want to address the "other great controversy" that seems to exist in our midst, which is the age-old question of faith vs. works. Are we… read more

An Army of Youth

Youth ministry has become a laboratory to experiment with different approaches and options. Today’s models range from variations of social outreach to blatant entertainment. Though well-meaning, the adoption of these models by some youth leaders has… read more

The Faith Trip

We left the assisted living home we were staying at, and headed out to the territory. The drops were radioed in, and Kenneth and I were paired together. It was cold! Not many people came to their door. I got a few Happiness for Life (Steps to Christ) into… read more

Agnostic + Buddhist = SDA

My father grew up irreligious. My mother was essentially Buddhist. God had incredible plans for them together. My father and mother are high school sweethearts. When my father immigrated with his family to the US from South Korea, he was 17. He had been… read more

Nehemiah: Resolute Under Enemies’ Fire

In life, conflicts inevitably arise. No road in life’s journey is obstacle-free. In fact, a Christian’s life may be fraught with booby traps that the Enemy, the Devil, may plant in the path: “your adversary the devil walks about like a… read more