Category Archives: persecution

What’s More Important Than Protecting Your Childrens’ Right To Read The Bible During School Recess?

Recently young Giovanni Rubeo was refused access to his Bible during his school’s free reading time.  I was interested to learn more about his response to his teacher in light of the theology of persecution and suffering we teach to North Korean … Continue reading

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On Balloons That Take A Few Launches To Land True

Greetings from 35,000 feet over Russia! Dr. Foley and I are en route back to Korea from London after a particularly satisfying week of meetings across England with Joseph, our North Korean defector “son.” You may have heard me mention … Continue reading

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How Witnessing An Execution Gave One North Korean An Insatiable Hunger To Read The Bible

File this one under Romans 8:28: We received a letter from KCR, a North Korean defector in prison in South Korea. (There are many NK defectors in SK prisons, and they are rarely reached by churches.) We sent him one … Continue reading

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