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The Psalms and Songs Of Praise To Kim Il Sung Are Not Entirely Different And Not Entirely The Same

A few weeks ago I studied the Psalms along-side our Underground University missionaries in training. We studied the different kinds of psalms including the psalms of praise, lament and cursing. Much of our study that day was standard, but I … 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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Do North Koreans Worship Kim Il Sung As God?

The question of whether North Koreans regard Kim Il-Sung as God is–as with many subjects in North Korean studies–hardly as straightforward as it appears. For starters, North Korea is keenly aware that the rest of the world would regard such … Continue reading

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