The Apostle Paul once wrote to the Christians in Rome, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes…” — Rom. 1:16 And to that I say “Amen!” The Gospel has not lost its power. What has been lost is modern man’s ability to believe it. Let me explain.

We live in a time of post-modernism and secular humanism. In our current culture, very few people actually believe anything. Even in the church many give in to the flawed logic of post-modernism in order to avoid having to stand for any absolute truth beyond our own feelings. As one bumper sticker put it. “I’ve given up on my search for Truth. Now I’m just looking for a good fantasy.”

Many men in the audience openly wept as I taught on making our homes an embassy of the kingdom of God and opening them by hospitality to be a place where others can taste and see that the Lord is good. I discovered that the culture of South Korea is so competitive that many young school children are driven to despair trying to get into the top 5% of test scores. High school is even worse and the university is very unreasonable. Then after school is completed the people go to work for the government or in large companies that allow no time for their employees to be with their families.