The One Who Receives the Greatest Grace May Be the Most in Danger “Woe to you, Chorazin ! Woe to you, Bethsaida ! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon , they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum , will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades . The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and the one who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me” (Luke 10:13–16). (1) Today, I would like to meditate on the lesson given through Luke 10:13–16 , together with its parallel passage, Matthew 11:20–24: (a) First, Jesus rebuked the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent (Mt. 11:20)...
Train up a child in the way he should go “Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). I heard about the news that there was an explosion at a train station in North Korea. As a result, it is known that there are many casualties. I heard that a lot of people are in danger of blindness because of the tremendous post-busting and glass debris, causing serious eye injuries. Especially, I heard the unfortunate news that most of the children injured at a near elementary hurt their eyes. The poet Kim Yong-taek, who had heard the unfortunate news of the children, said in his poem "Yongchun Elementary School": ‘... the children of Ryongchon! You children who are like new grass leaf from the ground ! You who lost your school, your friends, your homes...