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Through the ways and events of the visible world, you come to deeply think about the invisible world and the will of God.
Immortal Telomeres
In the 14th century, the average life expectancy in Europe was a mere 38 years. With the advent of soap in 1790, disease incidence significantly decreased, leading to a ten-year increase in life expectancy. By 1928, with the discovery of…
The Homing Instinct Contained in Heungbujeon
At Heungbu's house, a pair of swallows built a nest. Before long, baby swallows began to appear in the nest. Then one day, Heungbu discovered a baby swallow lying on the ground. Heungbu took care of the baby swallow with…
History and Prophecy
The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty meticulously document the 472-year reign of the Joseon Dynasty, spanning from the inaugural monarch, King Taejo, to the twenty-fifth ruler, King Cheoljong. Comprising over 1,800 volumes, these annals offer a comprehensive and objective account…
Power of Cleaning
Everyone prefers a clean and tidy place to a filthy one. However, no place can be clean by itself. Dust piles up silently even though nobody brings it in, and trash is left from whatever we do. That’s why we…
Let Us Have a Vivid Dream of the Gospel
A teacher, a painter, a singer, a police officer, a scientist, or the President of a country. . . In our school days, we might have written these dreams on our personality description forms as our future jobs. But when…
The Miracle of the Gospel Through Gratitude
“Thank you!” This may just be a courtesy that people usually say after we’ve purchased something at their store. Even so, every time we hear that, it makes us feel good and we feel like going to that store again…
By Respecting One Another
There is no one who hates hearing words of recognition and acknowledgment for their talents and styles. We feel good when we are spoken well of by others even in trivial things. It is because our “esteem needs”—the desire to…
How to Break a Bad Habit
“I am a man of thirty with wrinkles and lines on my forehead that make me look forty.” A world-famous artist, Vincent Van Gogh, wrote to his brother Theo. As he suffered hardships of life and pain by creative work…
Sowing Seeds
In January 2017, big forest fires broke out in various places of Chile, including Maule. The scale was so large that the country had to declare national emergency, and the disaster resulted in 11 deaths and over 7,000 victims. The…
To Heaven with the Best Teamwork
A group of geese travels a long distance, flying in a V formation. There is a reason for their V-shaped formation. When the bird in front flaps its wings, it creates a vortex in the air, and the vortex creates…
The Great Power of Small Action
When spring comes after long winter, people make resolutions and challenge as if they are waking up from hibernation. College students restart studying a foreign language or a course for a license to get closer to their dreams, and workers…
Pleasant Changes in Me
In a science fiction film or novel, we often see a character who arbitrarily controls someone else’ will. What if this happens in reality and our will is controlled by an unknown power? Today, like every other day, Mr. Joyce…
Practice, a Channel for Change
At the beginning of every year, people make various plans to carry out for a year. However, until the plan is carried out successfully, there are many crises. Though they make a resolution easily, it is difficult to put it…
The Condition to Complete the Gospel Harmonization of Leadership and Followership
In any group whether it is a school or a company or the military base or a sports team or a public office, there is a word that is often mentioned when something good or something bad happens. It is…
Science in the Dark Ages
In 1992, the Roman Catholic Church officially admitted to erring in condemning Galileo Galilei, a 17th-century Italian astronomer, who maintained that the earth revolves around the sun. Galileo Galilei observed the moon and Mars with the telescope he invented, and…
My Family Is My Strength
“Though others said I couldn’t make it, my family believed me.” “The secret of my victory? It’s my family’s support!” “Without my family, I couldn’t have achieved a great success that people admire.” These comments are from the interviews with…
Making the Best Use of Our Good Mind
In a hospital room, two aged men are writing down something on a piece of paper. ‘Skydiving, helping strangers, climbing the Himalayas . . .’ It is so-called a bucket list—things to do before you die. While doing things that…
People in Search of Mothers
Children’s short story, “Heart” (Italian: “Cuore”), published by an Italian author, Edmondo De Amicis, in the late 19th century, is evaluated as one of the world masterpieces. The beautiful story became the basis of the animation series, “3,000 Leagues in…
Communication with Consideration for Others—A Quick Way to Complete the Gospel Work
Newborn infants burst out crying at first. Air goes into their lungs as soon as they cry, so they can breathe for the first time. The first cry is the first breath, and at the same time it is the…
Journey to the Holy Land, the Heavenly Jerusalem, for the True Peace
All Christians, at least once, dream about a journey to the holy land. Bethlehem where Jesus was born, Nazareth where He grew up, the Lake of Galilee where He met His disciples and preached the gospel . . . To…