Reflection in Mirror

What is the way of communication between God and us?  How do we communicate with God?  The host suggests what is the best way to communicate with God: "preparing roads to God" in the minds and hearts of believers.

The host shares how the faith of Peter in God had been grown in his life with Jesus Christ.  There are three stages of growth of his faith.  Also, the host challenges listeners to compare the growth of their faith with Peter's. 

Sam Chung, a special guest for this particular episode, would like to introduce a story made by Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, theologian and poet in 19th Century: A love story of a king for a humble maiden in his kingdom.

Who is Holy Spirit?  The host introduces who Holy Spirit is and how he works.  Mysterious Holy Spirit empowers us and comforts us and drives our life to where God wants us to go, so we can live real Christian life.

Where is God?  We believe God is in certain place, and the place where God dwells is considered as Holy place just like the temple and Jerusalem where the temple of God is located.  However, God would says to us, “You cannot put me in one particular place and lock me up there.”  The host encourages listeners to live as temples of God who moves freely along with us wherever we are.  God is with us always.

Are you a churchgoer or Christian?  The host asks listeners if they are just attending churches or living Christian life examining Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of "The Antichrist".  

Do you agree with the saying that life follows where your mind sets?  Jesus Christ emphasizes on the mind of people rather than action itself.  The host is sharing what Jesus Christ says in the Bible and the case of a Buddhist monk, Hyo.

Which is more important to you: love or knowledge for your success in your life?  It is said that we need knowledge and education to get happy life.  However, in this inter-related and inter-dependent world, we need to consider making balance between love and knowledge for better individuals and societies.  How about Christians?  Which would you, as a Christian, value more, love or knowledge?  The host invites you to think about the balance between love and knowledge in churches and societies. 

Life of Christians are not based on fantasy, but reality.  What is the fantasy and reality of Christians' life?  The host introduced pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book, Life Together suggesting what kind of life and fellowships of Christians in churches should be.

What is the name of your God?  How do you define God?  God told Moses "I am who I am" been asked his name by Moses.  What does that mean?  Let's find out the name of God and how we have been using his name for our own benefits.

Who is a priest?  What is the job of a priest?  If we are priests of God, what does that mean to you? The host asks listeners what their roles are as the priests of Jesus Christ and how they act in the societies and churches.

What drives you in your daily life?  What kinds of life that Christians should have? The host encourages listeners to have the nine fruits of Holy Spirit in their daily life as the proofs of Holy Spirit driven life.

Are you assure the plan of God for you?  What is the meaning of God's plan for you?  The host explains how did God make the plan for our salvation through Jesus Christ and what is the meaning of the plan.  Also, the host encourages listeners to follow the plan of God who is good and powerful.  

Are you a Godly person?  Do you believe in yourself? The host challenges the audience that people in the Bible were ordinary people just like us.  They were not special and inspiring examples in terms of faith.  When we focus on them reading the stories in the Bible we fail in getting what the Bible wants to tell us.  It is God who made them extraordinary.  When God helped them, they became the heroes of faith from losers.

Is there anyone who is perfect?  Everyone has Jekyll and Hide sides.  The host encourages Christians to confess the flaws and shortcomings of them to God who forgives their sins and to other fellow Christians who embrace and understand their weakness and mistakes.  The churches should be the place for the weak and the forgiven and the healed and the recovered.

Sometimes, it seems the love of God to be a obstacle for us in terms of fairness.  However, salvation is not based on fairness and justice of us.  The Gospel tells us that salvation is given to us by God not through our act of justice and fairness because the fairness is what we claim for our own interests, dignity and pride.  We can hardly find universal fairness and justice for all, so "fairness" and "justice" of us cannot save us but love of God who is above of all things.

Christianity is based on personal relationship with God.  Even though moral life is the essential part of Christians, it is the paramount of being Christian that having religious and spiritual experience with God.  The relationship with God makes us Christians as our identities.  Then, how can one have relationship with God?  What happens to him/her when one has spiritual experiences with God?  

How did Saul become Paul and what was the result of the change?  The host compares the conviction of Adolf Hitler and Albert Schweitzer with the case of Saul and Paul.  The host points out that the conviction of Saul which is derived from personal and selfish motivation turned into the belief of Paul which responded to the calling of God.

Chinese philosopher Mozi talks about Universal Love which makes benefit for all human beings not just for only people whom we prefer.  All Christians know that through the action of God and person of Jesus Christ.  Love should be universal and it completes with action.

Who is an apostle of Jesus Christ?  Is Paul qualified to be called an apostle?  The host examines how Paul defends himself to be the apostle of Jesus Christ through his letters to early churches in conflict with his enemies.

How do you define Christian life?  The host encourages listeners to follow Jesus Christ in ethical life and conduct themselves in the manner of Gospel over emotion.  That is more spiritual than worship, prayer and preaching.

While Judas' betrayal turned out to be the end of his life, Peter's one started a new beginning.  Why?  The host explains what made the difference between these two betrayals.  Paul thought he becomes strong when he is weak in Jesus Christ trusting that God works through the weaknesses of human beings.

The host is challenging listeners what they put their values on; Is the more better than the less? Then, why does Jesus Christ put his value on one sheep over 99 sheep in his parable?  He is talking about Christian values on numbers. Please, subscribe to the show!