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April
2020
Volume 64, Number 3
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About This Issue
Our cover story this month features the work of Kyung-Chik Han, a South Korean pastor who worked tirelessly mobilizing churches to meet overwhelming needs in the midst of the Korean War. This issue went to press before the scope of the COVID-19 epidemic in that country was fully known and well before the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. Nevertheless, Asbury University historian David Swartz offers us a provocative reminder that many of our most important institutions—crucial in good times and bad—stand on the shoulders of unsung giants. And it’s not unthinkable that the strength of any institution that endures tumult today is owed, in large measure, to the success of its overlooked heroes.
Cover Story
A Korean pastor helped birth one of the world's largest charities. Why did he disappear from history?
Features
The truth of Holy Saturday is that God is with us, even in our mortality.
The so-called “moral argument” gives evidence of God’s existence. But it also directs us to his goodness and grace.
The ancient Scriptures are a surprising source of support in our struggles with stress.
Views
The best tools and strategies are deceptively simple.
Why an ancient bishop taught new believers about grace using the Old Testament.
Reviews
The collapse of an older, activities-driven model has created room for a gospel-centered alternative.
Nowadays, the Western church needs to send ambassadors to its own culture.
Chosen by Valerie Fraser Luesse, a magazine editor, award-winning travel writer, and author of "Missing Isaac" and "Almost Home" (Revell).
Scripture has a resounding reply to our doubts about his longing to be with us.
Chosen by Michelle Van Loon, author of "Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in Midlife" (Moody Publishers).
News
How the Scripture distribution ministry is adapting for 2020 and beyond.
Schools wrestle with best ways to serve LGBT students, stay true to traditional teachings.
Foreign-born chaplains serve growing diversity in American military.
More from this Issue
Honoring the hidden heroes of our past can start right now.
How a son of the Arabian Gulf met the Son of God in a strange new place.
