Korean Hostage Kim Sun-Il Update
Korean television reported that Korean hostage Kim Sun-Il is a Baptist. While this in no way increases his value in the eyes of God, as God loves all his children, that it can be assumed that he received a valid Christian baptism bodes well for his soul, should the unspeakable occur, and we pray it doesn't. The teaching of the Catholic Church is that God gives all his children, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, the grace necessary for salvation. What is needed on our part is cooperation with that grace.
I know that Kim Sun-il's situation is being exploited for political purposes and I hesitate to bring up his situation for religious reasons, but feel the situation warrants it. God save him!
Korean television reported that Korean hostage Kim Sun-Il is a Baptist. While this in no way increases his value in the eyes of God, as God loves all his children, that it can be assumed that he received a valid Christian baptism bodes well for his soul, should the unspeakable occur, and we pray it doesn't. The teaching of the Catholic Church is that God gives all his children, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, the grace necessary for salvation. What is needed on our part is cooperation with that grace.
I know that Kim Sun-il's situation is being exploited for political purposes and I hesitate to bring up his situation for religious reasons, but feel the situation warrants it. God save him!
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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