Dr. YungSuk Kim: Recent Episodes
Yung Suk Kim
-Topics: Biblical studies and New Testament, culture and religion, power and politics -Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA
Embrace the life and the grace of God. I meditate on Psalm 1. When I meditate on the law of God, the first thing that comes to my mind is the acknowledgment that God is sovereign and merciful. We must see and honor God as God, which means we must allow for the power of God in our lives and acknowledge our utter dependence on God.
What do you think is the purpose of lex talionis (retaliation law) in Exodus 21:22-25? Long ago I wrote about this text and I am proud of this essay because it reinterprets the traditional understanding of it.
*My article: https://jhsonline.org/index.php/jhs/article/view/5695/4748
This episode deals with how to get in front of the text when we engage with liberation and social transformation. Readers of texts must recognize multilayered, intersectionality-woven marginality, stand in front of the text, and witness the power of the gospel for all.
This episode deals with how to get in front of the text when we engage with liberation and social transformation. Readers of texts must recognize multilayered, intersectionality-woven marginality, stand in front of the text, and witness the power of the gospel for all.
People say they love God but we must check whether their way of loving is truly the love of God that God affirms. We must stand on God’s side by studying what God wants. Don’t simply have God by your side to magnify yourself or your community only.
How do we make success in class? There are three key words that are important at all times: communication, commitment, and compassion.
Our happiness does not depend on others or external conditions. Be yourself and find happiness within you. This does not mean you must be separated from others. What I mean is "it is you" who must be the authority of yourself.
The body of Christ in 1 Cor 12 and Rom 12 can be understood alternatively as Christic embodiment.
John’s Gospel has a creative space for transformation. Dualism is a struggling point and lens through which they understand better about their life in the world.
Four different Gospels talk about the different purposes of Jesus’s coming to the world.