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E256: "I Wouldn't Wish It On My Enemy": Ex-Buddhist's Trip to Hell and Back | Lila Rose Show

The Lila Rose Show

Lila Rose

Society & Culture

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Many of us wonder: are heaven and hell real? Is anyone truly at risk of eternal damnation?


Here to confront those questions head-on is Steve Kang, pastor and evangelist. But Steve didn’t always follow Jesus. In his youth, he was fully immersed in the party lifestyle until a near-death experience changed everything. In that moment, he bargained with the devil for his soul and found himself in hell.


Now, Steve is on a mission. He’s here to warn us what hell is really like and to share the powerful insights he’s gained after dedicating his life to traveling the globe and proclaiming the Good News of Christianity.


After hearing Steve’s unforgettable story, you will never be tempted by lukewarm faith again. I urge you: stop being polite about your beliefs and share your faith boldly as an act of love — because life is short, and hell is forever.


Steve's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SteveKang9879


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I experienced eternal separation from God as a human being. The devil comes to me and says, if you offer your life as a sacrifice, I will give you 50,000 less years of hell. I grabbed the biggest knife I could find. The devil goes, is now or never. So I went for it and I, I was in so much physical, emotional, spiritual pain and fear and anxiety and hopelessness and guilt. And I heard in my spirit a still small voice.

0:22.4

And he said, Steve. And I was like, who is this talking to me? Like Buddha never talked to me?

0:26.4

And it was the voice of the son of God.

0:31.3

Hell and heaven are real. And Steve Kang has experienced both. He saw enlightenment from

0:36.4

Buddhism and drugs and ended up meeting the devil and spending eight hours in hell. And he has the scars to prove it. Today in the Lila Rose show, I'm sitting down with Steve Kang. And he has a story unlike any other told on this show. I love wrestling with these topics on this show because this world is not all that exists. There is a spiritual

0:54.4

reality that exists too that 100% impacts everything that we see in this world. And your soul and

1:01.6

my soul are on the line. Thank you to everybody who is listening to the show and opening their

1:06.5

eyes to these realities. Let's continue to grow together as a community to find what is good,

1:11.9

true, and beautiful and to live our lives in order with God's plan so that we can thrive and

1:16.9

other people can thrive to. Thank you so much for everybody who's been subscribing. It's so

1:21.2

exciting to watch the show grow all because of you. The quickest and easiest way that you can

1:25.5

support this show is make sure that you are subscribed. Also, if you're listening on podcast app, leave us five stars and a review that also helps the show to grow. Thank you so much. Steve King, welcome to the podcast. Yes, it's an honor to be here, Lila. I'm so excited to talk to you. Yeah, me too. Thank you for having me. Honor to be here.

1:44.4

Thank you. I was already, we were talking before this and I was like, wait, don't stop talking. We need to be filming this. So we were talking about where you're, first of all, we're going to get into your story, but this is one of the most amazing stories. I think the show has heard yet. Praise God. So very excited to dive in.

2:02.6

We're talking about Boston, though.

2:03.6

You're originally... amazing stories. I think the show has heard yet. Praise God. So very excited to dive in.

2:02.6

We're talking about Boston now. You're originally from South Korea and then Boston.

2:06.7

Yeah, I was kind of different worlds. Yes. So I was born in Seoul in South Korea from both of my

2:12.9

grandparents were radical Buddhists. So I grew up in the temples. I had a pretty good childhood.

2:19.5

And my dad was very affluent. My grandpa went a rice winery. But things went sour. So I ended up

2:26.2

moving to America for a better life. And my mom was a registered nurse. And she worked at a VA

2:31.4

hospital in Boston. So I moved there when I was nine years old. So I remember

2:35.7

all the Halloween, the thanksgivings, the Christmas and seeing the biggest supermarkets ever in the

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