North Korea: Faith or Fear?
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 18 March 2016
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Australian John Short was detained inside North Korea after leaving gospel tracts near a Buddhist temple. He was facing years in prison—but he wasn't afraid.
"Fear and faith cannot exist within my heart at the same time," he says.
In this second part of our conversation with Mr. Short, he shares how he prayed—out loud—throughout his captivity, how his captors responded to his faith and how his "letter of confession" and eventual release came about.
He'll also share how, upon landing back in China, he learned for the first time that his captivity was international news. He was deeply moved to learn that Christians in many nations were praying for him during his trial, including a group of Chinese house churches that prayed around the clock during his detention.
Finally, Mr. Short shares specific ways we can pray for the "hermit kingdom" of North Korea.
Listen to the first part of our conversation with Mr. Short here.
Photo credit: "Star of the DPRK" by John Pavelka is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/28705377@N04/4610365613)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do you ever feel like fear keeps you from doing what God has called you to do? |
| 0:05.6 | God has called John Short to spread the gospel in communist nations, |
| 0:10.5 | and even though he's been detained and threatened and harshly interrogated, fear has not held him back. |
| 0:18.0 | Why not? |
| 0:20.0 | Fear and faith cannot exist within my heart at the same time. |
| 0:24.9 | When we live by faith trusting the Lord, |
| 0:27.8 | moment by moment, fear has no room in the heart. |
| 0:33.6 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:36.8 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:40.3 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:43.0 | Jesus's words came true in the life of the Apostles |
| 0:46.0 | and they're still coming true today |
| 0:48.0 | in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:50.0 | Join host Todd Nettleton |
| 0:52.0 | as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 0:55.4 | Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 0:58.4 | Welcome back to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:00.8 | Last week we began hearing the riveting story of John Short an Australian |
| 1:05.5 | gospel worker who was detained in 2014 inside North Korea. I would encourage you if you missed the first half of our conversation with |
| 1:15.9 | Mr Short. |
| 1:17.1 | Go to VOM Radio.net and listen to that episode or check us out in the podcast of last week's episode. Last week we heard |
| 1:26.1 | how John Short was on a tour inside North Korea. He left some gospel tracks outside a Buddhist temple. |
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