Kukminilbo (08.7.27) article: World famous speakers testified God’s love In UBF international conference at Purdue University.

It was noticeable that well known speakers testified about the love of God during the University Bible Fellowship International Conference at the Purdue University in west Lafayette, Indiana during July 24-27, 2008. The speakers had accepted the gospel by the Korean missionaries from UBF and they are now professionals in their respective areas. Their messages were warmly welcomed.

Dr. Joseph Schafer from Penn State University came to the church by the Korean Missionary when he was a student at MIT, 26 years ago. He spoke on Luke 19 and emphasized that Jesus accepted Zacchaeus as he was. He said that Jesus was looking for Zacchaeus earnestly when Zacchaeus was looking for Jesus earnestly. This is the secret of the relationship between Jesus and each person. He urged that each person must find a salvation from despair, selfishness, loneliness, and isolation through personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Restoration of the personal relationship is the key to quench the spiritual thirst in our post modern young people.

Dr. James Rabchuck, a Physics professor and a Bible teacher at the Western Illinois University delivered Luke 15, ‘a parable of the prodigal son’ and emphasized that God has compassion toward the prodigal son and runs to welcome him. It is a great comfort and glory that each person has a heavenly Father.”

The title of the conference was ‘For God so loved the world” (John 3:16). Despite famine and flood and war, family problems and personal hardships, people gathered there in order to testify the love of God toward each person.

Vladimir Levitsky from Ukraine testified, “I thought about the love of Jesus Christ as something far away or not applicable to me. But the conference helped me to know the love of God personally.”

West Lafayette- Soon Man Lim