ANNEX: FITXES D'ACTIVITATS-RISC-AVALUACIÓ-MESURES

As stated above, Hyung-Nong Park emphasized authority and inspiration of the Bible as a herald preacher, which we can also confirm through an analysis of his sermons. In his sermons, he underlined the importance of reading the Bible as follows: First, read the Bible continually. Second, read the Bible regularly. Third, read the Bible with prayer. Fourth, read the Bible faithfully. Fifth, read the Bible with meditation and sixth, read the Bible with the spirit of practice.

Hyung-Nong Park emphasized the importance of reading the Bible in his sermon on Acts 8:26-39. This particular sermon concluded that the Ethiopian eunuch was saved because of a constant reading of the Bible:

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An Ethiopia eunuch came to worship from far away, and then he was returning to his country. He entered into Judaism as a foreigner, made a pilgrimage to the holy city, was eager to worship God, and found the truth of salvation as he loved to read the Bible. Reading the Bible with pleasure led that Ethiopia eunuch to be saved for the first time before the early church started to preach the Gospel toward the Gentile. There is a legend that not only he himself was saved but also he introduced the Gospel to his own nation as a first evangelist. Let's become those who save our brothers and sisters as well as ourselves by loving to read the Bible like the Ethiopia eunuch.

He also expressed the importance of reading the Bible in another part of his sermon as follows:

If we diligently read the Bible, we will come to realize the truth of salvation and receive the grace of faith by means of illumination of biblical passages or guide of divine Providence.

Hyung-Nong Park did not ignore the situation of congregation in his preaching. He quoted other people‟s writings, fables and phrases by considering the circumstances of the congregation at that time. In other words, Hyung-Nong Park complemented the weakness of the herald preaching:

The old proverb that reading hundred times spontaneously reveals the difficult meaning means that we can understand the difficult meaning if we read more than hundred times, which also can apply to biblical interpretation. Someone said, “Reading the Bible is like eating fish. Isn't it good to remain bone if fish bone is not suitable to teeth because there is much flesh in other parts.”

Hyung-Nong Park utilized the logical method in order to persuade the congregation, which shows that he did not ignore the circumstances of the congregation in spite of his herald image:

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We must regularly read the Bible. We can read the Bible from beginning to end every three year if we read one chapter by one chapter every day. We also can read the Bible from beginning to end every year if we read three chapters by three chapters every day. There are 929 chapters in the Old Testament, but it becomes 839 chapters if it is calculated into 60 chapters because Psalms 150 chapters are mixed with long and short chapters. Total chapters of the Bible become 1,099 chapters if 160 chapters of the New Testament are added. Only four chapters remain after one year if we read these 1,099 chapters three chapters by three chapters every day for a year. It will be good to start from three parts of Genesis, Psalm, and Matthew in reading the Bible three chapters by three chapters every day.

Hyung-Nong Park emphasized the importance of the Holy Spirit and prayer, which shows that he depended on God‟s ability. This implies that he acted as a herald:

We have to read the Bible by prayer as we ask for the guide of the Holy Spirit. We can realize the meaning of the Bible by praying and awaken the spirit of prayer by reading the Bible. Praying and reading the Bible is similar to twisting strands into a cord, which makes human being and God twisted into a cord of faith. “For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man‟s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God (I Corinthians 2:11).” The Holy Spirit, the author of the Bible, is necessary in interpreting the meaning of the Bible.

Hyung-Nong Park did not reveal personal experience in his preaching, which can mean that he was a herald preacher. As stated above, he majored in systematic theology. As a result, his sermons reflect systematic theological tendencies and his theological ideas:

Biblical higher criticism brought about plenty of confusion in the theological world, which is due to reading the Bible without faith. Biblical critics analyze the Bible as they disbelieve the Word of God, deny supernatural phenomenon, and trust in naturalism, which means that their biblical perspective is similar to that of the scholar of Chinese classics without faith.

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Hyung-Nong Park did not express his own opinion in his sermon‟s conclusion, which can imply that he was a herald preacher:

Let‟s love to read the Bible like Psalmist by considering the Word of God as “more precious than gold, than much pure gold; sweeter than honey, than honey form the comb (Psalm 19:10).”