Gospel and grunge

New York Journal | A week in a city filled with prodigals, but not without hope | Marvin Olasky

Who's for the gospel-infused best of Western culture? Korean Christians are. The Museum of Biblical Art is.

At the beginning of October's first week Korean evangelist Ock Soo Park, speaking in Madison Square Garden where home-grown evangelist Creflo Dollar often tells listeners to grab as much prosperity as they can, examined the parable of the prodigal son.

Park noted that the prodigal in the pigpen perhaps thought that "he could work hard, get money, and go back to the father proudly . . . but that kind of repentance does not bring change to our lives. The heart must come completely crashing down." Park described the attitude we need: "These ragged clothes, this dirty person, this foolish person, this is me. I've tried, I've labored, but this is the result."