When U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance visited Europe, he cited a shocking case from the United Kingdom to deliver a grave warning that the Christian values that have sustained Western society are rapidly disappearing. In this case, a pro-life citizen was charged by judicial authorities simply for “praying silently”—without any physical obstruction or chanting of slogans—near an abortion clinic. Such a totalitarian system, which treats even a person’s private conscience and inner prayers as subjects of control and regulation, amounts to extra-legal control that directly negates the fundamental values of liberal democracy—freedom of conscience and freedom of religion. Furthermore, major European cities have seen their cultural identities rapidly diversify as a result of long-standing, indiscriminate immigration policies. In some quarters, the influence of Sharia law—Islamic law—has partially resurged, making it increasingly difficult to find the unique traditions of the quaint, pristine European cities we once learned about in history books or museums. News that the magnificent medieval church buildings—once the heart of Western civilization—now stand empty and have been remodeled and operated as nightclubs or commercial facilities is no longer a strange rumor but has become the sad reality of the West’s spiritual decline.
Amid this trend, I recently had a meaningful reunion with a German classmate from my international school days, who visited Songdo, Incheon—where I live—for the first time in a full 25 years. Although we had kept our friendship alive through letters, emails, and video calls over the years, this was the first time we had met face-to-face in a quarter of a century—ever since I met him in Germany during a business trip to the headquarters of a Scottish game company back in 2000, when the Western gaming industry was just taking off and we were both college students. While staying at my home in Songdo and traveling back and forth between Seoul and Busan, he even experienced a dramatic episode—losing his passport in the heart of Seoul only to recover it at the last minute—before safely returning to Germany. As we engaged in deep conversation with this old friend whom I hadn’t seen in so long, I gained a clear understanding of the perspectives held by a German intellectual—with a typical European center-left outlook—on policies regarding the inclusion of immigrants and the Trump administration’s macro-level trade tariff policies. Surprisingly, the trajectory of his thinking was very similar to the logic shared by center-left citizens in South Korea; I came to realize that this was the result of his uncritical acceptance of the homogenized globalist mindset shaped by the mainstream media during his twenty-odd years working at a major European corporation.
Nevertheless, since he was a friend with a broad outlook who had experienced cultural diversity alongside me while attending an international school abroad during our childhood, I naturally shared my firm biblical worldview and the grace of God the Creator as the conversation unfolded. In particular, when I confessed that the miraculous recovery of my lost passport was due to my family and I praying fervently in the unseen spiritual realm, my friend nodded in agreement and expressed his sincere gratitude. Through this meeting, I learned for the first time about his heartbreaking family history—that he had lost his father in an unexpected accident in Indonesia during his elementary school years—and I shared in his deep sorrow upon hearing that his mother had also passed away a few years ago due to a chronic illness. Furthermore, upon learning that he had become a strict vegetarian for health reasons and had lost hope in the blessings of marriage and children, I offered a fervent intercessory prayer in my heart that he might soon encounter a personal God and experience the true purpose of life and spiritual restoration.
Germany was originally the birthplace of the Protestant Reformation, where Martin Luther raised the torch of reform, and it served as the most significant spiritual stronghold in world Christian history, having opened the way for the Gospel to reach humanity through Gutenberg’s mass printing of the Bible using movable type. However, since its integration into the European Union (EU)—a massive economic bloc—Germany’s unique spiritual heritage and Christian moral values have rapidly faded. Whenever I hear news of the West’s moral decline—such as the recent passage of a bill allowing teenagers to change their gender identity without their parents’ legitimate parental rights or consent—I realize that this is not someone else’s problem, but a spiritual disaster that will soon sweep across South Korea under the guise of an “anti-discrimination law.”
Nevertheless, it is truly lamentable to witness the spiritual compromise of some pastors who remain silent in the face of this assault on our times, insisting that “religion and politics must be strictly separated,” as well as the helpless reality of those who have resolved to follow the prevailing trend within the matrix constructed by the lying media. I hold in my heart the resolute determination of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who shed his blood as a martyr by standing head-on against the Nazi regime’s brutal dictatorship and the madness of his era. As a watchman of our times, I rise at dawn even today to record the word of life on my blog, so that I may never cease to cry out the truth to a world that is growing darker. Together with the light breaking through the darkness, I begin each day with vigor, taking steps of faith.
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