Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is recognized in the breaking of the bread, reminding the disciples of his death and resurrection. Don’t forget what Christ has done, it’s more about what God can do than what we can.
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Songs for the Road: More Than Able (Luke 24:48-53)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We are witnesses to a God of miracles and he can work those miracles in us. Don’t stop being a part of this story for he is more than able!
Songs for the Road: Build My Life (Luke 24:25-29)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. All of scripture points to Jesus and his amazing sacrificial love for us. Will we build our lives on this story?
Songs For the Road: As You Find Me (Luke 24:17-24)
Message from Steve Khang. Jesus desires to work in us exactly as we are, not as we think we should be. Are we willing to allow Jesus into our imperfection?
Songs for the Road: Here Again (Luke 24:13-16)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We can meet Christ on the road as we walk through our ordinary lives, but will we recognize him?
Resurrected (Mark 16:1-8)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Because Jesus has risen, we no longer need to live in fear.
In the Name of the Lord
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is the King, who comes to save us, we need to learn to trust in Him!
More Than (Romans 8:26-38)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. When the Spirit of the Lord is living within us, there is nothing that we cannot overcome!
Recognizing Jesus (Matthew 14:22-33)
Message from Maya Harris.
Worth It (Romans 8:18-23)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Following Christ is worth it—because the glory of being a child of God is worth any cost, not just for future glory in heaven, but for the glory of God that we can experience in this lifetime.
Children of God (Romans 8:12-17)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Spirit leads us past fear to the knowledge that we are children, and all the beauty, goodness, and freedom of so being.
Spirit Dwelling (Romans 8:5-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. To be spirit led, we must learn how go change our mindset and allow the Spirit to dwell within us.
Set Free (Romans 8:1-4)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus has come to set us free from the bondage of our sinful flesh and condemnation.
Healthy Eyes (Luke 11:33-36)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Learning to see the world through God’s eyes is the key to lighting up our lives.
Just Be (Luke 10:38-42)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Our world values busy-ness and activity and doing a lot—and so we think that’s what Jesus values too. Can we learn to just be with Jesus and unlearn the unhealthiness of associating our worth with how much we do?
First Love (Revelation 2:1-5)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Sometimes we focus on things that seem right and godly but perhaps along the way we forget what is most important—our first love. If we want to go deep with Christ, we need to learn how to maintain that first love.
Redemption Through Christ
Message from Sophia Heo.
Deep: Deep Joy (1 Thessalonians 5:16-19)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In this new year, let’s learn to rejoice constantly and find the joy of the Lord in everything!
Deep: Resolve (Luke 9:57-62)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. As we head into a new year, the more pressing question for us is not what do we want to change about ourselves, but will we follow Jesus?
Deep: A Deep Peace (Luke 2:8-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus has come. And because of that we can experience a real accessible peace right here and now.
Deep: Accepting Immanuel (Matthew 1:18-23)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus has come to be with us in all the mess, especially in the mess, to comfort us and save us.
Deep: The King’s Challenge (Mark 12:1-12)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The authority of Jesus is always a challenge to power, which seeks to defend its power above all else. How might we learn to let down our defenses and let the true king into our lives?
Deep: Empty (Philippians 2:1-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus came not to grasp power but to empty himself and to serve. We must learn how to have the same mind and heart.
Deep: Worth-Ship (Philippians 4:4-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Whatever we find the greatest worth in is what we worship. And what we worship shapes our destiny. Is what you are thinking about and fixed upon truly worth it?
Deep: More Perfect Union (John 17:20-26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus wants to make us one—one with each other, one with him, one with the Father.
Deep: Growing into Love (1 Corinthians 13)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In the journey of faith, we progress past into Christ-like love. It is the point and goal of the whole journey, to become love.
Deep: Delight in the Word (Psalm 1)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. If we are to grow in Christ we need to learn how to delight in the Word of God to get sustenance from it rather than the poison we often get from this world.
Deep: Gain a Life (2 Corinthians 5:14-17)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus offers us a new and better life, but there is only one way to get it—we must release the old way of life.
Deep: Experiencing the Kingdom (Matthew 6:25-34)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. If we can keep our soil clear of the rocks and thorns we can experience here and now the reality of the Kingdom and experience supernatural love, peace, joy, and hope.
Deep: Forgive to Live (Matthew 6:9-15)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We need to learn how to consistently and habitually forgive others—and ourselves—as a critical spiritual practice for us to live abundantly in Christ.
Deep: Replace (Luke 11:24-26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We often are steered by the same spirits and learned behaviors that have afflicted us all of our lives. They return again and again, unless a greater more powerful Spirit can take their place.
Deep: Nothing Hidden (Luke 12:1-3)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus cares about what is beneath the surface of our lives, perhaps more than our outer behavior. Jesus has come to uncover and heal all that has been buried.
Deep: Make Room (Luke 8:8-15)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What often prevents the spirit of God from breaking new ground in our lives is all the gunk, distractions, and baggage that has built up within us. To go deeper with Christ we need to learn how to give him everything and everyone.
Deep: The Seed (John 1:1-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In order to understand how to go deep with God, we need to understand the seed that needs to be planted in our hearts. It is the Word of God, but it is not any old word—it is Jesus.
The Deep: Where Are You? (Genesis 3:1-10)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Sometimes we don’t get very far in the spiritual life because we are pretty much hiding from God. The light might hurt our eyes when we’ve been crouching in the darkness, but it can also bring us the life we’ve always really wanted.
Deep: The Deep (Psalm 42)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We were made for depth, but we live in a shallow world that cannot satisfy our soul’s very real deep thirst, only God can truly satisfy because in God we find real depth.
Living Grace (Ephesians 2:8-22)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Our church is founded on the idea of trying to make grace a reality—none of us deserve God’s grace and love, God calls those who are near and far to be united solely upon Christ.
Now is the Kingdom (Mark 1:14-15)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus’s central message is about the kingdom of God and its availability to us. Our central mission in life should be to manifest the kingdom here and now.
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction (Philippians 3:12-16)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Christian life is not an exciting short-lived sprint, it can be more like a marathon, one where we need to learn endurance to follow Jesus for a lifetime.
Look to Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Sometimes in life we get in trouble because we focus too much on ourselves. Look to Jesus, he is the founder and perfecter of our faith.
Training in Godliness (1 Timothy 4:4-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Training in Godliness is not meant to be legalistic or burdensome but it is great value for us all to help us live in freedom and joy!
Beautiful Feet (Romans 10:14-17)
Message from Pastor David Beck. We are called to go and share the Gospel to those around us, but it seems like we limit this to missions trips or just particular times of the year. Our hope is to grow in confidence and conviction to share the gospel in whatever opportunities that God gives us.
The Beauty of the Lord (Psalm 27:4)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Recognizing and appreciating the beauty of the Lord is an underrated spiritual practice but one that we can do just about anywhere and at any time.
Without Regret (2 Corinthians 7:10)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Regret is not godly, it holds us back from experiencing new life in Christ.
With a Promise (Ephesians 6:1-3)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Honoring and blessing the family we have, as they are and not as we wish them to be, is a blessing to us in return.
Faith Seeking Understanding (Philippians 4:4-7)
Message from Rev. Joseph Won.
Nehemiah 2:1-9
Message from Sara Chang.
Surrender (Romans 12:1-2)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Christian life is about learning to die and be transformed daily. And this requires learning the one thing most of us never want to do—surrender.
The Day of Salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We often think of salvation as something that comes later, but in Christ, salvation can come right here right now.
Unstuck in the Middle (Lamentations 3:21-26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. No getting around it–waiting can be hard and so can life. But we can get unstuck when we remember that the Lord’s love is steadfast even when we are not.
In All Circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. This is one of those verses that sounds good, but seems impossible. Giving thanks in all circumstances—it is something that won’t come naturally, but God can use it to transform us.
No Condemnation (Romans 8:1-4)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Christian life is one without condemnation, self-inflicted or otherwise.
Friendship with Jesus (John 15:12-17)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the most amazing things that Jesus has ever said is that we are his friends. Jesus wants to teach us how to truly love one another, and he does this by equaling the playing field.
Seek First: Faithful Over Time (Isaiah 40:28-31)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. How do we continue to be faithful when we grow weary and tired? Isaiah casts a vision of God who can help us endure over time, even though we have limitations.
Seek First: Remaining in Love (John 15:1-13)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Christian life is about learning to remain in the love of God, and how to take actionable, practical steps every day in the direction of God’s love.
Seek First: But Some Doubted (Matthew 28:16-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Where do imperfect people with imperfect faith go from here? Jesus in his parting words to his disciples give us a definite and gracious plan to move forward.
Seek First: Do Not Be Afraid (Matthew 28:1-10)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. He is alive! It makes all the difference; we can now live this life unafraid.
Seek First: Here is Your King (Matthew 21:1-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The King of the Kingdom is here. He may not be what we expected but he is better than we could ever know. Will you let him be your king?
Seek First: Empty Yourself (Philippians 2:1-8)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The way of Christ is one where we empty ourselves and are free to seek the good of others over our own.
Seek First: A Worthy Investment (Luke 19:11-26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What are we investing our lives in? Kingdom investments always have the greatest returns and will be ones we will never regret.
Seek First: The Flow of Joy (Romans 12:9-14)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We can experience the unending steam of God’s joy and blessing if we can learn to let go of that which hinders us and open our eyes to the joy.
Memento Mori (Genesis 3:17-19)
Message from Pastor David Beck. We will all experience death in our lives, for others and ourselves. While that is natural–and can be scary–remembering and acknowledging death can help us to have a greater view and purpose for our lives now to seek and help build the Kingdom of God.
Seek First: The Primary Prayer (Matthew 6:1-15)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Our first prayer (in priority) should be the prayer Jesus taught us which is not about our desires or our attempts at manipulating reality but it is about putting God and his will for the world first.
Seek First: Abdicating the Throne (Ephesians 4:17-24)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. If we want God to be king and to lead our lives, we first need to learn how to give up the throne of our lives.
Seek First: God’s Purposes Pt. 1 (Jeremiah 29:10-14)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. If we want to find our purpose for life, we need to sync up our purposes to God’s purposes for us–for his purposes for our life are good!
Seek First: Kingdom Community (Hebrews 10:19-25)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the important ways we can both experience and seek the Kingdom of God is in our fellowship and community with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Seek First: The Easy Yoke (Matthew 11:25-30)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus calls the weary to come to him not to receive more burdens to carry but to find an easy yoke where we can live in the freedom and joy of the kingdom, trusting God for all of our outcomes.
Seek First: Kingdom Reality (Matthew 6:25-32)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Kingdom of God isn’t some pipedream or mere psychological state of being, but living in it, immersed in the reality that there is an all powerful king of the universe who thinks our lives are very valuable, changes EVERYTHING.
Desires of the Heart (Luke 15:11-32)
Message from Pastor Patrick Chi.
Seek First: Why the Kingdom (Matthew 6:33)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The kingdom of God is what we all want and need, everything else falls into place if we can attain it. We need to both understand what the kingdom is and why it’s such a big deal.
The God of New Things (Isaiah 43:18-19)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Happy New Year! God is bringing in the new, not based on our “resolutions” but based on his good and perfect plans.
Receiving Immanuel (Luke 2:9-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God has come to be with us in the flesh through Jesus! As Christ is born to us, we are invited to receive and treasure this gift.
Word: Word Made Flesh (John 1:9-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is the Word of God made flesh. If we want to know the fullness and culmination of God’s desire for humanity—look to Jesus!
Word: The Historical Word (Deuteronomy 4:32-40)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What do we do with a word given to a specific people in a specific time and place? The Word can still teach us today if we have the spirit to hear it.
Word: The Voice of God (Exodus 19:3-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God speaks to his people, specifically to their situation, to teach them how to obey his voice. Do we today know how to obey his voice?
Whole: Remember (Exodus 13:3-10)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Much of our spiritual troubles come from amnesia, we so easily forget what God has done for us and the blessings that are so near to us. Learning to remember and be thankful is key to becoming whole in Christ.
Whole: Fight My Battles (Exodus 14:10-14)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The people of Israel were different from other nations because they learned to let God fight their battles. Will you?
Whole: Turn Aside (Exodus 3:1-16)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. There is a Holy God who wants to meet with us. We can encounter this God if we learn how to meet him in the midst of life when we learn to turn aside in humility from our seemingly set ways.
Whole: Trust and Let Go (Genesis 50:15-21)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Forgiveness, peace, freedom, and blessing are available when we can trust in the goodness of God and let go of hurt and offense and our desire to control.
Whole: Be Loved (Genesis 29:31-35)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We all need to be loved, and that need can only be filled by God. But a lot of us get stuck in cycles that are difficult to break on our own.
Whole: The Better Blessing (Genesis 25:29-34)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. There is a better blessing waiting, it is what only God can give, instead of the low-hanging fruit that most people choose.
Whole: With Our Whole Heart (Genesis 22:9-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In our journey of friendship with God, we must learn how to trust God wholeheartedly, which means that nothing must be off limits from God. We must be willing to trust him with everything in our lives.
Whole: How To Be God’s Friend (Genesis 12:1-4)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Abraham was called a friend of God because he learned how to trust in God and believe in his promises, not just in theory, but in how he chose to walk in uncertainty, learning along the way that God was good and trustworthy.
Whole: Space for God (Genesis 11:1-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In modern life, we keep adding technology and distractions to our life (which are supposed to make our lives better) but we are increasingly becoming more anxious and disconnected from God and each other. If we are to become whole people, we need to learn how to create space for… Continue reading Whole: Space for God (Genesis 11:1-9)
Whole: The Covenant of Grace (Genesis 9:8-17)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In the face of human evil, God’s justice does not turn a blind eye. But in the end, God’s everlasting covenant with humanity is to show us grace and mercy again and again and again.
Whole: Ruling Over Sin (Genesis 4:1-16)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Sin has a way of taking over, but God means to rule over it.
Whole: Come Out of Hiding (Genesis 3:1-13)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the effects of sin is we hide from the presence of God—even though it is being with God that will ultimately heal us and make us whole.
Whole: Whole (Genesis 1:26-31)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We were created for wholeness, whole in our relationship with God and whole in our relationship with each other. In order to learn how to be restored, we need to get a vision for what was lost.
Grace Be With You All (2 Thessalonians 3:16-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. This is how Paul signs off his letters, with the blessings and reminder that God is with us, blessing us, all of us, and working graciously on our behalf right now and always.
A Worshipping People (Romans 12:1-2)
Message from David Beck. The Apostle Paul challenges and exhorts us to use both our body and mind to worship God and better know his good and perfect will. But what does this look like and how can we continue to carry out these acts of worship in our everyday lives? [partial recording, sorry for… Continue reading A Worshipping People (Romans 12:1-2)
Faithful (1 Kings 17:8-16)
Message from Connie Hong.
The Day of Rest (Deuteronomy 5:12-15)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In this world where we are perpetually tired, perhaps it is time to revisit the ancient wisdom of the day of rest. What does it mean for Christ followers today to remember the Sabbath to keep it holy?
The House of the Lord (Psalm 23:5-6)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We all long for home, a place to rest, a place where we experience ultimate belonging, peace, safety, and goodness. God promises us this, but it is not a physical location, it is experienced in and with God, wherever we go.
Fear No Evil (Psalm 23:4)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Sometimes we are led through difficult circumstances in life but the promise is not that we will never face discomfort or pain but that God will always be with us.
I Shall Not Want (Psalm 23:1-3)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. As we let Christ be our shepherd in life and learn to live in kingdom reality daily, we will learn how to truly be satisfied in life.
Life.: Sharing Life (Acts 2:44-47)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Life together in Christ is a shared life, where we learn to share everything together.
Life.: Devoted (Acts 2:42)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The early community of Christ learned to devote themselves to certain practices on a consistent, sometimes daily basis. Is there something in this that we would be wise to remember in a day and age when it is so easy to forget our fundamental connection to God and each other?
Life.: What Then Shall We Do? (Acts 2:22-41)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. At a certain age, it seems like people become completely unwilling to change. How can we remain receptive to the moving of the Holy Spirit without becoming closed off to the possibility of change?
Life.: The Untamed Spirit (Acts 2:1-12)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Centuries later we are still trying to make sense of Pentecost. Maybe the point is that we will never be able to control or fully understand the ways of the spirit, we can only wait upon it and submit to it.
Life.: How To Make A Disciple (Matthew 28:16-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus commissions us to make disciples, but many of us struggle to understand how to do that—we are meant to make disciples immersed in the reality of the trinity.
Life.: The Spirit With Us (John 14:23-31)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus did not leave us alone, he gave us the Helper, the Spirit who keeps us aligned in the love of God even in the midst of setbacks, difficulties, and the like.
Life.: A New Command (John 13:31-35)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus gives us a new command to love like he loves us. What makes this a new command and why are we so bad at obeying it?
Life.: The Life of Imperfect Love (John 21:15-19)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. It’s quite daunting to try to love as Jesus loves because we know we will fall short. What should we do then? Jesus’ answer might surprise you—love imperfectly.
Life.: The Uncertain Life (John 20:24-31)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus says that we are blessed because we have a chance to trust in him without seeing him. In a world where we fear uncertainty so absolutely, Jesus invites us into a blessed life of trusting when we cannot see.
Life.: Life with the Resurrected Christ (Luke 24:13-35)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Would you know if Jesus was walking with you? Perhaps we don’t notice Jesus walking with us because we don’t expect it, but in light of the resurrection, we can see all of the once disappointing aspects of life with new hope!
Life.: New Life! (John 20:11-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. With Jesus’ resurrection, he experiences new life. But with that, he extends it to us to not cling to the old but to experience new freedom and new joy in this new reality.
Life.: Humble King. Humble Life. (Matthew 21:1-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is in very essence humble. He lowered himself even though he had the greatest power. Our lives work best when we learn to do the same.
Life.: The Fear of the Lord (Proverbs 10:27)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Perfect love drives out fear but paradoxically what supports our ability to love freely and to be completely secure in God’s kingdom is the fear of God.
Life.: The Community of Grace (Ephesians 2:11-22)
Message from Pastor Steve.
Life.: The Life of Grace (2 Corinthians 12:7-10)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Grace is available to us all the time but among the greatest ways we experience grace is through our weakness and suffering.
Life.: Belong
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In this increasingly isolated and fractured world, many of us long to belong, but in a world that only knows how to “be short”, many of us do not understand what it means to “be long” to commit for the long run to Christ and his community.
Life.: The Blessing of Today (Matthew 6:25-34)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the greatest problems of life is our tendency to worry about tomorrow. But Jesus tells us to leave tomorrow to tomorrow and that today is enough. In today, we will find tremendous blessing!
Life.: Worthwhile Deposit (Matthew 6:19-24)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Are we spending our time and resources on things that last and are meaningful? We have an opportunity to make deposits into the kingdom of God in our lives here and now.
Life.: Cloud of Witnesses (Hebrews 12:1-2)
Message from David Beck. It is good that we build a healthy personal relationship with God in our life. However, it is also good for us to remember that our faith is not just our own, and we journey and persevere in our Christian life with a cloud of witnesses around us and for us.
Life.: With You (Philippians 4:4-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Christian life is the “with you” life. We are never alone. We need to learn to see the God of peace who is always with us, and to see his goodness in each other.
Life.: Right Desires (Matthew 5:27-30)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Our desires drive us and the direction of our lives, so one of the most important things as a Christ follower is that we learn to surrender our desires to God.
Life.: Quick Forgiveness (Matthew 5:21-26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We often think of big, slow forgiveness for past sins that sometimes occurred years ago. While that is important, rooting out anger and the seeds of contempt which form quite easily before they can take root is key for us to be able to sustain our love for one another… Continue reading Life.: Quick Forgiveness (Matthew 5:21-26)
Life.: The Purpose of Life? (Matthew 5:43-48)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What is the purpose of life? It is to become complete in our love. Did you think it would be easy? But it is possible with God.
The Unrighteously Righteous (Matthew 6:13)
Message from Pastor Young Yi. The temptation to be self-righteous is the fast track to evil and our own downfall.
Life.: Be Here Now (Psalm 139:1-7)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God is here and now. It is the only place where we can find God.
Life.: Light of the World (John 1: 1-5, 9-14)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In the darkness, we have one true light, his name is Jesus. Let him be the one we look to and trust in fully in this new year and always.
Life.: A Life of Wonder (Luke 2:8-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus coming to this world was and is incredible, a great wonder. It seems we have lost the ability to wonder at the greatness of God—let’s regain that as we go into a new year!
Life.: God In Real Life (Matthew 1:18-25)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We have a tendency to separate God out from the rest of our lives but in Jesus, God breaks into messy ordinary life in a way where we can never put that genie back into the bottle!
Life.: Changed Lives (Mark 1:1-8)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What does it mean to have a changed life, and how can we change? A changed life is one from the inside out that comes from complete immersion into Christ’s life.
Life.: Be Alone To Be Together (Mark 1:32-39)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. If we want to be able to do life together we need to learn how to be alone with the Lord so we can know and follow the will of God and not the whims of the crowd or the knee jerk reactions of our emotions.
Life.: Thanksgiving Through Contentment (Philippians 4:10-13)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We cannot truly be grateful for what we have unless we learn the secret of being content in all things. This is as important for us as individuals as it is for living in community.
Life.: The Imperfect Community (Matthew 7:1-5)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God has given us the gift of community knowing full well that we are imperfect and broken people. Jesus gives us the key to living in imperfect community—dealing with our own brokenness first.
Life.: Desires (Psalm 21)
Message from Connie Hong. There are seven common desires God has given all those He created to draw us into relationship with Himself. Learning to recognize God’s desire and allowing God to meet them, will allow us to enjoy a deeper and richer relationship with God and with others.
Life.: Lives Built on Christ (Ephesians 2:17-22)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Christian community is built on Christ alone, we do not find the basis of community in anything else. And that’s a good thing–Christ and his grace and love are strong enough to build our communities upon, nothing else comes close!
Life.: A Life of Peace (John 20:19-23)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus came to bring peace to us, imperfect sinners, so we can become a people of peace, who both experience forgiveness and extend forgiveness to others in this broken world.
Life.: Change the Atmosphere (Matthew 13:1-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the most powerful factors in shaping our lives is our environment. If we want our lives to change, we must cultivate an atmosphere that allows the Spirit to work within us.
Life.: Live in Love (John 15:10-17)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The life God wants for us is a life of love, where we not only receive love but are able to give it. It is the most joyous and fullest life!
Life.: Life From the Source (John 15:1-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The source of life is God, and the way to the fullness of life is to practice every day ways of connecting to God.
Life.: Who You Really Are (Romans 8:14-17)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We cannot live the life God has for us unless we truly know who we really are. We can only be fully secure in who we are by receiving the gift of this identity by the Spirit of Christ.
Life.: Life by Spirit (Romans 8:2-13)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. A truly alive life is one in and through the Spirit.
Life. Deliver Us! (Romans 7:14-Romans 8:1)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The nature of life is that we are unable to do the good that we think we should. What do we do about this? We certainly need someone to deliver us!
Life.: The Restful Life (Matthew 11:25-30)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The world’s view of the Christian life is that it is… terrible. Trying to do spiritual things and live for Jesus seems impossibly burdensome—but that is not what Jesus says at all. He is gently calling us to less burden, not more.
Life.: Who’s Invited? (Matthew 5:1-12)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Who is Jesus’s invitation to life for? It is for you, undeniably. We often suspect (or have been told) that Jesus is not for us, that we are not good enough or qualified in some way, but make no mistake, Jesus welcomes you–your are invited, and you ARE BLESSED.
Life. Prologue: Abundant Life (John 10:7-15)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus has come to give us life abundantly. There are a lot of wolves in sheep’s clothing that have come to take not give. How can we tell who has our best interests and how do we know that Jesus’ offer of abundant life is a genuinely good one?
Power (Psalm 19:1-6)
Message from Connie Hong. We serve an almighty and powerful God. But sometimes we forget what makes God so great and powerful. May this reminder be a resting stop for us to bask in His greatness.
Happier: In All Circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the greatest tools we have to greater joy is so obvious, most of us severely underutilize it–giving thanks. The key and the challenge is to learn how to do it in ALL circumstances.
Happier: Joy Multiplied (Ecclesiastes 4:7-12)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the main keys to a happier, more fulfilled life is to experience it with other people. Community and connection are keys to a joy-filled life, but modern life has never been more opposed to it.
Happier: Vacation Anytime (Psalm 46)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Do you ever feel like you’re in need of a good vacation? But when it comes to God, we can enjoy a greater benefit–the presence and power of God anywhere, anytime.
A Glimpse of Eternity (Matthew 17:1-13)
Message from David Beck. It’s hard to imagine what eternity is like as it’s a concept that we cannot fully grasp. Yet, God gives us glimpses and hints of eternity through scripture and our personal experiences. Though this, we can have faith and hope in a holy, glorious, and future eternity while still having purpose… Continue reading A Glimpse of Eternity (Matthew 17:1-13)
Happier: Out of the Courtroom (1 Corinthians 3:21-4:4)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the things that makes us supremely unhappy and incapable of enjoying the present moment is the nagging feeling of constantly being judged by another’s standards –or our own. The good news in Jesus Christ is that we can be freed from these judgments, we can know that the… Continue reading Happier: Out of the Courtroom (1 Corinthians 3:21-4:4)
Timothy (1 Thessalonians 3:1-5)
Message from Connie Hong. “You are a forever sidekick.” How would you feel or what would you say if this were to be your role in life? While the world emphasizes the significance and glorification of being the “main character” in all aspects of life, we are taught that the “Timothys” also play a significant… Continue reading Timothy (1 Thessalonians 3:1-5)
Happier: Don’t Follow the Belly God (Philippians 3:17-21)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What is the Belly God? It is our desires and appetites that don’t deliver us the happiness and fulfillment that we can have by following the example of those who have followed Christ faithfully for the past two thousand years.
Happier: Joy Always (Philippians 4:4-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Is it possible or even desirable to always be joyful? Paul seems to think that rejoicing is a big deal and he keeps telling us to do it. We can learn to cultivate a joyful heart, a joyful attitude, and a joyful way of being by looking to the beauty… Continue reading Happier: Joy Always (Philippians 4:4-9)
Happier: For the Joy (Hebrews 12:1-3)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We think happiness is about the absence of suffering, but Jesus endured the cross FOR THE JOY laid before him. For what joy? The joy of following the will of God and saving others.
Happier: The Happiness Paradox (John 15:1-5)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The happiness paradox is the idea that what we think makes us happy often doesn’t. We may be seeking happiness in the wrong places, because we mistake fleeting pleasure for whole-hearted, lasting happiness and fulfillment which God wants for us too, and can be found ultimately in Christ.
Firm Foundation: Start Back At One (Luke 10:38-42)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In our faith journeys, it is very easy to drift, to lose our focus or motivation. What do we do in those moments? It’s helpful to start back up again with a “go-to” move, to focus on ONE thing that will get you moving back towards God.
Firm Foundation: Discipleship!!!! (Matthew 28:16-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. You can tell discipleship is important right? Four exclamation points! And yet maybe the modern church has put discipleship on the backburner. If we want to connect to God’s great story, we must become and be committed to making disciples of Jesus Christ.
Firm Foundation: Living a Better Story (Romans 8:18-28)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. There is good news for all of us who mess up, are imperfect, and get caught up in stories of despair, hopelessness, and utter lack of control. We can abandon those stories and live into the story of God, the story of the Kingdom, one where He is working everything… Continue reading Firm Foundation: Living a Better Story (Romans 8:18-28)
Firm Foundation: The End of Hostility (Ephesians 2:8-22)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Building the kingdom of God starts when we accept the grace of Jesus Christ and extend it to other people. There is no more us vs. them, Jesus puts an end to hostility so that we can genuinely learn to be one with others.
Firm Foundation: The Helper (John 14:15-27)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Living this life by ourselves can be tough. That’s why Jesus promises a Helper—the Holy Spirit—to help us to be able to live life as Jesus intends.
Firm Foundation: Treasured (Matthew 6:25-34)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We live in a world where we no longer know our value. In God’s kingdom here and now, we are highly valued–and God protects his valuables! Seeking to know our value in God’s kingdom will change how you live in this world!
Firm Foundation: Seeing Clearly (Matthew 6:19-24)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. A lot of the problems we have with decisively living out the Christian life is that we just don’t see its full value. If we’re being honest, we value tangible things like money above living for the kingdom, but if we can fix our vision, perhaps we can see the… Continue reading Firm Foundation: Seeing Clearly (Matthew 6:19-24)
Firm Foundation: Freedom to Love (John 13:1-16)
Message from Young Lee. The world teaches us that greatness is synonymous with acclaim and prestige, yet Jesus refuses to play that game. Before taking upon the cross, Jesus does what he has always done, which is to descend and take on an even greater position as a servant one last time. It’s awkward and… Continue reading Firm Foundation: Freedom to Love (John 13:1-16)
Firm Foundation: The Upside-Down Kingdom (Mark 1:14-15)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus’ central message is about the availability and present-ness of the Kingdom. But the only way in is to change your mind.
Firm Foundation: Do Not Be Afraid (Matthew 28:1-10)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus has overcome death, so now we do not need to be afraid of ANYTHING!
Firm Foundation: This is Our King (Luke 19:28-40)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is unlike any other king. He is humble and loving, yet powerful and worthy of giving our lives to. Following Jesus requires submission and surrender, but it is no less than what Jesus has given to us.
Firm Foundation: Need a King (1 Samuel 8)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Israelites cried out for a king, and by doing so, they rejected the one true King. Truth is we all need a king, but we often just follow the wrong ones.
Firm Foundation: Know God (Judges 2:10-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. How do we know God, like really know him not just know about him, for the times of trial when we really need God? Our trials provide an opportunity for us to turn to God and to stay with him even after the trial has passed.
Firm Foundation: No More Condemnation (Romans 8:1-4)
Message from David Beck. Christ’s work on the cross allows us to be with God, but it doesn’t mean we stop sinning. Yet, we have hope that despite our capacity and desire to sin, Christ’s love still covers us and leads us to live without condemnation and move onwards towards God.
Firm Foundation: Names and Numbers (Numbers 26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Anyone ever get excited about the book of Numbers? How about a big long list of names in a genealogy? They teach us something very important—God does not ever forget about his people.
Firm Foundation: Promised Land (Joshua 1:1-6)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We all have a desire for a place of our own. God provided for his people a place they could rest and be secure. That blessing is still offered to us in the reality of a kingdom we can experience here and now.
Firm Foundation: Atonement (Leviticus 2:1-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Sin is a reality that God had to deal with for us to become one with Him.
“Firm Foundation: Become the Word” (Joshua 1:6-8)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. When we read God’s word, we don’t want to simply read it the way we do everything else, we want it to become part of us and we should conform to it. We will be discussing several ways to read scripture with this goal in mind.
Firm Foundation: The Second Law (Exodus 20:13-21)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Don’t sleep on the Second Law! Learning to love our neighbors as ourselves is at the heart of the second half of the 10 commandments. It is not about a rigid legalism, but a heart that beats as God’s that can be united to our brothers and sisters.
Firm Foundation: The First Law (Exodus 20:1-7)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Law’s ultimate goal was to make us the people of God. It is important for us to understand the first law in order to read the entire Bible properly. God must be God alone and we must learn to love him and honor him.
Firm Foundation: Covenant People (Exodus 19:1-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God desired and still desires a covenant people. We have lost a sense of what it means to truly belong to God and live in holiness. It is not meant to be a burden, but truly a blessing!
Firm Foundation: Directions From God (Exodus 18:13-23)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Moses was known for his connection to God and his will and desire for his people. Who do we turn to for direction and truth in an age where people hear the “truth” they want to hear?
Firm Foundation: Ex-Change Your Life (Luke 14:26-33)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Many of us want to change our lives but few do. Understanding that life change is actually a life exchange may help us to count the cost of gaining life in Christ.
Firm Foundation: The Gift of Ourselves (Matthew 2:1-3, 7-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The greatest gift God gave to us was himself. And the greatest gift we can give to God is ourselves.
Firm Foundation: God With Us (Matthew 1:18-25)
Message from David Beck. Jesus has come not only to save us from our sins, but also to give value to our human bodies.
Firm Foundation: Prepare the Way (Luke 3:2-14)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We can make a straight path for Jesus to come into our lives by putting aside paralyzing guilt and walking in simple obedience.
Firm Foundation: Our Daily Bread (Exodus 16:1-12)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We live in a time where we fear scarcity. But God is a provider, and we can trust him for all that we need to live.
Firm Foundation: Forget Me Not (Exodus 13:3-10)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the greatest spiritual problems is that we forget the faithfulness of God. God established practices for his people to honor and celebrate God’s deliverance in the past so we can remember his faithfulness for the present.
Firm Foundation: God of Wonders (Exodus 6:2-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Israelites had a hard time believing in God’s promised deliverance because their spirits are broken. Do you believe that we can see the wonders of God? He can surely deliver. Again.
Firm Foundation: The God Who is Here (Exodus 3:1-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God is HERE, and He HEARS. In uncertainty and suffering, what makes all the difference is knowing that the God of the whole universe is present right here, right now.
Firm Foundation: What Now? (Jeremiah 29:1-14)
Message from Young Lee. There are many times in life, where we may feel as though we are in “exile.” We are in a situation that is different than the one we desired. God speaking calls us to embrace our season and to trust in His faithfulness rather than the “false prophets” of the world.
Firm Foundation: Meant For Good (Genesis 50:15-21)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What we think of us as bad God can redeem. What is meant for evil, God is able to use for good.
Firm Foundation: The Blessing of Enough (Genesis 32:22-30)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the great human problems is we can never get enough. In the spiritual life, we just use the word “blessing” to justify our appetite for more. Perhaps the greatest blessing is being able to be satiated by none other than God himself.
Firm Foundation: No One Like You (Genesis 29)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In today’s world, relationships and sex (while good things) have become a substitute for a rightly ordered relationship with God. There is nothing that can satisfy us the way God can.
Firm Foundation: Nothing Withheld (Genesis 22:1-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. As we are learning to set a firm foundation in Christ, perhaps the most important step is to uproot all that we would trust in other than Christ. God is asking for you to come to him empty handed, to not withhold anything from him, so that we may have… Continue reading Firm Foundation: Nothing Withheld (Genesis 22:1-18)
Firm Foundation: What Makes Us Righteous? (Genesis 12:1-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang.
Firm Foundation: Our Shared Brokenness (Genesis 11:1-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What unites us truly is not our shared awesomeness—it is our brokenness. It is what can unite us in Christ, when we realize in humility our desperate need for God to be God, our Savior, our one true and only hope.
Firm Foundation: Not Yourself (Genesis 4:1-12)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. You are not yourself when influenced by sin. We often unknowingly allow sin to reign in our lives–but there is hope: through the Holy Spirit, Christ can reign in us instead.
Firm Foundation: Not God (Genesis 3)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Perhaps the original sin is trying to replace God. If we are to restore our foundation in Christ, we need to understand where it first went wrong.
Firm Foundation: The Source (Genesis 1:1-5, 26-31)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God is the source of all life and all goodness and beauty. Humbly recognizing and honoring that source is the start of building any firm foundation for our lives.
Thriving in the Pandemic: Faithful (Philippians 1:3-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God is faithful to complete the work he began in us. It is an ongoing process, one that is more dependent on God’s faithfulness than our own. But God’s faithfulness is what frees us to be faithful to God–and to each other!
Thriving in the Pandemic: Be Kind (To Yourself) (Matthew 7:1-5)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We are taught to not judge others, but how often are we judging ourselves? This is a weird time, we all need to learn to be kind–first and foremost to ourselves.
Revisit Your Convictions (Matthew 7:24-27)
Message from David Beck. We often feel convicted to do certain things but aren’t always successful at doing them. When we revisit and check the foundations of our faith, it will help us to assess and determine how we live out our convictions.
Thriving in the Pandemic: River of Blessing (Romans 12:14-21)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In a time when it’s so easy to be unhealthily isolated and self-focused, we are reminded that God desires to bless and for us to be a blessing. We are invited to wade into this river of blessing which runs both ways.
Thriving in the Pandemic: Give Thanks and Remember (Luke 22:14-21)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the reasons we don’t thrive is because we are so forgetful. Giving thanks and remembering the goodness and provision of God is so key to thriving in difficult times, often in that order.
Thriving in the Pandemic: In the Gardener’s Care (Luke 12:22-31)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We may have different responses to stress and anxiety during the pandemic. The key to combating anxiety is learning to rest in the care of our loving Gardener.
Thriving in the Pandemic: The Importance of Soil (Luke 8:4-18)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Thriving in times such as these depends heavily on having the proper environment to receive and hold onto the Word of God.
Life in the Spirit: Always (Mark 14:3-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Will we always have inequality and injustice in this world? How do we maintain zeal to act when it seems injustice will always be a reality? The answer: we have a reality that is more enduring and real than that of injustice–the kingdom of God.
Life in the Spirit: Darkness Cannot Overcome It (John 1:4-5)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In the work of the spirit, we will bump up against the dark. It can be depressing to see how hard real change is and how prevalent darkness can be. But the light cannot be overcome, Jesus is our hope for change, not our ability to change things.
Life in the Spirit: Justice to Victory (Matthew 12:15-21)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. It’s easy to make a statement or show some outrage at injustice. Harder to see justice truly victorious. Jesus was not concerned with PR or assuaging his conscience, he was concerned with those who were oppressed and bringing about true justice.
Life in the Spirit: From Anger To Justice (Matthew 5:17-26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. When we see injustice, a natural response is anger. Anger can be destructive but the desire to see those injustices repaired can lead us on the path to fulfilling God’s justice.
Life in the Spirit: Spirit and Truth (John 4:13-26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Spirit must lead us into truth if there is any hope of change. It is often easier for us to hide from the truth, because the truth isn’t always comfortable. But when we have the Spirit of God with us, we can know we can be safe as we… Continue reading Life in the Spirit: Spirit and Truth (John 4:13-26)
Practical Discipleship: Becoming (Colossians 3:12-17)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The process of becoming like Christ is about living into the identity that already has been earned for you.
Practical Discipleship: Christ-Formation (Colossians 3:5-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. How do we actually change instead of just modifying our behavior? The kind of change Christ wants to bring about is a wholesale change of who we are, not just what we do.
Practical Discipleship: Where You At? (Colossians 3:1-4)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Where you at? Are you raised with Christ? Your location relative to Christ can make all the difference in figuring out what to do next in your spiritual journey.
Practical Discipleship: The Renewal of the Mind (Romans 12:2)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We are frequently unable to know and to do the will of God. The culprit–our minds. Good news–our minds can be renewed, we can be transformed, and we can know how good the will of God really is.
Practical Discipleship: With Your Body (Romans 12:1)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Your body is an essential tool in your discipleship that too often gets ignored or excused.
Practicing Presence: Present in Fellowship (Luke 24:28-35)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is recognized in the breaking of bread. But this wouldn’t have happened if the disciples didn’t ask him to stay. May we linger longer with one another and so then with Christ.
Practicing Presence: Present in the Word (Luke 24:21-27)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We can encounter God in his word. But one thing—you’ve got to be ready to be wrong.
Practicing Presence: Hidden God (Luke 24:13-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We can’t always sense or see God in the way we would like. We can encounter God through letting him into the ordinariness of life.
Resurrection Vision (Luke 24:1-12)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. May the resurrection help us to see life differently. May we be people of hope, may we know that even in the darkest and deadest situations, God can bring about new life.
Practical Discipleship: Accept the Cross (Mark 8:31-38)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We hate suffering and avoid it at all costs. Jesus accepted his cross. It is the means to the greatest transformation, and it is perhaps what a disciple most needs to learn.
Practical Discipleship: Who Do You Imitate? (Philippians 3:17-21)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We all imitate someone. We are disciples of Christ, but we often can grow in discipleship through imitating those who are following Christ themselves. Who are you imitating?
Practical Discipleship: The Discipline of Peace (Philippians 4:4-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The peace of God is not something we can self-generate, but it is promised when we practice the way of Jesus. Where are your eyes focused today in these uncertain times? Would you learn to train them upon the Prince of Peace?
Extravagant Love (Mark 14:3-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The missional life is not always practical or efficient. We are inspired to share an extravagant love with others because of the extravagant love Jesus has already given us.
Practical Discipleship: Hope Through the Spirit (Ezekiel 37:1-14)
Message from David Beck. There will be many “dry” times in our discipleship that discourage us and make us doubt. Yet, we have hope that God will lead us through it and guide us to where He desires for us to be .
Practical Discipleship: Becoming Love (1 Corinthians 13)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Loving like Jesus is the goal of our discipleship. It’s not automatic but God can help us to become more loving—let’s learn how!
Practical Discipleship: Unstuck (John 21:12-19)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Many of us get stuck in our journey to follow Christ by our failures, by others, by our own anxious minds. Jesus gives us a way to get quickly unstuck, a discipline that we can use daily.
Practical Discipleship: Abide (John 15:1-13)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Not all habits are created equal. The ones that really help in our discipleship are the ones that allow us to abide in Christ and He in us, to let Christ do what we are unable to do by direct effort. You know, the ones Jesus himself did.
Practical Discipleship: Investing in Discipleship (Matthew 25:14-30)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The way we become disciples is by building habits that will help us to do what we can not accomplish by mere willpower. This is the flourishing life! The biggest step though? Getting started.
Practical Discipleship: The New Human (Galatians 5:13-26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. There are two kinds of humans—one led by the flesh, the other led by the spirit. One is dominated by their desire, the other can freely do the will of God. Let’s find out how to actually become this new kind of human.
Practical Discipleship: Discipleship, Why? (Matthew 5:1-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Disciples give up everything to follow Jesus. Why in the world would anyone follow Jesus with those kinds of terms? Today we will explain why following Jesus is worth everything and why we are called to leave behind the old life to pursue this new one.
Anxiety-Free Life – Treasuring True Treasures (Matthew 6:19-34)
Message from Pastor Pete Chung from Korean Central Presbyterian Church in Houston.
Practical Discipleship: Who Do You Want To Become? (Matthew 28:16-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The most important question of spiritual transformation is who are you becoming? True change comes from identity–is your identity a disciple of Jesus, an apprentice who is learning to be like their master?
God of Hope (Romans 15:11-13)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. No one is without hope because we have a God of hope. By the Holy Spirit, there is always the possibility of change and a reason to hope.
You Are Not Alone: His Promises Are With You (Joshua 1:7-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Your feelings comes and go, but God’s promises are eternal. Lean into the promises of God, His Word never fails, and will always be with you, as God promises to be.
You Are Not Alone: Christ Is With You (Matthew 1:18-25)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God came to be with us through Jesus Christ. He is the ultimate manifestation of God with us in the complexity, messiness, and pain of everyday life.
You Are Not Alone: I Am With You (Galatians 6:2)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. One of the most concrete ways that we experience the love of God that assures us of God’s presence is through bearing one another’s burdens.
You Are Not Alone: God Is With You (Psalm 139:1-16)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God is with us. In an increasingly lonely age, this is the knowledge we need in our minds, hearts, and bodies. We NEED to know that God is with us and knows us.
The Big Story: What’s Your Story? (Colossians 1:9-14)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What will be your story in the big story? God can take your broken story and use it to build his kingdom.
The Big Story: Able To Stand (Ephesians 6:10-24)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. There is an enemy that doesn’t fight fair but we are able to stand in the Lord when we learn to take up the armor and weapons God gives us.
The Big Story: To One Another (Ephesians 5:21-6:9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Some of the most challenging verses in scripture read quite differently when we understand the big picture of unity in Christ that requires mutual submission and a Christlike love from all of us.
The Big Story: Kingdom Living (Ephesians 5:1-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The world believes that the holy life is a deprived life, but it is actually the best life, one that aligns us with God’s kingdom purposes, to unite us to each other in Christ’s love.
The Big Story: Love True (Ephesians 4:25-32)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. As we put aside our false selves, now we are called to speak truthfully, live truthfully, and love truthfully. We can only love others truly, if we embrace the truth of who we all are in Christ.
The Big Story: The New Human (Ephesians 4:17-24)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. New life implies leaving an old way of doing things. But what if you don’t feel like it? That’s precisely the problem, which new life in Christ is all about correcting.
The Big Story: Walk Worthy (Ephesians 4:1-16)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We have a big story, a big calling, a big purpose—will you live your life in a way that is worthy of this big story?
The Big Story: Overflowing Love (Ephesians 3:11-21)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. From head to toe, from your inmost being to what people see on the outside, the Christ-follower should be full to overflowing with love. When we are filled up, we find that the love of Christ spills out to everyone we encounter.
The Big Story: You’re Not (More) Special (Ephesians 3:1-10)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Paul reveals the big mystery of the gospel that the Gentiles are included in it, just as the Jews were. We like to think of ourselves or make ourselves as more special than others, but the enfolding love of Christ helps us belong to this one body together.
The Big Story: No More Division (Ephesians 2:11-22)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. People today are divided, separate, scared, and alone. God desires to bring us to him and to bring us together. He did this through Jesus. And the church is his chosen instrument to be the dwelling place of God’s presence.
The Big Story: Alive By Grace (Ephesians 2:1-10)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The problem of sin is that we are separated from God and each other, from what makes us truly alive. God desires to do something to bring us back to life–by grace, a gift that can only be received, not earned.
The Big Story: The Big Story (Ephesians 1:9-23)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In this world, many of us are living little stories or stories that frankly don’t lead anywhere. The secret of a life of joy and meaning is to link up our story with God’s big story, one that unites us with God and each other in love. YouTube link for… Continue reading The Big Story: The Big Story (Ephesians 1:9-23)
The Big Story: The Blessing Life (Ephesians 1:1-8)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We are obsessed with living a blessed life… and this is God’s desire–the truth is God has given you EVERY blessing, but to live the big story God has for you, it is a life where we are also BEING a blessing.
Practical: Change One Thing (Colossians 3:17)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. As we close our summer of speaking of practical spiritual advice, perhaps the most practical advice I can offer is to choose just one thing at a time that you want to change and dedicate it to God.
Practical: You Are What You Eat (Joshua 1:8-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What our eyes behold, what we consume, the stories we believe, all these things make us who we are. The words of God are meant to be chewed and enjoyed and to make us who we are.
Practical: On Mission (Colossians 4:2-6)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Every day is an opportunity to live your life on purpose, on mission. It is not just for a foreign mission field or special seasons of your life.
Practical: Some Pain, Some Gain (John 21:15-20)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Maybe you’ve heard that following Jesus is radical, that it is an all-in proposition. But the journey to real life change is done often not with big huge steps, but with little ones.
Practical: No (More) Regerts* (2 Corinthians 7:8-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. This passage changed my life. I was an expert at the art of feeling bad. And worst of all, I thought it was spiritual to do so. But this passage helped me to understand that Godly conviction is meant ultimately to give you life–regret just holds you back.
Practical: Remember and Respond (Ephesians 2:11-22)
Message from David Beck. We are so prone to forget what God has done in our lives. We must remind ourselves again and again of why we need God, what God has done, and respond accordingly.
Now I Know That You Are A Man of God (1 Kings 17:19-24)
Message from Pastor Joseph Won. Being witnessed as a man of God comes from the people you serve. Evidence of being truthful comes from the ones who receive life from you.
Practical: Seeking God in the ‘Summer Seasons’ of Our Faith Journeys (Psalm 63)
Message from Pastor Tom Humphreys. I have found myself living in and through this Psalm in recent days. It is a guide to growing in our faith in the times which are neither spectacular nor sensational but rather ordinary and even mundane… the ‘summers’ of our spiritual journeys.
Practical: Wait… and Wait Longer? (Psalm 13)
Message from Evan Park. Life can present periods of time where we often wonder, “How long will it be like this?” What do we do when our moments of waiting feel too long for us to bear?
Practical: The Nature Of The Kingdom (Matthew 6:25-34)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. There is a very practical way we can experience the kingdom right here and now—in the natural world that God has created.
Practical: Put Down Your Phone (Psalm 46:10-11)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We live in a world that is mad busy and noisy. We think we need to keep moving to keep up or keep distracted to make it all more bearable. Practically, what we really need is more holy “pauses” for God to be God in our lives.
Practical: Commit to Practice (Philippians 4:8-9)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Becoming like Christ can be a reality we can experience. Practically, the way you get there is by embracing two very important things: commitment and practice. And what you must do is commit to practice.
Spirit Break In (Acts 2:42-47)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Holy Spirit breaks out and unleashes the disciples into the world. But perhaps the most important move of the Holy Spirit is when it breaks IN, into our private lives, homes, and revolutionizes how we do life together.
Resurrecting Church (John 17:20-26)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus’ heart was for us to be one, united with Jesus and the Father and one with each other. The modern church doesn’t quite look like this right now, but we can take steps to become more the church Jesus wants us to be and the church perhaps you really… Continue reading Resurrecting Church (John 17:20-26)
Resurrecting Spirit (John 14:18-27)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Holy Spirit helps us to live like Christ. Many of us fear that we don’t know how to hear the voice of the Spirit, but learning to listen to the Spirit is not nearly as difficult as we may think.
Resurrecting the Christian (John 13:31-35)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The word Christian has just about lost its meaning. Jesus desires to resurrect our purpose as Christians — to love one another as he has loved us.
Resurrecting Peace (Psalm 23)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang.
Resurrecting Love (John 21:15-19)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Peter’s love got derailed, Jesus resurrected it. He wants to do the same for you.
Resurrecting Faith
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus’ resurrection has major implications for those of us who fail at faith. As Jesus has risen, he desires for our faith to be restored as he desires to restore all broken relationships.
Hope Rises
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The resurrection is the event that redefines history and now defines hope for the believer. He is risen indeed!
Savior
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Only those who realize their powerlessness really know that they need a savior.
Metanoia the Conclusion: Never Let You Go
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God’s promise is that He will never let go of you, no matter what. You are held!
Metanoia the Conclusion: All Things
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Nobody likes suffering, but God works for our good in ALL THINGS, including (and maybe especially) in suffering.
Metanoia the Conclusion: Debt-Free Children
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Are you weighed down by the expectations and burdens of life? Christ has set us free to be God’s children. This is received, not earned!
Metanoia the Conclusion: The Life Joined With Christ
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Most people, even Christians, live disconnected from God. God’s desire is to have his Spirit live within us. This life in true connection changes everything. It’s not something we have to chase, something we have to live up to.
Metanoia the Conclusion: You Can’t Do It On Your Own
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. You can’t do good on your own. This is the lie of the flesh. This is sin–the lie that we can be whole without God. Sin is not just individual wrong-doing, it is a system where we try to earn our worthiness from our behavior. Real life is found in… Continue reading Metanoia the Conclusion: You Can’t Do It On Your Own
Metanoia: Build My Life
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What foundation are we building our life upon? Most of us, despite what we say we believe, are building our lives upon ourselves and what we think is right. We can learn the sturdiest life that can withstand any storm is built upon the will of God and actually doing… Continue reading Metanoia: Build My Life
Metanoia: The Fruitful Life
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Our measure of success and “fruit” may be different than that of Jesus. The fruitful life is one that requires us to be intentional, to switch off the auto-pilot we are on much of the time, and to learn that doing the will of God truly leads to the truly… Continue reading Metanoia: The Fruitful Life
Metanoia: The Community of Prayerful Love
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We live in a frustrating world where we feel out of control, we can’t control God or others. Jesus invites us to his kingdom, a community where we make benevolent requests of each other and God, not controlling demands. God’s kingdom is a community of provision, generosity, and loving freedom.… Continue reading Metanoia: The Community of Prayerful Love
Metanoia: Judgement Free
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We’re told not to judge, but it’s so hard! There’s a lot to judge, we live in a very judge-y world. Jesus wants to break you out of the system of judgement–of yourself or others. Freedom comes from being judgment-free!
Metanoia: Better Than Anxiety
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Anxiety is an epidemic in America today. We can’t stop worrying, and it doesn’t seem like just willpower can solve our problem. Jesus gives us a greater reality to fix our minds upon, that can truly give us peace and joy in anxious times.
Metanoia: Behold
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Many people are living for things that don’t last. But even more so, these things become our TREASURE. Jesus is urging us to make our treasure something that truly lasts, and we will find out how to do that!
Metanoia: The Kingdom Prayer, Part 2
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We all want God’s will to be done. God’s will is forgiveness and love. Have you forgiven yourself, others? By aligning ourselves to forgiveness and love, we are able to experience God and his kingdom.
Metanoia: The Kingdom Prayer, Part 1
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We will begin exploring the famous Lord’s prayer and how this can be applicable for us today, not as a form prayer, but a prayer that aligns us with God’s kingdom–a kingdom where we have a holy heavenly father who fully provides for us.
Discipleship and Money
Message from Pastor Tom Humphreys.But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
Metanoia: In Secret
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. “All the world’s a stage.” It’s hard sometimes to not feel like we’re always performing. So who are we really when no one is looking? Jesus calls us to find God–and ourselves–in secret, where only God is watching.
Metanoia: The End of Enemies
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. As we learn to live into the kingdom law, “love your neighbor as if they were you,” we find that the concept of an enemy no longer makes sense. The kingdom rightness demands that we love them. It’s not so easy, that’s why you got to practice loving in the Jesus… Continue reading Metanoia: The End of Enemies
Metanoia: True to Your Word
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We use our words to hide our true meaning and to manipulate others. Jesus wants us to be true to our word and trust in God’s reign as king of the universe. We no longer need to manage outcomes.
Metanoia: Roots, Pt 2
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Is the life Jesus wants for us the best sort of life? Many of us are not really convinced of this and what we desire in our flesh causes all sorts of problems for us. God desires us to live a life of selfless Christlike love where we honor and… Continue reading Metanoia: Roots, Pt 2
Metanoia: Roots, Pt 1
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus wants to not just deal with the surface of our issues but wants to get at the root. When it comes to anger/hatred/violence, Jesus is concerned with the roots of bitterness and contempt so that we can become the people who naturally would not hate or harm others.
Metanoia: Fulfilled
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What do we do with the law? Jesus came not to abolish it, but to fulfill it–in us. We are supposed to be more righteous than the Pharisees as we move from legalism to having the heart of the law genuinely within us.
Metanoia: The Light
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We are called to be the light of the world, but it’s so easy in this world to lose our fire, as we are blown out by the winds of the world. We must stay lit, by the fire of the presence of God. The world needs us to be the… Continue reading Metanoia: The Light
Metanoia: Blessed
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus’ declaration of who is truly blessed in this life is frankly shocking. What do we do with these non-desirable affirmations, such as being “poor in spirit?” It is here that we can find the kingdom, and the truly blessed life.
Metanoia: The Gospel of the Kingdom
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The kingdom of God is WITHIN US, God is not removed from our every day lives and problems, but the good news is that God can and will heal all of the “sickness” within us–physical, mental, spiritual.
Metanoia: Letting Go
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The most important step in our spiritual journey is letting go. Our world is all about what we gain and what we control, not what we lose and let go of, but Jesus teaches us that real life, love, joy, and peace comes from releasing and surrendering.
Metanoia: Light up the Dark
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus comes to light up the darkness, so we can open up our eyes to see that God is here and we have nothing to fear.
Metanoia: Who Am I?
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Satan comes to challenge our identity as God’s beloved child; we are tempted every day to build our identity on something else. The roof of who we really are cannot come from what we do or the affirmations of this world–it comes from one thing alone.
Metanoia: The Born Identity
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Our truest identity is being a child of God. This utterly simple truth is so hard for us to believe as we strive to be great in this world. We cannot achieve or earn this identity, it can only be received as a gift.
Metanoia: Unquenchable Fire
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The kingdom of the heavens is not about changing a few things, it’s about immersion into a new life. This means an end to the games we play in the old world. Jesus is coming with the fire of the spirit to burn it all up.
Mentanoia – Kingdom (Has) Come
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus has come to literally change the world (and all worlds). Nothing will ever be the same, and that’s a good thing. But truth is–There are some changes we really don’t want. Are you ready for the revolution of the kingdom of the heavens?
Living Faith: Prayer of Faith
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We are to pray in all circumstances as it expresses our dependence and trust i God. Prayer is a powerful tool for reconciliation and healing, but we sometimes forget that and we forget to use this powerful tool we’ve been given.
Living Faith: The Purpose of Patience
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We always hear that patience is a virtue. But for what purpose God is doing something in us by our learning and experiencing patience.
Living Faith: What Is Your Life?
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What is our life really worth? We make all kinds of plans and live for all kinds of things, but are they really things that are worthwhile? We can live a life for God full of purpose and meaning.
Living Faith: Curing the Double-Mind
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We are double-minded people. We know what we should do in God, but then there’s what we really want to do. We live in a world that encourages us to do what we want, what feels good in the moment. God offers us grace to learn true freedom in submission.
Living Faith: Wisdom From Above
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God’s wisdom is not a matter of boasting, it speaks for itself. This wisdom comes from above, we cannot get it or earn it on our own, but its purpose is for living here below.
Living Faith: More Than Brushing Your Teeth
Message from Kevin Hong. Our tongues can be really nasty tools of destruction. But the core issue is not in the cleaning of the tongue itself. It is to cleanse and renew the source of which our tongues breathe: our souls. (James 3:1-12)
Living Faith: Whole Love
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Here are “holes” in our love, or maybe it’s more that it’s in parts. This is what partiality is — inconsistent love. God wants to teach us how to bring all the parts together to make us whole!
Living Faith: Right
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We are meant to be “right” (righteous) as God is. But are we more concerned with feeling that we are ALREADY right rather than BECOMING right people? God wants us to make room for his word to make us RIGHTeous in how we actually treat others around us.
Living Faith: Steadfast
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Learning to be steadfast in the trials of life makes us complete, lacking nothing! It is a kind of super power to know the absolute goodness of God no matter your circumstance. (Sorry for the mic not working from 33:25 to the end)
The Story of Jesus: Resurrected Life
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The resurrection represents a different reality that we can live into and experience, a life without fear, a life of love and bold proclamation of the gospel.
The Story of Jesus: The Way of the Cross
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus died for us, but he also told us to take up our cross too, to die to self, to experience death before resurrection. The cross is our most defining symbol for good reason; it is necessary!
The Story of Jesus: Weak
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We don’t like to acknowledge the truth that we are weaker than we think or present. We are not able to live for God as we say we will. Our weakness is true strength if we can learn the power of acceptance and surrender.
The Story of Jesus: Grace
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Amidst betrayal, Jesus shares a meal with his betrayers and those who would very soon fail him. More than just sharing bread and wine, he gave himself for us. Gratitude and giving are paired together perfectly in a meal for all of us to remember and live out every day.
The Story of Jesus: A Beautiful Thing
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What do we have to give to God? The woman in this passage gives a costly offering that others criticize. Jesus calls it a beautiful thing, this gift done out of love. We can also offer God what we can, our own beautiful things.
Story of Jesus: Stay Awake
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We live our lives as if were asleep or unconscious way too often. We miss God and the beautiful moments He is sending us. We need to learn to be awake and stay awake!
The Story of Jesus: The Coming of the Lord
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus foretells some dark times for the disciples. It is not unexpected when we go through suffering, but he also warns us not to look for false saviors. Desolation comes before the coming of the Lord.
The Story of Jesus: The Greatest
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The two commands that trump everything else are about the same thing: love. The other things we make Christianity about are usually in sharp contrast to love. Love is the greatest. God wants us to receive his gift of love, to love ourselves. God, and everyone within our reach.
The Story of Jesus: God of Now
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The God that Jesus seemed to know is one who is immensely present right now, without idealizing our current reality or skipping ahead to better times. It is not perfect, but God is here now.
The Story of Jesus: A Higher Power
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Kingdom authority is hard for us to accept. We don’t like being wrong. We don’t like being told what to do. To accept a higher power is to humbly accept our own limitations of what we can know. This is the key to knowing God.
The Story of Jesus: Why You Mad?
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Anger and faith might seem like they don’t mix, but Jesus did get mad. Can you express anger and confront without sinning? Jesus did. And he forgave everything too.
The Story of Jesus: Un-rolling Stones
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Some stones in life seem completely unmovable. Others just keep rolling and seem like they will never stop. Resurrection is the great reversal that proves that truly nothing is impossible for God. New life is always possible through Jesus the Christ. (Sorry about the audio quality… we are working to… Continue reading The Story of Jesus: Un-rolling Stones
The Story of Jesus: Save
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus the king we misunderstood came not to conquer violently but to humbly give up his life as a ransom so that we can be saved.
The Story of Jesus: Desire
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Desire might seem like a dirty word for a lot of Christians, but Jesus does not silence our desires. He brings them out of us, and answers our deepest longings but not always in the ways we expect.
The Story of Jesus: Treasure
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus teaching on wealth and possessions helps reveal to us where our true treasure lies… and what true treasure really is. If we can let go the way Jesus suggests, we can have it all, by not possessing at all.
The Story of Jesus: One Flesh
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Maybe no other teaching of Jesus makes modern people more uncomfortable than his teaching on divorce. Instead of avoiding or downplaying it, perhaps there is much for us to learn about what it means to consider others as sharing the same flesh as us and to have our hardened hearts transformed… Continue reading The Story of Jesus: One Flesh
The Story of Jesus: The Greatest Loser
Message from Pastor Steve Khang.
The Story of Jesus: Help My Unbelief
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The man in the story believes in Jesus… and yet he still struggles with believing that Jesus can affect his life right now. This is the spiritual state for a lot of us, whose minds can’t stop arguing with our fears and insecurities— and refuses to sink into faith in… Continue reading The Story of Jesus: Help My Unbelief
The Story of Jesus: Glorious Kingdom (NOW)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We seek glorious things and avoid the scandalous, but the greatest revealed glory of Jesus comes in his scandalous cross.
The Story of Jesus: Death Before Life
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. There is a necessary death we need to experience to our expectations of God and what he intends our lives to be. But if we can die, we can truly be free and experience the life God has for us.
The Story of Jesus: Remember
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We remember our mistakes, our shortcomings, our fears–all the wrong things, but what we need to remember is the identity of the Christ who is with us now!
Faithful Feet
Message from Pastor Jeff Abiera. You were called to carry out the mission of spreading the joy found in Christ. Do it with excellence, passion, and focus. Every decision you make has the potential to make an eternal impact. Serve God by serving others.
The Story of Jesus: The Missing Ingredient
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We often do not experience the full power of God today. Perhaps it is because we lack a certain vital ingredient. What is it we lack? Could it be that the thing we lack most in an entitled world is true humility?
The Story of Jesus: What Defiles
Message from Pastor Steve Khang.
The Story of Jesus: Rise Above
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We all face storms and choppy waters in life. How do we rise above it? Sometimes, all of our swimming, all of our efforts are not enough. Jesus can rise above it. He did and he does still. And he wants to help us to do the same.
The Story of Jesus: Enough Rest
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Do you feel like you are never fully rested? Jesus wants to take us to a place of rest. But rest may not come how we expect. It didn’t for the disciples, who found enough rest through radical dependence on Jesus’ provision.
The Story of Jesus: Unworthy Kings
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is the rightful king, but we will take a look at some wrongful kings. They are not just the biblical kind who run around giving people orders. Unworthy kings exist in our lives — and we give them our kingdoms unwittingly.
The Story of Jesus: Rejects
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Being rejected is the worst. Jesus was rejected for us. And he called the rejects to be powerful kingdom ambassadors, even though they might still be rejected by the world.
The Story of Jesus: Courageous Trust
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Two stories that both involve courageous faith in the face of shame, ridicule, and pain. Jesus beckons us to trust in him in a way that rises above our fear.
The Story of Jesus: The Question
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Being with Jesus is wonderful, but it’s not always comfortable. Could it be that some people actually don’t want to be with Jesus? Do you? That is the question.
The Story of Jesus: Good Things
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God desires to build his kingdom within us. This is a big grand project and it takes time. We must learn to tend that seed and wait upon it—in a time when we scarcely know how to wait any more. It is well worth the wait!
The Story of Jesus: Good Seed/Good Soil
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What does it mean to have the good soil that allows for explosive kingdom fruitfulness? We might think the problem is the seed or the soil, but the real issue is all that we allow to block our souls from letting God fully reign in us.
The Story of Jesus: Holy Spirit
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus’ teaching that the only unforgivable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is one of his most puzzling teachings. We will try to understand this teaching by exploring fundamentally what the Holy Spirit is all about and how we are called to respond to it and make room for… Continue reading The Story of Jesus: Holy Spirit
The Story of Jesus: Follow
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Discipleship was a simple thing in Jesus time–it meant to follow Jesus around and learn to be like him. Is that still possible today? Modern Christians often treat discipleship as optional but we miss out on its amazing transformational power.
The Story of Jesus: Without
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Religion gets a bad rap nowadays but the real problem is religion WITHOUT God. Does our religious practice bring us closer to Jesus and the heart of his ministry, or farther away?
The Story of Jesus: With
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The amazing good news is that the Messiah came to be with us. He will do anything to remove the boundaries that keep us from him.
The Story of Christ: Willing to Heal
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is willing to heal us in every way we need healing. This goes beyond just physical healing to emotional, spiritual, and mental parts of us. How we get this healing is by learning to be with Jesus and to let him fully be the lord in all that we… Continue reading The Story of Christ: Willing to Heal
The Story of Christ: Kingdom Disciples
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus and to live for his kingdom now? For the first disciples it meant they were going fishing for people. What kinds of people? Let’s just say that the disciples probably weren’t too thrilled.
The Story of Christ – Prepare
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Who is Jesus? What is this good news about? The story of Jesus the Christ begins with a preparing of the people to receive this man with this good news. Are we ready to receive him? Are we ready for his Spirit to truly lead us?
The Words of Life
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The words of Jesus are the words of eternal life, but they can also be hard to hear. Are we able to hear life-giving words even when they are what we don’t want to hear at the moment?
The Grace Experience: The Servant Experience
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Is it really more blessed to serve than to be served? It sounds good on paper but is it true? The grace isn’t always in how you feel, but in how God uses service to shape us in his image.
The Grace Experience: The Perseverance Experience
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What do we do when we fail and fall short in discipline and in our attempts to become like Christ? We experience God’s grace and we persevere. Jesus gives us the grace to persevere.
The Grace Experience: When You Don’t Feel Like It
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Experiencing grace is easy… when your feelings and life cooperate. But when they don’t, how do we experience grace when we need it most? (Spoiler alert: it’s discipline)
The Grace Experience: The Kingdom Experience
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. “Your will be done. Your kingdom come.” What does it mean to pray this over your life on a consistent basis? How can we experience the reign of God in our lives right now? So glad you asked – let’s experience the kingdom together!
The Grace Experience: The Blessing Experience
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. You were called to bless others, even when they mistreat you. This is the most blessed life, to be a blessing and so to be more blessed.
The Grace Experience: Keeping the Word
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus tells us that if we love him, we will keep his word. Keeping the scripture in our lives is an important discipline and means of receiving God’s grace, that we can remember all that God desires to teach us.
The Grace Experience: The Grace Identity
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Our identity drives who we are. What we need most is to have our identity anchored in our divine adoption as a son and daughter of a living God, and we need to be reminded of who we are on a daily basis.
The Grace Experience: Receiving Grace Everyday
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Grace is given to all, but not all receive it. It’s closer than you think. It’s free. And it’s wonderful. If we would only just receive.
Truth is…: Declaration of Dependence
Massage from Pastor Steve Khang.