Bridges Community Church: Recent Episodes
Bridges Community Church
At Bridges we exist to glorify God by helping people to come to know and worship Jesus, build caring relationships, serve others, grow spiritually, and influence others to do the same. As you explore our web site, we hope you will sense that Jesus Christ is at the core of all we do. He is the subject of our worship and the object of our praise. Without Him, each of us would be a sinner without a Savior and a stranger without a family. The doors of this church are open to all who love and serve our Lord and to anyone who is seeking to know Him and walk with Him.
Pastor Nate teaches us how to incorporate God into our life plans.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how to treat work as an act of worship.
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Pastor Nate teaches us what the book of Proverbs has to say about money. Later, he outlines the plan for remodeling our Children's Ministry's area.
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Pastor Saul introduces our new sermon series, "Unconventional" by teaching us what it truly means to fear the Lord.
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Pastor Nate wraps up our sermon series by teaching us how we can help each other live under our new management.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how to use the fruit of the spirit as a tool instead of trying to follow it as law.
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Pastor Nate differentiates doing good works as a requirement for faith versus good works as a result of faith.
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Pastor Nate encourages us to take our faith beyond the surface level and teaches us what it means to truly be an heir of God's promise. In the middle of the message we listen to "No Longer Slaves" by Bethel Music performed by our worship team. Due to copyright we cannot play this so we highly encourage you to watch our VOD on our website: www.bridgescc.org. You can also find the song online wherever you listen to music.
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Pastor Nate teaches us God's system for salvation through faith, not works.
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Pastor Nate talks about justification and a new identity in Christ.
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Pastor Nate talks about how we cannot fulfill our life purpose alone.
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Pastor Ken Jung teaches us how to live our new life adventure in Christ.
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Pastor Nate starts our new sermon series, "Under New Management," by teaching us how to avoid a gospel tainted by human bias.
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Pastor Nate reviews the Easter story and how it's essential to our salvation. We highly recommend you watch our entire Sunday gathering to see all the baptisms and worship led by our multi-language fellowships. You can catch the video on demand at www.bridgescc.org.
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Pastor Nate wraps up our sermon series by teaching us how to develop the heart of a servant.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how even seemingly good things in life for us can be obstacles in following Jesus. Later, he invites Kingsley and Morgan Hunnicut to share their story how they were called to a life of serving God in Eastern Europe.
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Pastor Ray teaches us what to do when we've reached our limit.
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Pastor Nate teaches us what Peter and John experienced during the Transfiguration. We unfortunately had some difficulties recording the sermon and it cut out in a couple places. We are working on resolving this issue. Thank you for your patience.
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Pastor Nate teaches us what Jesus meant when He told his disciples to take their cross and follow Him.
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Pastor Saul talks about the importance of faith during difficult times.
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Pastor Nate talks about how faith leads to healing and forgiveness when we surrender our lives to Jesus.
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Pastor Nate starts out the new sermon series "Follow Up" by giving an overview of what it means to follow Jesus.
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Pastor Nate concludes our series on prayer by teaching us about Mary's prayer.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how to invite God to restore our hearts through prayer.
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Pastor Nate uses Abraham's prayer in Genesis 18:22-33 to show how we can pray with perseverance.
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Jesse Wheeler kicks off our new sermon series on prayer by teaching us the Lord's prayer within the context of Jesus' time period and how we can apply it to how we pray today.
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Pastor Ken compares Solomon's reign as earthly king versus Jesus' reign as our spiritual savior.
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Pastor Nate compares King David's rule as a warrior king versus how Jesus wants to rule us as a shepherd king.
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Pastor Nate kicks off our Advent series by teaching us how our life only has room for one king.
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Today, we are in Psalm 103 and learn how to live a vibrant life with gratitude.
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Pastor Nate speaks about the importance of a gracious heart.
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Today, Pastor Nate recaps our Explore God series. We highly encourage you to watch the video on demand as we celebrated eight baptisms after the message.
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Pastor Nate finishes our "Explore God" series by teaching us how we can come to have a relationship with God.
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Pastor Ray teaches us how we are able to know that the Bible is true.
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Pastor Nate continues in our "Explore God" series by showing us how Jesus really is God.
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Pastor Nate teaches us if Jesus is truly the only way to be saved.
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Pastor Nate tackles why God allows pain and suffering in the world.
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Pastor Nate answers the question "Is there a God?" and how that brings us purpose. We later hear the testimony of former NIH Director Francis Collins and how he found God.
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Pastor Chii begins our new sermon series, "Explore God," by teaching us about life's purpose. Later, Robin and Rachael Chiang share about their two very different children, and how they found their purpose in raising them. We highly encourage you watch the entire Sunday gathering as we worshipped with our language fellowships, as well as our children's and student ministries. You can find the video on demand on our website: www.bridgescc.org.
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Pastor Nate wraps up our sermon series "Living My Best Life" by teaching us how we can find our best life through serving God and others. He talks to Debbie about how we can get started serving through our church E-Blast.
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Pastor Nate teaches the importance of forming reciprocal relationships. 2 Kings 4:8-37
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Pastor Nate teaches us how to become a hero maker, someone who empowers others by amplifying their gifts.
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Pastor Nate opens our sermon series "Living My Best Life" by teaching us how God calls us to live our best life by serving Him.
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Pastor Nate closes our sermon series "Bible Stories For Grown-Ups" by encouraging us to share the gospel with those who have wronged us.
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Pastor Nate speaks about Esther and how God is always working in our lives even when it seems like He isn't there.
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We apologize for the delay on last week's sermon. Jesse Wheeler speaks on King Solomon, and the struggle between honoring God versus our own selfish desires.
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Pastor Nate teaches us why it is important to be consistent in our worship, sacrifice, and prayer.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how God can use any of us for his plan, despite our flaws and sin.
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Pastor Ray teaches us about Rahab, and how God can use anyone and any action as part of His plan.
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Pastor Nate teaches us about God's promises, and how He will always follow through whether if we believe it or not.
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Pastor Nate continues our sermon series "Bible Stories For Grownups" as he teaches us about the Tower of Babel and how to balance our own ambitions with God's plan for us.
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Pastor Nate takes us through the story of Noah and the flood and how it teaches us about God's grace and gift of salvation. Afterwards, he leads us through communion.
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Pastor Saúl opens our new sermon series "Bible Stories for Grown-Ups" by teaching us about how the creation story tells us who we are and why God made us.
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Pastor Nate teaches us why God wants us to be generous even though He already has everything.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how money is volatile and how God wants us to view and use it.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how money is volatile and how God wants us to view and use it.
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Pastor Tim Chui teaches us how to master our work-life balance and how to honor God in the workplace.
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Pastor Nate talks about how to keep relationships healthy so they can last longer. You can find the video used in the sermon here: https://youtu.be/scjy-jEbp9I
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Pastor Nate teaches us how what we put our joy in will affect our relationships.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how our desire to control can lead to disrupting relationships.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how to love and serve others without being prideful.
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Pastor Daniel Tai teaches us how to be patient and loving even in difficult relationships.
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Pastor Nate launches the new series on Relationship Matters, and talks about what it means to have audacious love.
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This week we highly encourage you to watch our entire Easter Sunday Gathering where over twenty people were baptized. You can find the video here: https://vimeo.com/811820833
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Pastor Nate explains why we don't need to be self-defensive when we have the ultimate defender in God on our side.
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Pastor Nate warns us of the dangers of self-gratification and how to maintain a mindset of worship.
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Pastor Nate teaches us the importance of giving God our undivided attention and praise.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how we can prioritize God's plans over our own.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how we can rely on ourselves less and instead rely on God more.
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In this special service, we are joined by Pastor Ron, Pastor Ken, as well as our elders and staff to pray for Pastor Nate as he steps into his new role as Senior Pastor of Bridges Community Church.
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Pastor Nate concludes our series by encouraging us to step up in our faith.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how to develop spiritual grit.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how to prevent our spiritual life from corroding.
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This week, Pastor Ray leads with a couple of students from our high school ministry to share what they have learned over the year.
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Pastor Nate teaches us how grace allows us to endure spiritual hardships.
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Pastor Ken teaches we can learn from Paul and how he was unashamed of sharing the Gospel.
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Pastor Nate begins our sermon series by teaching us how to be fearless in our walk with God.
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Pastor Nate rings in the new year by using Jeremiah to show us what God has planned for us.
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Pastor Tim Jacobs challenges us to think if we are a part of God's Kingdom or our own.
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Pastor Ken Jung shows us how Jesus brought joy to the world. For Pastor Ken's missions update, please watch our service video linked below.
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Pastor Daniel Tai shows us how Joseph was able to accept Mary in the same way God accepts us the way we are. We apologize for the audio issues at the end of the sermon.
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Pastor Nate kicks off the new sermon series "The Thrill of Hope". He talks about how we can find hope in the midst of despair.
Pastor Tim Chui uses the story of Mary of Bethany to illustrate how God values our devotion to him.
Pastor Philip Pattison teaches us how Jesus clears up some misconceptions about suffering and how we can handle it.
Pastor Srikanth teaches us how Jesus dealt with the adulterous woman and how he treats us all the same because we have all sinned.
Pastor Joe dives into John 4, and talks about the woman at the well and her encounter with Jesus.
Pastor Bryan Murphy talks about how Nicodemus encountered Jesus, and about being born again.
Pastor Nate talks about the importance of having a community and being in a life group.
Pastor Nate wraps up our sermon series on living intentionally by showing us an example of people who answered God's call and took an intentional risk by helping the Afghan refugee family that we are supporting as a church.
Pastor Nate teaches us how to be godly parents and how to pass our faith down to the next generation.
Guest speaker Pastor Alan Leung teaches us how to live for Christ at work by establishing proper boundaries.
Pastor Joe begins our "Intentional" sermon series by teaching us how to live according to God's will.
Pastor Nate teaches us how we can learn from David's prayer to God about destroying his enemies.
On Pastor Ron's last Sunday at Bridges, he recaps his time here and the importance of looking back and seeing where God has worked in our lives. After, our language fellowship pastors share the impact that Pastor Ron has had on their lives.
Pastor Ray teams up with a few students to celebrate our 2022 graduates and share some of the wisdom they have learned along the way.
Pastor Ron speaks on how we can praise God about our future even it is not entirely certain.
Pastor Nate teaches us how we can show God our thankfulness during the good times and bad.
Pastor Nate kicks off our new sermon series on Psalms by teaching us the importance of giving God our praise and sharing that joy with others.
Pastor Ron teaches us why Jesus' resurrection is specifically one of the most important things to believe about his life.
This week we highly encourage that you watch this week's entire worship gathering as we had many people dedicate their lives to Christ through baptism! You can watch the video here: https://vimeo.com/695469174
Pastor Ron teaches us how we are witnesses of God's power and what we can do about it.
Pastor Ron teaches us about how one of the thieves on the cross was able to receive Jesus' forgiveness.
Pastor Ken returns to update us about his journey in his missions fields and teaches us the importance of the passion Jesus had in His final prayer.
Pastor Nate teaches us one of Jesus' last lessons to his disciples about managing our pride.
Pastor Ron teaches us how God's plan will always be better than ours even if we don't understand it. Afterwards we are joined by our Foster the City ministry to see how God is working there.
Pastor Nate talks about how the love between Boaz and Ruth didn't start with romance, but with being kind and generous to each other.
Pastor Ron teaches us about honesty and finding the truth in a world where we can get information from anywhere.
Pastor Ron uses a couple Psalms to teach us what to do during rough times, and brings in Rick and Janice Dickinson, the leaders of Celebrate Recovery here at Bridges to tell their story.
Pastor Nate starts off the year by teaching us how God wants us to deal with our anxieties through the disciples in John 14:1-14.
Pastor Nate starts our Christmas series on how Jesus' coming triumph should give us hope.
Hey Bridges Family, this week's message is just a snippet from our One event featuring our Mandarin, Filipino, and Cantonese language fellowships. We highly encourage you to watch the whole service at https://vimeo.com/648339024
Pastor Nate opens our sermon series about reaching our neighbors by teaching us the importance of knowing our neighborhood.
Pastor Ron wraps up our sermon series on 1 Peter by using Jesus' leadership as an example of how we should be.
Guest Speaker Pastor Bryan Murphy teaches us how to respond to the storms of suffering.
Pastor Ron gives us the context behind Peter telling us to submit to our spouses and how to live out our relationships the way God intended.
Pastor Nate talks to Mike, who is a part of the Afghan Christian American Church, about his experience living under a regime that is hostile towards followers of Christ. For more information on the Afghan Church, please visit www.afghanamericanchurch.com.
Pastor Ron opens our sermon series by telling us the importance of storing our treasure in heaven. The following is the link to the video from The Bible Project that he references in the beginning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhP7AZQlzCg
Pastor Ron leads this shortened sermon about enjoying our time with our church family. If you have time please watch the entire service as we are joined with all of our language fellowship groups for a multicultural worship experience! NOTE: We had some technical difficulties in the beginning of the message and the audio cuts out at some portions, we cannot fix this and apologize for the inconvenience.
Watch our service video here: https://vimeo.com/590675297
Pastor Nate uses Jesus' childhood to illustrate how families can grow spiritually together.
Pastor Ron kicks off our new sermon series "Thrive" by teaching us how to protect our family's spirituality.
Pastor Ron teaches us how forgiveness is essential to maintaining healthy relationships.
Pastor Ron shows us how guarding our purity is like eating vegetables, it's essential even though it's not something we enjoy doing.
Pastor Ron warns us the dangers of excessive pride, but how we should still be proud of our work in Christ.
In our first in person service live at church, Pastor Ron teaches us about God's jealousy for us.
Pastor Nate uses Acts 1:1-14 to teach about how God is in control of the future and His plan may not match with our desires.
We highly encourage you to watch our entire Easter service on our website at https://www.bridgescc.org/virtual-church/adults
Pastor Ron teaches us about the unexpected conversations Jesus had with the Jews and Gentiles alike before his crucifixion.
Pastor Nate teaches us how Jesus brought the unexpected to his disciples and the Jews during Passover.
Pastor Ron uses 2 Corinthians 7 to teach us that true repentance will cause us to grieve and want us to change our ways for the better.
Pastor Ron teaches us how to approach our relationships with Christians and nonbelievers alike.
Pastor Nate talks warns us of the dangers of making plans in vain and teaches us what Paul means by widening our hearts.
Pastor Ron warns us of finding happiness in our temporary earthly lives when we should be looking forward to our eternal happiness in Christ.
Pastor Nate teaches us how being a Christian isn't supposed to be an easy or appealing life and why we need to keep our strength in Jesus.
Pastor Ron teaches us the impact we leave on others and how God can use us to change the lives of anybody.
Pastor Nate uses Paul's letter to the Corinthians as an example of how to solve spiritual conflict with others.
Pastor Ron begins our new Renew series by going into 2 Corinthians 1 and Paul's message to the early church about going through hard times.
Pastor Ron opens the new year by using Psalm 40 to teach us what David has to say about getting through tough times.
Pastor Nate concludes our Advent series by taking us through Matthew 4 and showing us how the birth of Jesus' ministry is just as important as His physical birth.
Pastor Ron teaches us that no matter how many times we hear the Christmas story, it never ceases to be awe inspiring.
Pastor Ron discusses how Mary and Joseph were quick to follow God's calling even when unprepared.
Pastor Nate talks about how we may be overusing the word "unprecedented" this year, but the birth of Christ is truly worth the term.
Pastor Ron begins our Advent series by teaching us about Matthew 1 and why the genealogy of Jesus is so important.
Pastor Ray takes us through Matthew 7:15-27 and how we not only need to find Christlike mentors to follow, but how to be someone worth following as well.
Pastor Ron dives into the topic of being judgmental and clearing out the logs in our eyes before pointing out the specks in others.
Pastor Ron teaches us what Jesus says about anger and the importance of reconciliation.
Pastor Nate talks about what it means to be the salt and light of the earth and why Jesus calls us to be those things.
Pastor Ron continues his message on the beatitudes and how important it is to be a peacemaker.
Pastor Ron starts off our new sermon series by teaching us what it means to be poor in spirit and how that is essential to allow God to work in us.
Pastor Nate celebrates the end of our sermon series with a panel of some of our life group leaders.
Pastor Nate teaches us how Jesus used every opportunity he had to lead people to salvation.
Pastor Ron teaches us how prayer is essential in small groups, especially while we are social distancing.
Pastor Nate starts our new sermon series on life groups by teaching us how we should be looking into spiritually uplifting the lives of others like Philip in the story with the Ethiopian.
Pastor Nate teaches us how we can find joy in the Holy Spirit by lifting each other up.
Pastor Joe teaches us how Paul and Silas turned their setbacks into opportunities to share the gospel.
Pastor Ron gives us an overview of Psalm 119, and how despite all the chaos going on in the world God's word is still always true.
Pastor Nate challenges us to not only confess our sins, but to dig deeper and find out why we are okay with committing them.
Pastor Ron teaches us the importance of personal repentance, no matter what is happening around us.
Pastor Nate teaches us how the Israelites worked with God to create his beautiful temple.
Pastor Ron teaches us about the generosity of the Israelites to the church and how we can be generous to not only the church but our community as well.
Pastor Ron talks about the Israelites impatience with God and the consequences from them building a false idol.
Pastor Nate walks us through the old temple the Israelites had to carry as they travelled through the desert and how important it was for them to use it to connect with God.
Pastor Ray teaches us the importance of God's covenant to Moses and how it affects us today.
Pastor Ron teaches us what God's view of social justice and how we should treat one another.
Video used in message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKXSKJrOxbI
Pastor Ron talks about God's Ten Commandments he sent to Moses and the Israelites were more than a set of rules but a gift.
Pastor Nate brings our Easter message and teaches us how Mary Magdalene was not ashamed of Jesus even when all of his disciples abandoned him.
Pastor Ron teaches us through Exodus 19 about God's commandments for Moses and the Israelites.
Pastor Ron teaches us how Jethro was there to keep Moses in check and how everyone needs someone to hold them accountable.
Today Pastor Nate takes us through the grumbling of the Israelites in the desert and how God provided for them.
Pastor Ron teaches us how God has rescued us just like he rescued His chosen people in Exodus.
Today Pastor Ron teaches us in Exodus how the Israelites trusted and God shows up powerfully.
Pastor Ron teaches us the meaning of the first passover and how it relates to us today needing to give up everything we have and go when God calls us to.
Today Pastor Nate teaches in Exodus on 9 of the 10 plagues that affected Egypt, and how obedience is key to seeing God's salvation.
Pastor Ron teaches us on how the God has kept His promise to Moses and how He keeps that same promise to us.
Pastor David teaches us the differences between Moses' and Pharaoh's opinion of God, and how we should see Him.
Pastor Ron talks about how God has called us as who we are, even when it feels like we are inadequate.
Pastor Nate teaches us how we can rely on God when we face challenges and how he is always there, especially in our darkest times.
Today, Pastor Nate starts the book of Exodus and shows us how God can use all kinds of situations to bring glory to His Name.
Today, Pastor Ron shares about how Jesus is the Light of the World, and what that means for us as His creations.
Pastor Ron teaches us how Jesus takes care of us as a shepherd takes care of his own sheep.
Pastor Ron tells us about how we should be giving thanks to God in all things, because everything belongs to God and is in His control.
Pastor Ron goes in depth into John 17:20-26, reminding us that Jesus prays for us and how that should give us confidence, perspective and endurance in living out our faith.
Pastor Nate teaches on the power of being in a Life group and how the Holy Spirit evokes change in us through our Life groups.
Pastor Ron speaks on God's plan of sending Jesus to save us even though we were the reason He needed to die.
Pastor Joe goes through Revelation 5, and emphasizes that we need to be out and sharing the gospel to those who are lost, because Christ’s death and resurrection are real, and shows the urgency in sharing the good news to everyone.
Pastor Chii talks about Luke 15, and how we need to tune our hearts towards God and his plans in order for us to be able to share the gospel.
Pastor Ron dives into a new series, 50 Days of Vision and casts a vision for our congregation to go out and seek after God's vision for us.
Pastor Ron closes our sermon series by teaching us how to use God's love as an example on how to love others.
Pastor Ron teaches us how God tells us to make peace with those who offend us, despite our natural instinct of wanting to seek revenge.
Pastor Ron teaches us how God encourages us and that we need to in turn encourage others.
This week Nate teaches us on the power of praying for each other and how our prayers should be continuous throughout our days in all of the highs and lows of life.
This week Pastor Ron teaches us to forgive one another and how that God's grace and mercy should be shown through us in the way we treat others.
Pastor Ron talks about how God has given us dominion over His creation, but that power comes with great responsibility.
Pastor Ron teaches us how King David dealt with depression and how we can apply that to when we are at our low points.
Pastor Ron teaches us about putting our confidence in God since he is capable of handling all things.
This week Pastor Ron preaches on Psalm 22 and how it reflects the suffering of Christ on the cross and how that should inspire us to reach out and share the gospel.
Pastor Nate starts off our new series about the Psalms by teaching us that God is our protector in all situations and deserves our praise in all of our successes.
Pastor Ron teaches this week, that the Sabbath is God's gift of freeing mercy rather than restricting legalism.
Pastor Ron opens a new series on Sabbath, and why it is important to God and important for our spiritual growth.
Pastor Max speaks on Acts 1:1-11 to remind us that the Holy Spirit empowers us to go and be witnesses.
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Pastor Ron teaches us why the gospel story is offensive but necessary for our salvation.
Pastor Ron teaches us how we can use the unexpected moments in our lives for the glory of God.
Pastor Ron talks about the importance of community and fellowship in our walk with Christ.
Pastor Nate teaches us how to properly prepare for the end times. It may not be as extreme as we think.
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Pastor Chii teaches us how to stay pure and glorify God in all of our relationships, both at home and at work.
Pastor Ron teaches us how to invest spiritually into the lives of our neighbors.
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Pastor Nate teaches us why deep relationships are important for our personal growth and how to form them.
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Pastor Ron teaches us of the forces that shape us and how to disciple others with the correct motives.
Pastor Ron starts off our new sermon series by using Paul as an example of being God's chosen to spread His Word.
Pastor Nate teaches us how we can use scripture to both learn from and teach to others and spur transformation.
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Pastor Ray opens up the new year by teaching us the importance of worshipping God with people of all sorts of differing backgrounds and culture.
Pastor Ron reviews our values and measures. He invites us to pray over the coming year to equip us with the tools to live them out.
Pastor Nate uses the shepherds from the Christmas story to illustrate how to excitedly share the good news of Jesus.
Pastor Ron uses Simeon and Anna's patience to illustrate the importance of waiting for God's gifts.
Pastor Ron wraps up the sermon series focussing on how valuable having fellowship with other is.
Pastor Nate talks about the importance of the respect we have for each other in our home lives. Key verses: Colossians 3:18-4:1
Pastor Ron talks about the eight pieces of clothing we should put on. Key Verses: Colossians 3:12-14.
Pastor Nate talks about how we can live a life free from the sins that have held us back in the past.
Pastor Ron preaches on the weight of the responsibility we carry when doing ministry and it's importance.
Pastor Nate discusses the importance of knowing God and how we are lost without His guidance. Key Verses: Colossians 1:9-14
Pastor Ron begins our series in Colossians going over our mission statement and looking at what it means to be "in Christ." Key verses: Colossians 1:1-8
Pastor Nate continues our family series out of Nehemiah and talks about the importance of teamwork.
Pastor Ron begins our Building Family series on the book of Nehemiah. Key Passage: Nehemiah 1:1-2:5.
Pastor Nate teaches about living on a mission. Key Verses: Matthew 13:24-32, 24:3-14, 2 Corinthians 2:14-17
Pastor Nate teaches us how we should take joy in God's mission for our lives. Key Verses: Psalm 67
Ron finishes up this series by going through the Habbakuk's prayer in chapter 3. Key Passage: Habbakuk 3
Pastor Nate talks about the raw question: how can a good God exist in an evil world? Key Passage: Habbakuk 1:12–2:4
Pastor Ron talks about the questions Habakkuk had for God about the evils in the world. We may have the same questions about why God does not stop the suffering today. Key Verses: Habakkuk 1:1-11
Pastor Ron talks about the importance of taking care of others, especially our own family.
Pastor Nate teaches us how we can train up and live to be more like Christ. Key Verses: 1 Timothy 4:6-16
Pastor Ron talks about how our character and that of the church leaders matters. Key Verses: 1 Timothy 3
Ron uses Paul's letter to Timothy to illustrate the importance of prayer. Key Verses: 2:1-7
Pastor Ray uses Paul's letter to Timothy to teach us how to keep Christ on display in our lives. Key Verses: 1 Timothy 1:12-17
We celebrate Easter as Pastor Ron talks about the realities of the crucifixion and the aspects of Jesus' gift of life. Key Passage: Luke 23:34-43
Pastor Ron teaches us about Zacchaeus and how he turned his life around to live for Jesus. Key Verses: Luke 19:1-10
Pastor Max teaches us how we can learn from the centurian who fully trusted Jesus to heal his servant. Key Verses: Luke 7:1-10, Luke 4: 31-39
Pastor Nate shares how badly we need Jesus in our lives, and when we find him, we should celebrate with everyone around us.
Pastor Ron examines the the story of the leper and the importance of prayer. Key Passage: Luke 5:12-16
Pastor Ron starts off our new series Jump In by talking about following Jesus. Key Passages: Hebrews 11:13-16 & Luke 5:1-11
Pastor Nate talks about why God tests our faith and we can move from messy faith to a more solid faith. Key Passage: Genesis 22:1-14
Pastor Ron talks about how we are called to be intercessors like Abraham. Key Passage: Genesis 18
Pastor Ron talks about Abram's faith and the covenant God made with him. Key Passage: Genesis 15
Pastor Nate talks about listening to God's call for our life and having faith to follow. Key Verses: Genesis 12:10-20 & Hebrews 11:8-9
Pastor Ron begins our new series on the hope that can be found in the book of Isaiah. Key passage: Isaiah 35
Pastor Ron teaches us how we can only truly find our identity through Christ. Key Verses: Isaiah 40
Pastor Nate talks about how moral erosion can occur in out lives and what we can do to avoid it. Key passage: Isaiah 5
Pastor Fred talks about how the pitfall of false gods can lead to our spiritual erosion. Key verses: Isaiah 2 & 44
This week Pastor Ron introduces our new sermon series and talks about how we can live out our faith the way God desires. Key Verses: Isaiah 1:15-20 & Isaiah 58
Pastor Max talk about how we need to make it count because we are managers of God’s resources for a limited time only.
Pastor Ron talks about looking into our hearts on how we respond to poverty. Key texts: Deuteronomy 8 & 15
Pastor Nate talks about where God stands on poverty and how we should respond. Key verses Psalm 72:1-19
Pastor Ron opens our new sermon series on Wealth, Poverty and The Kingdom. He shares on how the Bible teaches us that true wealth is found in faithfully investing in God's Kingdom.
Pastor Ron speaks on forming community and making real relationships to start reconciling. Key Verses: 2 Corinthians 5
Pastor Ray and Pastor Harry team up to teach us about racism and how it affects all of us. Key Verses: Ephesians 2: 13-17
Pastor Ron starts off our new sermon series on racial reconciliation by teaching the process and why it is central to God's plan for us here on earth. Key Verses: John 17:20-23
Pastor Ron teaches us about the parable of the banquet, and how we have all received an invitation. Key Verse: Luke 14:15-24
Pastor Nate continues our series on parables by teaching us about the prodigal son. Key verses Luke 15:11-30
Pastor Ron teaches us the parables of the lost coin and the lost sheep with help from a special friend. Key Verses: Luke 15:1-10
Pastor Ron ends the sermon series by teaching us how to remain faithful to God even when being around people who oppose Him. Key Verses: Daniel 6
Pastor Ron warns us of how pride can lead to our downfall, and reminds us to always give the glory back to God. Daniel 5
This week Pastor Joe talks about finding an opportunity to share God’s message of love to people even under hostile circumstances.
Pastor Ron talks about how to act when we receiver a promotion or praise at work and giving the glory to God. Key Verses: Daniel 2: 31-49, Colossians 3: 23-24
Pastor Nate discusses how we can handle rough situations at work. Key Verses: Daniel 2:1-30
Pastor Ron starts off our new sermon series by teaching us how we can worship God outside of church, especially in our workplace. Key Verses: Daniel 1
Pastor Ron discusses how to find real joy by aligning our accomplishments with God's. Key Verses: Philippians 1: 11, 3: 7-11, 4: 4-7
Pastor Ray starts off our sermon series by discussing true joy and how we can find it. Philippians 1
Pastor Ron tells us the resurrection story from the book of Mark and how we can capture the same excitement that Jesus has risen from the dead. Key Verses: Mark 16: 1-8, Luke 24: 36-48
Pastor Ron caps off our Roadtrip series by teaching us how to have the right perspective and vision. Mark 1:4-8
Pastor Nate talks about unity and how Christianity is not a competition, but a journey that we all take together. Key Verses: Matthew 23: 1-12, John 17: 20-23
Pastor Ron talks about how important it is to have faith and how much we can accomplish through God's power with it.
Key Verses: Mark 10: 46-52, John 20: 16, Ephesians 2: 8-9, 1 Peter 1: 8-9
Pastor Max teaches us how we can be spiritually clean and maintain holiness. Key Verses: Matthew 5: 13-30, Matthew 5: 48, 1 Peter 2: 11-12, Galatians 5: 19-21
Pastor Ron starts our new series "Road Trip" by teaching us about sacrifice, and how God sacrificed for us. We can in turn sacrifice our own time and resources to bring more people to Him.
We welcome our new Mandarin Pastor Chii Yang as he speaks on the importance of finding God's light.
Pastor Ron teaches us the importance of community and experiencing Jesus' love together.
Key Verses: 1 John 1: 1-4, Matthew 19: 16-22, 1 John 5: 12
Pastor Ron caps off the series by discussing the importance of Jesus dying for us and how we should respond to it. Key Verses: 1 Peter 2: 21-25, John 3: 17, Isaiah 53: 4-6, Hebrews 9: 12, Romans 5: 6-11, Romans 3: 23-26, 1 Corinthians 15: 56-57, John 3: 36, 1 John 4: 9-11
Pastor Nate discusses the importance of Jesus becoming a real human being who experienced the same things we do everyday. Key Verses: Romans 5:15-17, John 4:4-26
Pastor Ron speaks about how many people view Jesus differently and shares His true identity. Key Verses: Mark 2:2-12, John 10:24-30, Colossians 1:15-19
Pastor Ron shows us that Jesus has called all of us to go out and make disciples. Key Verses: Isaiah 42:5-8, Matthew 8:23-27
Pastor Ron teaches us how we can find the presence of God and what He is leading us to do for this upcoming year.
Pastor Ron shares how God had been planning to send Jesus as the ultimate gift for us and what that looked like for the people at that time.
Pastor Ron teaches us how having real love is not always easy by illustrating the sacrifices Mary and Joseph had to make for each other and Jesus.
Pastor Ron talks about the peace that the shepherds and Simeon found when they met Jesus and how we can find that same peace as well.
Pastor Ron begins our Advent series by teaching us the importance of what we put our hope in.
Pastor Nate starts off the new sermon series by teaching us how to be better motivated while serving others.
Pastor Ron talks about bioethics, and how to deal with both beginning and end of life ethical choices we may come across. He asks Paige Cunningham from the Center of Bioethics & Human Dignity for an overview of these topics.
Pastor Nate speaks on social injustices and how we all share a responsibility in helping those in need. www.loveneverfailsus.com www.genesisdiez.org
Pastor Ron kicks off our new series by diving into the world of politics and how to vote with a Godly mindset.
Pastor Nate finishes off the series with some final points on how to get out and tell God's story.
Pastor Ron discusses with a panel of people with a variety of backgrounds about how they are able to share the Gospel with their peers.