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Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Nobody enjoys discomfort and yet it is the door to spiritual breakthrough and all that is worthwhile in life.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God can do more than just give you a fleeting taste of his love, God can give you his love in its fullness.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The heart of the gospel is that we are good because of what Christ has done for us, not because of anything we ourselves can do.
Jesus is calling us to the great adventure of discipleship which is about immersing our lives in God so much so that we are able to live our lives as if Jesus was us.
Just hearing about Christ isn’t enough; we need to receive his Spirit, which allows us to continue Jesus’ mission in this world.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The resurrection is a revolution in our world that ushers in a new reality for us–a world without fear.
Message from Andrew Choi. Jesus teaches us to see through the eyes of faith, focusing not on the surface but on the hidden potential within. Just as Jesus saw the value in the children, so should we look at others with eyes of faith, understanding, patience, and love.
The whole new world that God invites us to is one of agape love. But this kind of love and Jesus’ way of being is radically different from the world of tit for tat that we are used to–it is a world where we generously love regardless of how others treat us in turn.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang: We live in a judgey world and many of us are in fact our own worst judges. What would it look like if we could live without the heavy weight of judgment, both of ourselves and others?
Many of us today experience a soul weariness from the stress and anxiety of modern life. Jesus offers us real rest and restoration through a life with him, where we experience ease and lightening of burdens.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Is it worth spending our lives trying to secure ourselves when only God can do that? Our goal should be to learn how to surrender to the rule of God every single day.
Message by Pastor Steve Khang. We do not see as God sees, so we do not value what God values. God wants to give us healthy eyes to see God and his kingdom as the treasure it is.
Jesus teaches us to pray for the kingdom of God to be a reality in our lives, instead of trying to make our own kingdoms work (they don’t).
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What is the good life? A good life is one where we are permeated by the goodness of Christ so much so that it shines through in our lives.
Jesus’ central message is that the reign of God is HERE. We are invited to a new kind of mindset of a new world where God truly is in control and his love reigns supreme.
Message by Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is the light of the world, and as good as that sounds, light can be quite uncomfortable when you’re not accustomed to it—but it is our source of life.
Message by Pastor Peter. Jesus is our Prince of Peace who became human and died for us to give us true peace. In the year 2025, let’s make Jesus our Prince of Peace above anything else.
Jesus has come in the flesh to be with us, meeting us exactly where we are, right here and now.
In different seasons, our ability to receive Christ is often hampered by many different things. But Jesus continually gives us the opportunity to hear and make room for his word anew.
There are many things that vie for our attention and worship, but there is only one thing in this world that is truly.
Message by Pastor Steve Khang. Matthew 4:5-7. It’s hard to not want a sign of some sort of God’s presence and his favor—but learning to not put the Lord to the test and to both trust and wait upon his presence is essential for the children of God.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. What do we need to survive in this world, where we are made to fear scarcity? We need to live dependent on the Lord and the Word that can become our daily sustenance.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Receiving the spirit that confirms we are beloved children of God and heirs of his promises is perhaps the most important experience we need to have, not just once, but continually through life and all its up and downs.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The way we can experience the life God wants for us is to learn what it means to offer your whole self to God as a living sacrifice in a practice sense every day.
Message by Jinny Kim. John 17:1-5. Description: God is calling us to not just know our identity as a child of God but to obey that identity just like how Jesus obeyed his identity as the Son of God that the Father had given him.
Message from Pastor John Bak
Jesus teaches us how to address drama in the church! Jesus does not ignore the petty fights we have in the church, but tells us to invite Him into our drama to mend and heal broken relationships.
All around us, we see disparity, injustice, oppression, and apathy on many levels. Yet, God’s heart for the world and desire for justice from his people is seen clearly in the scriptures. If we seek to be a faithful, missional community to the world and to the future generations, then we must be actively engaging in the work of proclaiming, participating in, and enacting justice for those around us.
Message from YJ Ju. We have nothing to prove to others because in Christ we are more than conquerors and invaluable.
Message from Pastor David Baek. Acknowledging and understanding our limitations in a healthy, humble manner can help us to learn and see the goodness of God, especially in the areas where we fall short.
Message from Pastor Susan Hitts. On Mother’s Day we thank God for women in our lives and those who nurtured us. Scripture shares the story of one such woman in the healing of Tabitha.
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.
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!
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?
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?
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We can meet Christ on the road as we walk through our ordinary lives, but will we recognize him?
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Because Jesus has risen, we no longer need to live in fear.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus is the King, who comes to save us, we need to learn to trust in Him!
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. When the Spirit of the Lord is living within us, there is nothing that we cannot overcome!
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.
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.
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus has come to set us free from the bondage of our sinful flesh and condemnation.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Learning to see the world through God’s eyes is the key to lighting up our lives.
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?
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. In this new year, let’s learn to rejoice constantly and find the joy of the Lord in everything!
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?
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus has come. And because of that we can experience a real accessible peace right here and now.
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.
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?
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.
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?
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus wants to make us one—one with each other, one with him, one with the Father.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Regret is not godly, it holds us back from experiencing new life in Christ.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The Christian life is one without condemnation, self-inflicted or otherwise.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. He is alive! It makes all the difference; we can now live this life unafraid.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Sin has a way of taking over, but God means to rule over it.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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?
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.
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.
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Life together in Christ is a shared life, where we learn to share everything together.
Message from Pastor Tom Humphreys. Guest preacher Pastor Tom Humphreys will be addressing the escalating level of violence in our country and the need to respond as God’s people.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
Message from Pastor Young Yi. The temptation to be self-righteous is the fast track to evil and our own downfall.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. God is here and now. It is the only place where we can find God.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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!
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)
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)
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Jesus has overcome death, so now we do not need to be afraid of ANYTHING!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Sin is a reality that God had to deal with for us to become one with Him.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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?
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.
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.
Message from David Beck. Jesus has come not only to save us from our sins, but also to give value to our human bodies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. The process of becoming like Christ is about living into the identity that already has been earned for you.
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.
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.
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Your body is an essential tool in your discipleship that too often gets ignored or excused.
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. We can encounter God in his word. But one thing—you’ve got to be ready to be wrong.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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 .
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 want. We can start here and now!
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.
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.
Message from Pastor Steve Khang. Peter’s love got derailed, Jesus resurrected it. He wants to do the same for you.