First Chinese Baptist Church, San Gabriel Valley: Recent Episodes
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Jesus wants the church to grow up, not just to grow old. The goal of His church is to become more and more like Jesus. To help us mature, God did not only just give us leaders to equip us, God also gave us each other so that we may speak the truth in love […]
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In this new sermon series, we return to the mission of our church. We’ll explore each component as we prepare to enter into a new church year. Our church’s mission is to multiply disciples who love God, love one another and love the lost by abiding in Christ through His word, prayer and the Holy […]
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We have gotten to meet many people with our life and may think to ourselves “Well ____ will never change.” In Acts 9, God changed Saul to become the person we know as Paul. This radical transformation was first initiated by God, responded by Saul and Ananaias was sent as the changed agent. This encourages […]
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Forgiveness is never easy. Many times we don’t think we can or we don’t want to forgive those who have hurt us. In this sermon, we explore various myths that might cause us to hold grudges toward those who wrong us. The strength to forgive others comes from us being forgiven by God through faith […]
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Through commercials and media, the world around us tells us that we should believe in ourselves. But this lie will not lead us toward life as God creates for us to live. Instead, it will lead to our downfall. We believe in ourselves because somehow we think that we can control our lives. What matters […]
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Follow our hearts is destructive because our hearts are faulty and deceitful. Because of our sinful nature, our hearts are one of stone but by the grace of God, through Jesus we have been given a new heart – a heart of flesh. Rather than following our hearts, God calls us to follow His Son […]
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The second lie that many Christians believe is that “God doesn’t give us more than we can handle.” However, all of life is more than we can handle. The Bible instead tells us that we will go through suffering, but God will be with us through that suffering, even when our lives are falling apart […]
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As we kick off our new sermon series Lies Christians Believe, we tackle the first lie: “God just wants me to be happy.” This lie leaves us believing that we can choose whatever we want to do just because it makes us happy, even if that means it hurts others or sin against God. This […]
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God’s love for us is not determined by what we ought to do but by who we are. We are His creation and He loves us with His everlasting love. He loves us so much that He sent His Son to redeem us. Our Heavenly Father’s love is not marked by what He can give […]
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English Sermon (06/13/21) – Theology of Sexual Identity (Gen 1:26-28) God’s perfect design of us includes our sexuality. He created males and females. Our hormones and genetics confirm God’s design. Contrary to the world’s definition, our sexuality is not different from our gender. Sex and gender are one and the same. While gender roles may […]
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