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Cling to one thing. We all cling to something.
Old stories we inherited.
Assumptions we never questioned.
Expectations that still define our worth.
But not everything we’ve carried aligns with the gospel.
Joshua stood before the people and said,
Choose this day whom you will serve.
Let go of what doesn’t lead to life.
Cling to the One who does.
Final message in the Joshua: Strong + Courageous series
by Pastor Sangmin Lee
"Many of us are so often tempted to 'DIY' faith; to do it on our own, to pick and choose what we like, to earn salvation. But we need instead to receive God's free gift"
Ephesians 2:4-10
John Choi
“There is a King who, until He makes all things new, identifies Himself with the brokenness, hurt, indignity and humiliation of the oppressed, and says that when you rescue them you rescue me. Who says, ‘to defend the cause of the poor and needy, is that not what it means to know me?’”
Jeremiah 22:15-16
Peter Williams
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"When we participate in the work of justice, it is not just good, it is Christlike."
Luke 4:16-21
John Choi
“The image of God is not just a concept to be understood, but a way of life to be lived out in relationship with Christ and with one another”
Genesis 1:26-31
Sangmin Lee
"The city was stirred at his triumphal entry into Jerusalem and asked the most important question: 'Who is this?'"
Matthew 21:6-11
John Choi
"In the greatest plot twist in history, Jesus fulfills the Old Testament law in an unexpected way..."
Matthew 5:17-20
Charles Kim
"The cross loosen the links between our ideas and our identity"
Matthew 5:7-12
Sangmin Lee
"An invitation to us all to spend time to meditate, even memorize Jesus' teaching in what is known as the Beatitudes..."
Matthew 5:1-12
Sangmin Lee
"What looked like a simple story of trial, grit, love and redemption turns out to be part of far greater story..."
Ruth 4:1-5
Sangmin Lee
“How we can once again begin to trust and surrender our lives...”
Ruth 3:8-10
Sangmin Lee
“Why should a loving God continue to insist on His own purpose?”
Ruth 1:19-2:4
Sangmin Lee
As we begin a new year, we felt the word for our community this year is GRIT. “True grace produces true grit.”
Psalm 1:1-4
Sangmin Lee
“We must rewind the story in order to see the brilliance of the baby born in a manger..”
Genesis 6:5-8; 1 John 4:7-12
Sangmin Lee
"When we think about Christianity and Jesus, is joy one of the first words that comes to mind?"
Luke 2:8-12
Charles Kim
"Peace isn't simply the absence of conflict, but the present of something far more powerful..."
Luke 2:1-14
Sangmin Lee
"Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you... After this, many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him."
John 6:(53)66-69
John Choi
“Intentional practice a habitual silent, and secret conversation with God will fill you with overwhelming wisdom and joy...”
Colossians 4:2-6
Sangmin Lee
“It’s so easy to ‘do’ church while forgetting its purpose… but the Church is God-designed to be the hope of the world…”
Acts 1:1-8 & 2:42-47
Joel Yoon
“Our theology must continue to move from head to heart...”
Colossians 3:1-17
Sangmin Lee
"Bible speaks of God, who is both sovereign and one who has suffered..."
Colossians 1:24-29
Sangmin Lee
"Covetousness is not a mere desire, it's a desire for someone else's things..."
Matthew 20:1-16
Sangmin Lee
"Joyless christianity will wilt under the pressures of life..."
Matthew 13:44-46
Sangmin Lee
No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the Kingdom of God...
Luke 9:57-62
James Lynch
To abide in Christ as the True Vine is to make our home in Him, just as He also makes his abode in us...
John 15:1-8
Mike Keter
“God crosses borders of culture, race, and differences to bring life and joy of salvation…”
John Choi
Note: This was the best audio quality we could get on this day, due to a sudden change in venue
Even the right things can be done with the wrong motives… but what we do in secret is probably closer to what’s actually in our hearts.
Matthew 6:5-9
John Choi
"We need both faithful preaching as well as a demonstration of unity... as we carry on the humility of Jesus--submitting to one another, learning to forgive each other, being lovingly honest and continuing to center our community in the truth of the gospel."
John 17:20-26
Sangmin Lee
"Holiness is not about keeping a set of rules but about pursuing the Holy One..."
John 17:6-19
Sangmin Lee
"The true gift of prayer is that it helps us to see reality from God's point of view"
John 17:1-5
Sangmin Lee
After over four years of faithfully loving and serving King’s Cross, Matthew and Jeannie Whitlock prepare to move back to the U.S. Today they share about how God's love for us translates into loving each other: in caring for each other, challenging sin, and celebrating differences...
Matthew & Jeannie Whitlock
Haman went from great power at one moment to getting caught in his own trap on another, and the Jewish people were rescued. But that wasn't the greatest twist in the story..."
Esther 7
John Choi
“Interestingly, Queen Esther is absent from the climax of the story”
Esther 6:1-10
Sangmin Lee
“Friends, only someone who has nothing to proof, nothing to achieve, nothing more to gain can truly give away his or her own life”
Phil 2:5-11
Sangmin Lee
“On Palm Sunday, the church commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, but there is a better way of receiving the King than throwing cloaks and waving palm branches...”
Luke 19:28-40 (and Luke 19:1-10; Luke 18:9-30)
John Choi
“Sin has marred our understanding of what it means to be made in the image of God..”
Sangmin Lee
“God works through even our imperfect decisions and actions to fulfill his perfect purposes...”
Sangmin Lee
"Despite the great power and pomp of the Persian empire, it could never frustrate the promise of God"
John Choi
“Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than they love the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions may be ever so honest, earnest and sacrificial.”
Sangmin Lee
"Work has always been a part of God's good, original design for us and AWE OF GOD can help restore work to its proper place..."
John Choi
“Isaiah 40 re-centers and re-aligns our beliefs and returns us to God’s way of looking at the world…”
Sangmin Lee
"Everything that has happened, is happening, and will happen--all the joys and challenges and everything in between--happens under God's sovereign authority!"
Sangmin Lee
"At a deep and often unnoticed level, sin replaces worship of GOD with worship of ME."
Sangmin Lee
"Love is not mere affection but a deed--a deed of laying down our lives for others."
Sangmin Lee
"Biblical peace is not a mere absence of war but a call to participate in the life of Jesus..."
Pastor Sangmin
“Hope: it is the expectation of coming good based on the character and promise of God”
Pastor Sangmin
"Place your cravings and feelings under the Lordship of Christ..."
Philippians 3:17-21
Sangmin Lee
“Christian life is not simply a matter of 'salvation'; it is a matter of knowing Christ.” John Choi
"Everything is rubbish compared to the surpassing worth of knowing Christ."
Charles Kim (Elder)
"People may not be leaving Christ, but there must be a reason why they are leaving their churches…"
"All that we do is deeply influenced either by our awe of God or our awe of something else..."
"The call is not for you and I to live up to the gospel. It is for you and I to live out of the gospel's power"
"What you perceive as a hindrance may be the very tool that God uses to accomplish His good purpose in your life."
“This is a call to order our entire lives in such a way that the love of Christ comes before all else.”
“Christianity without an integration of emotional health can be deadly to yourself, your relationships, and the people around you.”
Psalm 63 seeks to help us re-orient our desires, our appetite, our thirst, our longing towards God.
"How do we reconcile the disparity between God's vision for humanity and the reality of our world?"
“The crises we face in life are opportunities for God to reveal Himself and His purpose”
Waiting on tables cannot take the place of the ministry of the Word of God... for only the ministry of His Word shows us the root of all the suffering and need."
“True courage is made available to us, when you and I look beyond ourselves unto Christ”
"The paralyzed man speaks into the wounds that we've also carried in our own journey of life."
In celebration of the coming of the third person of the Trinity, KX worshiped with singing, reading Scriptures, and praying, with a time set aside for the community to share as well (Full service)
"The very entrance into the community of faith is an unrelenting commitment to forgiveness"
"What happened on that first Pentecost morning reveals to us so greatly about God and His nature..."
“The arrival of the Holy Spirit breaks open all forms and strategies of living life from the place of fear and need for control”
“We must return to the beginning of church in order to reimagine what it means to be church.”
"Our sin problem is a worship problem: this relentless desire to worship ourselves above all else."
“In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”
“Repentance is not simply about telling God how we have failed but it’s also about reminding ourselves of His goodness”
"His hand is on your life. His grip is far stronger than anything we can muster up on our own."
“If God willingly gave us that which was most precious to Him, why wouldn't He generously give us all things? "
“Sorrow for sin and repentance are necessary, but it is the joy of the Lord which is our strength.” Nehemiah 8:8-12
“Biblically Hope is not wishful thinking rather it is confident expression of our future reality”
“From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible speaks of a creator God who longs to be with His creation.
"... unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven..." Matthew 18:1-4
Open up Mark 11:12-25 with us today as we examine the relationship between a tree and God's people. Discover how God takes withered trees and redeems them through faith in Him.
“When we come to Jesus, the Spirit of God comes to live within us and that’s not the end, it’s just the beginning!”
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
"You don't have to wait for the End. I am, right now, Resurrection and Life. The one who believes in me, even though he or she dies, will live. And everyone who lives believing in me does not ultimately die at all. Do you believe this?"
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." John 10:11 (ESV)
"I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture." John 10:9
John 8:12 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
“If we live by feelings over principle, then we will eventually fail in every arena of life, most notably, in worship and subsequently everything else.”
“Lament psalms help us come face to face with harsh realities of life without letting them define us”
During this painfully heavy time that seems to be tearing nations apart, there is one rescue that is sure.
How do we navigate the conflicts, decisions and obstacles of everyday life wisely? Explore with us as we take a look at the differences in human wisdom and spiritual wisdom and aim to just know one thing!
We as followers of Jesus have been called to live in the tension of being fully engaged but not be defined by the values and cultures of our society.
“We humans possess unique creative capacity to not just inhabit the world but to make the world.”
“The challenge is not for you and I to be like Daniel, instead we need to look to the greater Daniel: Jesus Christ”.
“Only because Jesus is resurrected can we make sense of the cross and the promises of Scripture, and only because He is resurrected can we have hope in Him”.
“Jesus gives us courage to look beyond our own needs, even in midst of the most difficult seasons of life”
“The Lord is my strength. Our strength is not our money, our career, our possession, our position, or others’ opinions about us but it is the Lord”