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Series: Genesis
Genesis 20:1-13
“Ambimelech” | Grace moves through broken marriages
Rev. Timothy Lien
Series: Genesis
Genesis 18:1-15
“Laughable Specifics"
Rev. Timothy Lien
God will work precisely at the point of our doubt/derisive laughter and redeem it. It is where worship and doubt intersect: we have doubts; He has power.
Series: Genesis
Genesis 17
“A Most Intimate Sign" | Covenant of circumcision via Isaac's promise
Rev. Timothy Lien
Series: Genesis
Genesis 16
“Call Me Ishmael" | "helping" God with His promises vs. receiving them... wild
Rev. Timothy Lien
From Larson the Editor: My Apologies. It was a rough morning and I forgot my recording equipment at home. So I recorded the sermon on my iPhone placed on the podium. But I unfortunately discovered, after the fact, my iPhone will only record 7.5 minutes and then stops. So a portion of the sermon is unfortunately not recorded. I am sorry. I will do my best to avoid this in the future. God Bless you.
Series: Genesis
Genesis 15
"I Have My Doubts" | God's covenant with Abram
Rev. Timothy Lien
Series: Genesis
Genesis 22:9-14
“Ramkin the Specialist”
Rev. Timothy Lien
Kids Service!
Series: Genesis
Genesis 14:17-24
“Melchizedek" | superior priesthood not based on lineage/ancestors
Rev. Timothy Lien
Series: Genesis
Genesis 12:1-9
“Call of Abram" | Bad People Good Promises
Rev. Timothy Lien
1) Who does God call out?
2) Why does He call people out?
Series: Genesis - Babel
Genesis 11 (cf Acts 2)
“Gate of God + Fiery Tongues" | the fracture/healing of the...
Timothy Lien
1) Beneath the Babel: Pride
2) Babel's Best: Assessed
3) The Better Babel
Series: Genesis
Genesis 9:8-17
“Creation, Reprised”
Timothy Lien
(God's covenant with Noah)
Series: Genesis
Genesis 5 - 8
“Noah and the Refugees”
Timothy Lien
How in the heaven is this story gracious?!
Genesis 6:5-8; 13-14a; 17-19, 22; 7:17; 21-22
(excerpted from Genesis chapters 5 through 8)
Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:20-21
“First Fashion"
Rev. Timothy Lien
God's covering will be skin for skin...
Happy Easter!
Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:14-24
“Curses”
Rev. Timothy Lien
The weight and pall and ruined frustration of creation...
Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:26-30
“Gendered Singularity"
Rev. Timothy Lien
Why God's sexual design is good news to the world....
- What Does Jesus Say?
- What Does Jesus have to do with Me?
- What Does Jesus Offer?
Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:26-30
“What should we do?”
Rev. Timothy Lien
Let's talk about work/vocation...
Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:26-29
“On Purpose, For a Purpose”
Rev. Timothy Lien
Pastor Tim teaches us about Glory
Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:26-28
“Who Are We?”
Rev. Timothy Lien
1) Why is it such a big deal?
2) What does it actually mean?
3) The best image of God
Series: From Rags to Riches:
Learning to Live Like Wealthy Sons and Daughters
I Corinthians 12:4-7
“I'm Not the Best at That” [3 of 3]
Rev. Timothy Lien
Series: From Rags to Riches:
Learning to Live Like Wealthy Sons and Daughters
Matthew 6:19-24
“I'm Not Wealthy” [2 of 3]
Rev. Timothy Lien
The key points for this sermon are:
1) Stacking and the Affection Problem
2) The Problem We Don't See
3) Who is Calling the Shots?
4) Getting Wealthy
Series: From Rags to Riches:
Learning to Live Like Wealthy Sons and Daughters
Psalm 34:8-10; Psalm 119:14-16
“I Don’t Have the Time” [1 of 3]
Rev. Timothy Lien
So This Is Christmas | 5 of 5 |
"A person and a culture cannot live and flourish without hope."
The scriptures for Pastor Tim Lien's sermon are Matthew 24:29-31 (cf. Mt. 16:24-28)
So This Is Christmas | 4 of 5 |
Jesus came to die. (atonement, achievement for what we cannot do... blamelessly, as substitute)
The scriptures for Pastor Tim Lien's sermon are John 10:17-18
And a Christmas Story from 1914....
So This Is Christmas | 3 of 5 |
The scriptures for Pastor Tim Lien's sermon are Luke 2:1-7
Baby Jesus, by human standards, lacks in all categories of greatness, and yet...
So This Is Christmas | 2 of 5 |
How can you trust the old, old promises of the OT?!
The scriptures for Pastor Tim Lien's sermon are Micah 5:1-3 and Genesis 3:15.
So This Is Christmas | 1 of 5 |
Tips and Tricks ain't gonna do it. You need Jesus alone.
The scriptures for Pastor Tim Lien's sermon are Genesis 3:13-19
Who Does He Think He Is? Triune
Pastor Tim Lien preaches on the Trinity.
The scriptures for this sermon are:
Matthew 3:16-17 & John 14:16-26
Who Does He Think He Is? HE Is Love, Self Giving
The God who is love...
The scriptures for this sermon by Pastor Tim Lien are:
1 John 4:7-10, John 3:16, and Hosea 1:1-2, 11:8-9
Who Does He Think He Is? The Beauty of God
Pastor Joel Pelsue teaches us about Beauty.
The scriptures for this sermon are Ezekiel 16: 1-15
Who Does He Think He Is? Omnipotent - All Powerful
The scriptures that accompany this sermon by Pastor Tim Lien are:
Job 38 - 42 and Colossians 1:15-17
Who Does He Think He Is? Omniscient - All Knowing
The scriptures for this sermon are Psalm 139:1-6 and Hebrews 4:12-13
From Pastor Tim Lien sermon these are key points to listen for:
- This Knowing
- The Knower
- How Knowing Kills Us
- The Omni-Price
Who Does He Think He Is? Immutable
This sermon covers three scripture passages:
Malachi 3:6, James 1:17, & Hebrews 13:8
And the three points of Pastor Tim Liens sermon are:
1) God is Changless
2) We are Mercurial
3) How people change, for good (Christ for us)
Brother Carl Rogers shares his exhortation from Psalm 73.
Carl has three takeaways from Asaph and this Psalm he wrote:
1) The cause of his (Asaph's) discontentment
2) The cure for this discontentment
A. The Sactuary
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The presence of God
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The People of God
3) The Calling
Who Does He Think He Is? Infinite, Self-Sufficient
The three points for Pastor Tim Lien's sermon are:
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A Needless God
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Running on Need, Denial
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A Most Needy Supply
The scriptures for today's sermon are Psalm 90: 1-4
Who Does He Think He Is? The Holiness of God
The three key points from Pastor Tim Lien's sermon today are:
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The God of too much
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The dissuading God
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A Dangerous Transformation
The scriptures for today's sermon are Isaiah 6: 1-8
Who does He Think He Is? The Preeminence of God
Pastor Tim Lien has three points in today's sermon:
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What HE made us for
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Defaulted disorder and a manufactory of Idols
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Ultimate disordering that Heals
The scriptures for this sermon are Romans 1: 18-24
Big Idea:
The preeminence of God is attached to what we worship. We worship anything we think is the highest good/power/meaning/security/beauty. We can’t help it. We are worshipping beings. Without food, we eat poison. We will disorder our loves/beauties, often trying to get God to go along with our disordering and then get mad at Him when he doesn’t serve/give us the things we have put to displace them. Often good, good, things are used to things we “make” to replace Him at the top. These are essentially idols.
Today we start a new series: Who Does He Think He Is?
The scripture for today is Exodus 34: 4-6
The points from Pastor Time Lien's sermon today are -
1 The Self-Reveal (God tells us who He is)
2 Endless Weird Fan Fiction (What our Default is)
3 Chiseled Beauty (How Jesus Changes our Mind)
Series: Camping in God's Word - Psalm 133 week three CHILDREN'S SERVICE!
Pastor Tim Lien shares a kid's story that every adult will understand. 2 main characters (Emma-Yoo + Charis-Tou) enjoy unity, taste its brokenness, and experience something that pulls them together.
Series: Camping in God's Word - Psalm 133 week two
Pastor Tim Lien teaches on Walking through "communal" observations about Psalm 133 together.
Using Martin Luther's T A C S
Pastor Time Lien starts a short series today: Camping (in God's Word)
The scripture for today's sermon is Psalm 133
Three things about Unity
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Unity is hyper rare, pleasurable, luxe
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Because it's so great, we think we can make it happen; it doesn't
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Authentic (non contrived Unity only happens where God Himself resides/lives/occupies
Summer Psalms of Ascent - Psalm 124
You're traveling to Jerusalem, and these Psalms are the playlist, the soundtrack you're singing while you travel.
Pastor Tim Lien talks about three topics on God that emerge from this Psalm.
1 What if God is Absent (The God Not There)
2 What if God is Present, but... (The God against Us)
3 And then The Bird Who Broke In...
Summer Psalms of Ascent - Psalm 123
Pastor Tim Lien teaches from today's Psalm.
You're traveling to Jerusalem, and these Psalms are the playlist, the soundtrack you're singing while you travel.
Tim touches on three points from this scripture:
1 A request for Superiority
2 Sick of Superiority
3 Superiority that heals
Brother Carl Rogers shares his exhortation from Psalm 1.
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There are two ways of living
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The way of the Lord is a story not a law
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The way of the Lord leads to relationship
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The way of the Lord is a person
Summer Psalms of Ascent - Psalm 122
Pastor Tim Lien teaches from today's Psalm.
You're traveling to Jerusalem, and these Psalms are the playlist, the soundtrack you're singing while you travel.
Why would it be good to go to the house of the LORD?
Summer Psalms of Ascent - Psalm 121
Pastor Tim Lien teaches from Psalm 121.
You're traveling to Jerusalem, and these Psalms are the playlist, the soundtrack you're singing while you travel.
When we are tired, exhausted, we turn to something that is not ourselves. In fact, when we're tired we actually got to beautiful things. That's our recharge.
Summer Psalms (of Ascent) - Psalm 120
Pastor Tim Lien begins a new sermon series starting with Psalm 120.
You're traveling to Jerusalem, and these Psalms are the playlist, the soundtrack you're singing while you travel;
Leaving a chaos, where one normally lives, and heading to peace.
Also why would I be distressed about a lying tongue?
Also, also let's take a slow walk to the best violence that there is.
How do these all relate? Listen to Tim tie them all together.
Guest Pastor Peter Park from Gospel City LA teaches from Galatians 3:26-29.
Being in Jesus is like being a late. Is it milk or is it coffee? It is both; it is a new creation. We are a new creation in Christ.
Brother Sam Pepke shares his exhortation from Psalm 131: The Prince of Peace Give Us His Peace.
Guest Pastor Steven Cooper preaches from the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar about how God cares for us in all circumstances.
The Scriptures for today's sermon are Genesis 16:1-13.
From the Storyteller Sermon Series: Itty Bitty
Pastor Tim Lien preaches on recognizing God's kingdom. The kingdom of God, how does it work? It is like mustard, it is like dough, and its like a judgment and love pretzel.
The scriptures for today's sermon are Matthew 13:31-33.
From the Storyteller sermon series: Pharisees
Pastor Tim Lien teaches from the scriptures Luke 18:9-14
From the Storyteller sermon series: Capital
Pastor Tim Lien teaches from the scriptures Matthew 25:14-30
From the Storyteller sermon series: Outrageous
What is Kingdom of God like in Good Samaritan?
We are the ones in ditch. That's the point. It is not a morality tale doing good for your the neighbor
you hate. Jesus reconciles enemies to God through His own resources, cost, kindness. Only those
experiencing this kindness in dire, naked, dying, helpless, injured, need will ever be able to extend it.
Plot twist: It is through His own naked dying abandonment.
The scriptures covered in this sermon are Luke 10:25-37
From The Storytellers sermon series: Midnight Water
Pastor Tim Lien teaches on the Lord's Prayer, as it is found in Luke, and its consequential verses.
The scriptures for this sermon come from Luke 11:1-13.
From The Storyteller sermon series: Timeless God for TikTok
Pastor Tim Lien teaches on the Big picture: How we conceive of our relationship with God, matter greatly to the grace/reward/kindness we will expect from God. Modernity does not want God to be King/Master. Modernity wants God to owe them good things from good behavior. Modernity does not want Greatness to serve or be a servant.
The scriptures for this sermon are Luke 17:7-10
From The Storyteller sermon series: "Grails"
Tim Lien teaches from the scriptures Matthew 13:44-46 (ESV)
Happy Easter!
Sermon by Tim Lien
[Audio of media examples removed for copyright reasons]
From The Storyteller sermon series: Prodigious Love - Part Two
Completely focused on the overboard, initiating, undignified love of Father -- the truer Prodigal of the parable.
What is God Actually like? (Jesus tells parable to show)
1-a Father who initiates
2-a Father who pays debts; refuses payoffs
3-a Father who becomes undignified
The father is a Prodigal Father
A preaching from Pastor Tim Lien.
The scriptures for this sermon are Luke 15:11-32
From The Storyteller sermon series: Prodigious Hate - Part One
Alienation from home and the Father's heart can happen through passionate/external/obvious rebellion OR cold/dutiful/angry/resentful obedience. Both sons are lost. Jesus is the perfect younger brother and Jesus is the perfect older brother.
A preaching from Pastor Tim Lien.
The scriptures for this sermon are Luke 15:11-32
Fifth Sunday of the month Kids Service. Pastor Tim Lien teaches from Genesis 50:20 (ESV) on the Father's love and a rich, rich coat. Jesus is the better Joseph (involuntary --> voluntary). "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today."
From the Storyteller sermon series Pastor Tim Lien in Feast expounds on Wondering about how God is. How does God operate? How does He think about hospitality? Pastor Lien cover three points in this sermons - What we think: People who don't care for the feast, What it actually is: People who love and feast, and What it does, will do.
The scriptures for this sermon are Luke 14:15-24
From the sermon series Storyteller, in A Generous Boss Pastor Tim Lien is teaching about The Kingdom of God (how it operates, what values are, and how it functions). Pastor Lien addresses three points in this sermon: 1 What we think The Kingdom of God is and what it isn't, 2 What The Kingdom of God is, and 3 How we get it.
The scriptures covered in this sermon are Matthew 20:1-16 (ESV).
Visiting Pastor Matthew Trexler from RUF UCLA preaches how the Christian life is much like running a long race and we must keep our eyes focused on Jesus if we are to finish the race well.
The scriptures for this sermon are Hebrews 12:1-3 (ESV).
Ecclesiastes: the pursuit of meaning under the sun
Pastor Tim Lien gives us 2 depressing things about our work, and then gives us 2 anti-depressants about our work.
The scriptures for this sermon are Ecclesiastes 1:11,14; 2:18-25 (ESV).
The Vault of God: Pursuing Wealth and Generosity
Pastor Tim Lien preaches on our connection and relationship to our wealth. How does wealth uncover the deepest parts of us? Does wealth uncover the heart of God and His desires for us and His creation?
The scriptures for this sermon are Matthew 6:19 - 24.
Members of the congregation share personal testimonies about giving thanks. Order: Della Fong, Jonathan Koch, Lorine Chang, Christy Shen, and Jay Kyle.
Pastor Tim Lien preaches on Ephesians 4:1-16 and leads the community in a communion service.
Pastor Tim Lien preaches on John 14:12-17 and leads the community in a communion service.
Pastor Tim Lien preaches on I Corinthians 11:23-26 and leads the congregation in Communion.
Pastor Tim Lien preaches on Psalm 148:7-10; Psalm 81:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Proverbs 16:9; 1 Peter 4.