GCCCpodcast: Recent Episodes

Great Commission Community Church

Conversations and reflections around christian living

Luke 9:18-27

"Jesus' Invitation to Follow Him"

Pastor Carl Park

Matthew 28:16-20

"Being Available"

Elder Andy Ho

Song of Songs 6:4 - 8:7

"The Power of Love"

Pastor Chris Chen

Song of Songs 8:8-14

"Community, Exclusivity, and Eternity"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Song of Songs 8:8-14

"Sex, Community, and Incompleteness"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Song of Songs 6:4 - 8:7

"Love as Strong as Death"

Pastor Carl Park

Song of Songs 5:2 - 6:3

"Pains and Joys of Love"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Song of Songs 5:2 - 6:3

"The Power of Desire"

Pastor Carl Park

Song of Songs 3:6 - 5:1

"Finding Fulfillment"

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Song of Songs 2:8 - 3:5

"The Voice of Desire, Fulfilled and Unfulfilled"

Pastor Carl Park

Song of Songs 1:12 - 2:7

"Desire"

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Song of Songs 1:12 - 2:7

"Beauty, Exclusivity, and Longing"

Pastor Chris Chen

Song of Songs 2:8 - 3:5

"Longing and Waiting"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Song of Songs 1:5-11

"Frustrations, Insecurities, and Healing"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Song of Songs 1:1-4

"Introducing Song of Songs: Bodies, Desires, and One Another"

Pastor Carl Park

Song of Songs 1:1-4

"Introduction to the Song of Songs: Desire and Longing"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Exodus 20:13-14

"Murder and Adultery"

Pastor Stephen Kim

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

"Easter Past, Easter Future"

Pastor Carl Park

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

"The Hope of Easter"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Exodus 20:15

"Do Not Steal"

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Exodus 20:13-14

"Murder & Adultery"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Exodus 20:12

Honoring Our Parents

Pastor Carl Park

Exodus 20:12

"Honor Your Father and Mother"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Exodus 20:8-11

"Remember the Sabbath"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Exodus 20:8-11

"The Seventh Day"

Pastor Erika Thornton

Exodus 20:7

"Bearing the Name of Christ, Not in Vain"

Pastor Carl Park

Exodus 20:7

"Represent"

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Exodus 20:1-6

"Breaking Our Attachment to Idols"

Pastor Carl Park

Exodus 20:1-6

"You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Ephesians 6:10-23

Pastor Chris Chen

Ephesians 6:10-23

"Be Strong in the Lord"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Ephesians 5:18 - 6:9

"Putting on Our Life in Christ: To the Lord, In the Lord, Like the Lord"

Pastor Carl Park

Ephesians 5:22 - 6:9

"Respect Each Other"

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Ephesians 5:1-21

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Ephesians 5:1-21

"God's Better Way to Live"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Ephesians 4:17-32

"Putting Away the Old, Putting on the New"

Pastor Carl Park

Ephesians 4:17-32

"Put Off and Put On"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Ephesians 4:1-16

Pastor Carl Park

Ephesians 4:1-16

"Life Worthy of His Calling"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Ephesians 1-3

"Prayer, Power, and Love"

Pastor Carl Park

Acts 11-14

"Being in the Right Place at the Right Time"

Rev. Mark E. Brumley

Isaiah 43:1-21

"A New Thing"

Pastor Chris Chen

Matthew 1:17-25

"Moving Toward Your Appointed Place in Jesus' Kingdom"

Pastor Erika Thornton

Jeremiah 22:1-17

"What Jesus Says to Kings: The Gospel for the Wealthy and Powerful"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Jeremiah 22:1-17

"What Jesus Says to Kings: The Gospel for the Wealthy and Powerful"

Pastor Carl Park

Micah 4:1-5

"Path to Peace"

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Micah 4:1-5

"Peace for the World"

Pastor Stephen Kim

First Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 58:1-12

"Vertical Religion and Horizontal Flourishment"

Pastor Stephen Kim

First Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 58:1-12

"Restoring the Streets, Rebuilding the Ruins"

Pastor Carl Park

Exodus 16

"God's Provision and Rest in the Wilderness"

Pastor Chris Chen

Acts 5:17-42

"What Are You Thankful For?"

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Genesis 11:27-12:9. "God of Grace and Life of Hope." Pastor Stephen Kim.

Genesis 11:1-9

"Intervention"

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Genesis 11:1-9

"Sin and Grace of Babel"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Genesis 4:17-26; 5:28-29; 6:9-22; 8:13-9:17

"Cain, Noah, and a New Creation"

Pastor Carl Park

Genesis 4-11

"Sin, Technology, and Grace"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Genesis 3:14-4:16

"Yes, We Are Cursed"

Pastor Carl Park

Genesis 3:8-24

"God's Answer to Our Broken World"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Genesis 2:8-25, 3:1-13, 20-21

"The Human Predicament: Lies, Fall, and Grace from God"

Pastor Carl Park

Genesis 2:1-15

"God's Invitation"

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

Genesis 2

"Made in the Image of God (Part 2)"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Genesis 1-2

"We Are Created in God's Image"

Pastor Stephen Kim

Genesis 1-2

"God's Spirit, God's Image, and What It Means to Be Deeply Human"

Pastor Carl Park

"God's Good Creation"

Genesis 1

Pastor Stephen Kim

"The Wonder of Creation"

Genesis 1

Pastor Jonathan Thornton

God in Community (Trinity)

Genesis 1

Pastor Stephen Kim

God the Community

Genesis 1:1-2, 26-27

John 1:1-18; 17:1-5, 20-26

Pastor Carl Park

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Our Creator, The Person

Pastor Carl Park

Genesis 1

Absolute and Personal God

Pastor Stephen Kim

It All Ends with Praise!

Psalm 150

Pastor Stephen Kim

2 Corinthians 9:6-7

Cultivating a Heart of Generosity

Elder Andy Ho

Psalm 145

All Your Works Will Praise You

Pastor Carl Park

A Song of Praise!

Psalm 145

Pastor Stephen Kim

Cultivating a Heart of Generosity

2 Corinthians 9:6-7

Elder Andy Ho

Fully Known (Psalm 139)

Luke 15

Celebration of the Lost (and the One who Finds)

Elder Peter Cho

Psalm 139

"I Give Thanks to You, My Creator"

Pastor Carl Park

Luke 15

Celebration of the Lost (and the One who Finds)

Elder Peter Cho

Psalm 126 & 137

Psalms 126

Psalm 118

The Enduring Love of God (Psalm 107)

Beautiful Unity of God's People (Ps 133)

"Like a Good Neighbor" Luke 10:25-37

Psalm 107 (God's Love is Li'Olam)

Beautiful Unity of God's People (Ps 133)

GCCC Vision #5 (Luke 4:11-18)

Vision #5 (Luke 4:14-21)

GCCC Vision #4 (Acts 1:1-11)

Pursuing Christ-Likeness (Philippians 3:1-11)

GCCC Vision Statement #1 (John 3:1-21)

GCCC Vision Statement #1 (John 3:1-17)

Blessed to Be a Blessing in Our Work (Genesis 1-3)

Blessed to Be a Blessing in Our Work (Genesis 1-3)

Blessing Our Communities (Jeremiah 29:1-9)

Sunday Baptism Service - Testimonies

Dead to Sin, Alive to God (Romans 6:1-14)

New Life (Romans 6:1-14)

Celebrating with Friends (Luke 15)

Celebrating with Friends (Luke15)

Blessing Our Families (Colossians 3:18-21)

Blessed to Be a Blessing (Genesis 12:1-3)

Blessed to Be a Blessing (Genesis 12:1-3)

The End of the Beginning (Mark 16:1-8)

Mark 16:1-8 (Hope of Easter)

Faith That Lasts (Mark 14:1-25)

Costly Love (Mark 14:1-25)

Waiting (Mark 13)

Stay Awake (Mark 13)

Do You Want to Get Well? (John 5:1-15)

Do You Want to Get Well (John 5:1-15)

They Devour Widows' Houses (Mark 12:38-13:2)

Jesus Confronts the Religious Leaders (Mark 12:35-44)

The Most Important Thing (Mark 12:13-34)

Our of Religion and into Love (Mark 12:13-39)

Everyone Gets to Pray (Mark 11:1-26)

Cleansing the Temple (Mark 11:1-21)

We Are Better Together (Ephesians 4:1-16)

We Are Better Together (Ephesians 4:1-16)

Mark 10:46-52 (A Model Disciple)

A Model Disciple (Mark 10:46-52)

Destined for Greatness (Mark 10;32-45)

Setting Our Minds on True Greatness (Mark 10:32-45)

We Follow Like a Child (Mark 10:13-31)

Discipleship and Wealth (Mark 10:17-31)

Discipleship, Marriage & Divorce (Mark 10:1-12)

Setting Your Minds of the Things of God (Mark 9:38-10:12)

Failings as Disciples of Jesus (Mark 9:14-41)

Glory in midst of Chaos (Mark 9:2-29)

Mark 8:27-38 "How We Follow"

Mark 8:27-9:13 "Setting Our Minds on the Things of God"

God's Fierce Love for Us (Hosea 14)

God Loved the World Like This (John 3;16)

Hope of the Heavenly City (Revelation 21, 22)

Heaven on Earth (Revelation 21, 22)

Jesus Came to Save (Matthew 1:18-25)

The Uniqueness of Jesus' Birth (Mathew 1:18-25)

Philippians 2:1-11 "Jesus' Incarnation in Humility and in Real History"

Philippians 2:1-11 "Jesus' Incarnation in Humility"

John 1:1-18 "Jesus' Incarnation Making God Known to Us"

John 1:1-18 "Jesus' Incarnation Making God Known to Us"

Genesis 47-49 "Finishing Well"

Genesis 47-49 "Jacob's Dying Faith"

Genesis 35 "God's Unrelenting Grace"

Genesis 35 "New Identity"

Genesis 34 "What We Pray about When We Pray about Healing, Justice and Peace"

Genesis 34 "How Should We Respond to Shechem?"

Interview with Quinn (Matthew 28:18-20)

Genesis 33 Blessing is Abundant

Genesis 33 "Both New and Old Jacob"

Genesis 32 "Holding onto God"

Genesis 32 Jacob Wrestles God

Jacob Struggles with Laban

Brokenness and the Love of God (Genesis 29:1-30:24)

Genesis 29:1-30:24 Dysfunction and the Love of God

Genesis 28 "The Stairway to Heaven"

Genesis 28 "God for the Long Haul"

Genesis 27 What is a Blessing?

Genesis 27 Who Will Receive the Blessing?

Genesis 25:19-34 Learning to Trust in God

Introducing the Family of God (Genesis 25:19-34)

Mark 8:11-26 Spiritual Blindness

Mark 7:1-23 Jesus Confronts the Religious Leaders, Again

Mark 7:1-23 Commandments of God and Tradition of Men

Mark 6:30-56 Jesus is Love

Mark 6:1-12 We Deliver the Full Gospel

Mark 6:1-12 We Deliver the Full Gospel

Mark 5:21-43 Desperate Faith

Mark 5:21-43 Jesus' Brings New Life

Mark 5:1-12

Mark 3:22-35 - Freedom is Found in Deliverance

Mark 3:22-35 - Who is Jesus to You?

Mark 3:7-21 From the Crowd to Discipleship

Mark 3:7-21 Going Deeper

Mark 2:18-3:6 Jesus vs. Religion

Mark 2:18-3:6 Jesus vs. Religion

Mark 2:13-17 Eating with Jesus and Friends

Mark 2:13-17

Mark 2:1-12 The Gospel Comes to a Community

Mark 2:1-12 We are Forgiven

Following Jesus Mark 1:16-39

Mark 1:16-45

Romans 6:1-4 & Baptism Testimonies

Introducing Jesus Mark 1:1-15

Mark 1:1-15

Our Hearts Burning within Us (Luke 24:13-35)

Walking with Risen Jesus - Luke 24:13-35

Sharing Good News (Luke 24:1-12, 36-53)

Hope of Easter (Luke 24:1-12, 36-43)

Passion week devotional - Saturday

Fourth day of Passion week devotional (Peter denies Jesus)

Third day of passion devotionals (Jesus is arrested)

Second day of Jesus' passion week (Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane)

First Day of Jesus' Passion Week

Lies We Believe: All I Do Is Displease God (Ephesians 2:1-10)

Lies We Believe: God Doesn't Care About Our Bodies (Mark 12:29-31)

Lies We Believe: Our bodies are not important to God

Lies We Believe: All I do is displease God (Ephesians 2:1-10)

Lies We Believe: Maximizing is God's Way (Leviticus 23)

Lies We Believe: Maximizing is God's Way (Leviticus 23)

Lies We Believe: I can do it on my own 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Lies We Believe: I can do it on my own 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Lies We Believe: I Am Not Enough (Romans 5: 6-11, Psalm 139)

Lies We Believe: I Am Not Enough

Genesis 3; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - Lies We Believe: I Belong Only to Me

Genesis 3 - Lies We Believe: I Belong to Myself

Missions Sunday - Cambodia & Four Fold Gospel

Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:14 Searching for Meaning in Our Limitations

Ecclesiastes 7

Ecclesiastes 12 - Searching for Meaning in Fear of the Lord

Missions Sunday - What is God doing in Cambodia?

Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:14 Searching for Meaning in Times of Adversity

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Searching for Meaning in Religion

Ecclesiastes 4:4-16 Searching for Meaning in Our Toil

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Searching for Meaning in Religion

Ecclesiastes 4:4-16 Searching for Meaning in Our Toil

Ecclesiastes 3:1-4:3

Ecclesiastes 3 Searching for Meaning Trouble Times

Ecclesiastes 1:13-2:26 Searching for Meaning in All the Wrong Places

Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26 Searching for Meaning with Testimonies of Hebel

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 Searching for meaning while life is hebel

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 Searching for Meaning under the Sun

Encountering God (Exodus 33:7-11)

Waiting Well: Vision for the Church Isaiah 5:1-7; 60:17-22

Waiting Well: Healing Our Church Isaiah 5:1-7; 60:18-22; Matthew 5:14-16

Second Sunday of Advent - Matthew 5:21-26 Jesus brings relational healing

Second Sunday of Advent - Christ came to bring healing to our relationships

Psalm 139 First Sunday of Advent

Psalm 139 First Sunday of Advent

1 Corinthians 15 Better Hope

1 Corinthians 16 Gospel Partnership

1 Corinthians 13

1 Corinthians 13 Most Excellent Way

1 Corinthians 12

1 Corinthians 11 Honoring others in worship

1 Corinthians 11 A Better way to worship

1 Corinthians 8-10

1 Corinthians 8-10

1 Corinthians Singleness and Marriage

1 Cor 5-6

1 Cor. 5-6 A Better Christianity

1 Corinthians 4

1 Corinthians 4

1 Corinthians 3 - Reasons for Division

1 Corinthians 3

1 Corinthians 1-2 "Unity with the Mind of Christ"

1 Corinthians 1-2 "A Better Kind of Boasting"

In Christ for the World (1 Corinthians 1:1-9)

1 Corinthians 1

David and His Mighty Men

2 Samuel 14 God's heart for reconciliation

David both trembles and dances in worship

Sunday worship 1 Samuel 24-30

1 Samuel 17

Come and See Acts 1

John 4

Your Kingdom come...

Pastor Perrin Rogers from The Triumphant Church speaks on "The Fragility of Unity" from Ephesians 4:1-3

Missions Weekend - Testimonies from International Workers

"Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."

"Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors."

Lord's prayer "Give us this day our daily bread"

Lord's Prayer "Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven"

Sunday Worship "Hollowed by your name."

Rebecca is joined by Christine & Victoria to have an open and wide-ranging conversation beginning with personal reflections on the gendered & racial violence in the Atlanta shootings a few weeks ago.

Sermon series on the Lord's Prayer "Our Father in heaven"

Come join us as we find hope and wonder in the Easter Story!

Wayne and Pastor Carl talk about why Lent and other liturgical seasons are helpful, how Lent originated, and how we as individuals and as a community can celebrate it well. Also, listen for what the San Antonio Spurs have to do with Lent and how Asians and Catholics might have a commonality that emerges during Lent.

Darren and Lynn talk God's faithfulness in midst of many challenges they faced in pursuing God's call.

Julio Orozco is the senior pastor at Grace Community Church in Germantown MD. He is also the director of clinical training at Nyack College. In this episode we discuss managing stress during this COVID season and how to stay emotionally healthy.

Conversation with Tom Tarrants (the President Emeritus at C.S. Lewis Institute) about discipleship, retirement, politics and more. Listen to him talk about how God led him to be the interim pastor at Great Commission Community Church 10 years ago.

Is Christianity White, Western, and imperialistic? Pastor Carl Park and Wayne Chen talk about this commonly held view and how Christianity in the past and present has defied it. They discuss Esau McCaulley's book, Reading While Black, as a case in point, and why it is so important for Christians--Blacks and non-Blacks--to read.

In this podcast Pastor Carl Park and pastoral intern Wayne Chen give an introduction to the Letter of James and get impressed by how relevant James’ vision of authentic Christian faith is to our church today. They talk about what authentic Christian community looks like and, specifically, how important our treatment of the poor and our putting our hope in Jesus’ return are to authentic Christian faith, according to James.Conversation between Carl and Wayne about the book of James