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Presenter |
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| 12/30/2012 | “Community: Who's In and Who's Out?” John 7:53-8:1
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Roger Lam |
| 12/23/2012 | “Understanding the ”Why" of Christmas”
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Chris Brooks |
| 12/16/2012 | “Preparing for Joy” John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." "What should we do then?" the crowd asked. John answered, "The man who has two tunics should share with one who has none; and the one who has food should do the same." Some even came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?" He replied, "Don't extort more than you are told to extort." Still others asked, "What then should we do?" He answered, "Don't abuse your power or accuse people falsely—be content with your wages."
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 12/09/2012 | “Shocked by His Love” Luke 1:57-66 Now the time for Elizabeth to give birth was completed, and she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they intended to call him Zechariah, after the name of his father. But his mother answered and said, "No, but he shall be called John." And they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives by that name." And they made signs to his father, asking what he wished him to be called. And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, saying, "John is his name." And they all wondered. And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue was released, and he spoke, blessing God. And fear came on all who lived around them, and all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea, and all who heard them stored them up in their hearts, saying, "What, then, will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him. And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has looked upon and redeemed his people, and he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the daybreak from on high has visited us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
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Rev. Allen Swanson as Zechariah |
| 12/02/2012 | “When God Speaks From The Desert” In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went to all the country around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places shall be made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’"
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 11/25/2012 | “Submission” James 4:13-17 "Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there, and trade and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your arrogance; every such boasting is evil. Therefore, to him who knows the good to do and does not do it, to him it is sin."
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 11/18/2012 | “Build Up The Family of God” Matthew 16:18; Acts 1:8; Ephesians 4:11-12; Romans 12:3-11
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Rev. Roy Tinklenberg |
| 11/11/2012 | “Can you hear him? He is calling your name” "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have scattered you," declares the LORD, "and I will bring you back to the land I drove you from."
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Mrs. Jean Swanson |
| 11/04/2012 | “Testifying to The Gospel of Grace” Act 20:24
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Tariku Fufa |
| 10/28/2012 | “Liberty and Justice for All” Romans 8:1-4,14-15; Galatians 5:1,13
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Elder Kenneth Wang |
| 10/21/2012 | “Family” While he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, asking to speak to him. Someone told him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to see you." But he answered the one who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 10/14/2012 | “A View of Missions From a Navajo” the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the land and shadow of death, light has dawned.
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Rev. Tulley Lee |
| 10/07/2012 | “Prayer: Passive or Persistent?” 8 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 9 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 09/30/2012 | “The Journey to Garden Highway” Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man one might perhaps dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Rev. Paul Tokunaga |
| 09/23/2012 | “The Journey to 19 Minami” Hear my teaching, O my people; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter hidden truths from of old. The things we have heard and learned— things our ancestors told us— we will not hide from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done. He decreed for Jacob a statute, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach their children, that the next generation might know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn might tell their children. So the next generation would put their hope in God and not forget the deeds of God but keep his commands.
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Rev. Paul Tokunaga |
| 09/16/2012 | “Do you love God?” To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
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Elder Kenneth Wang |
| 09/09/2012 | “Why doesn't the Lord seem to answer?” Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! Vindicate my affliction and redeem me; give me life according to your word! Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim from waiting for my God.
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 09/02/2012 | “I Prayed, But Did He Hear?” Luke 11:5-10; Psalm 35:11-13,22
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 08/26/2012 | “Do Your Part” And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning craftiness of men, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 08/19/2012 | “Living for Eternity Now” Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ephesians 2:8-10
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Rev. CJ Chun |
| 08/12/2012 | “What is your commission?” And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
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Minister Stephen Ko |
| 08/05/2012 | “Gospel Contentment” I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your interest in me; indeed, you were mindful of me before, but you lacked opportunity. I do not speak of being in want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret of both having your bounty and being hungry, both having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Yet it was good of you to share my troubles. You Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared in my dealings with you except you only. To you also in Thessalonica once and again you sent what I needed. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a welcome sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Rev. Ed Cheng |
| 07/29/2012 | “A Life That Glorifies God” Genesis 41-45
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Ramona Bishop |
| 07/22/2012 | “What Will It Cost You?” Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, "If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether in order to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and cannot finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, 'This man began to build and could not finish.' Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not first sit down and take counsel, whether he can beat with ten thousand his opponent who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends an embassy and asks for terms of peace. So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. Salt is good, but if salt has lost its saltiness, how will you season it? It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
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Minister Stephen Ko |
| 07/15/2012 | “Work” **Hebrew 4:8-13** 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken of another day after that. 9 So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10 For the one who has entered his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are laid bare before the eyes of him with whom we must give an account.
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 07/08/2012 | “The Prodigal Son” Luke 15:11–32
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Sunny So |
| 07/01/2012 | “Faith of Our Fathers” Galatians 3:26-29; 5:1
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 06/23/2012 | “Forgiven for All Eternity” Part 4: The Apostle's Creed Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha answered, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 06/17/2012 | “No Longer Strangers” Part 3: The Apostle's Creed For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God, by the Spirit.
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 06/10/2012 | “The Basics of Our Faith” 1 Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel, 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. 10 For am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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Justin Ely |
| 06/03/2012 | “The Lessons of Jezebel” The Revelation 2:18-24
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Elder Ken Wang |
| 5/27/2012 | “Seeing the Kingdom” John 4:1–42
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Nick Johnson |
| 5/20/2012 | “What is The Message?” But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 5/13/2012 | “Jesus and Mary” John 19:26-27; Proverbs 31:28
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Sandra Shaner |
| 5/06/2012 | “Who Do You Say That I am?” Part 2: The Apostle's Creed Matthew 16:13-16; Philippians 2:5-11
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 4/29/2012 | “What Do We Believe?” Part 1: Why a Creed? Who is God? In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 4/15/2012 | “Work the Word, and the Word Will Work” All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. For the word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
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Sandra Shaner |
| 4/08/2012 | “The Stone Was Rolled Away” When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices with which to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb. They had been asking each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” But when they looked up, they saw that the huge stone, which was very heavy, had already been rolled aside. When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a pure white robe sitting on the right side. They were startled by this sight, but the young man said to them, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, here is the place where they laid him. Now go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there,’ just as he told you.” Trembling and bewildered, the women fled the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. After Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. When she went to tell his companions, who were mourning and weeping, they did not believe her.
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Elder Ken Wang |
| 4/01/2012 | “Who did you expect?” The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the king of Israel!" Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it, as it is written: "Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt." At first his disciples did not understand these things, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written about him and that people had done these things to him.
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 3/25/2012 | “For Something Better” Matthew 13:44-46; 2 Corinthians 9:7
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 3/18/2012 | “Here and Now” Acts 1:1-11,2:42-47
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Janna Louie |
| 3/11/2012 | “The Lord's Prayer: The Model Prayer for All Ages” "When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need even before you ask him. "This, then, is how you should pray: "'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.' "For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 3/04/2012 | “Broken for Our Healing” Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make ready for us to eat the Passover." They asked him, "Where do you want us to make ready?" He said to them, "Look, when you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, My time is near; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.' And that man will show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there." So they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover. And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." And when he had taken a cup, and given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away from me tonight. For it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee." Peter said to him, "Even if all fall away from you, I will never fall away." Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all the other disciples said the same.
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 2/26/2012 | “Does God Laugh?” So Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you the truth, more rejoicing in heaven will be over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ I tell you the truth, more rejoicing in heaven will be over one sinner who repents than over nine other persons who do not need to repent.” either the parable of the lost sheep or the parable of the lost coin. “Now the tax collectors and their sins were reported to Jesus. A Pharisee in the town saw this happen and said to himself, ‘If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Simon, I have something to tell you.’ ‘Tell me, teacher,’ Simon replied. Jesus said, ‘Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had any money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Which of them will love the moneylender more?’ Simon answered, ‘I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.’ Jesus said to him, ‘You have judged correctly.’ Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me water for my feet, but she did it with her tears and washed my feet with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman has not stopped kissing my feet since I came in. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.’ Then Jesus said to her, ‘Your sins are forgiven.’ The other people at the table started to say to themselves, ‘Who is this who even forgives sins?’ Jesus said to the woman, ‘Your faith has saved you; go in peace.’ “On that day a man had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate that is coming to me.’ So he divided his property between them. Not long after, the younger son gathered all he had and took himself on a journey into a distant country and there he squandered his wealth in wild living. When he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to eat the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.”’ So he set out and went back to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran to his son, kissed him, and welcomed him home. “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fat calf and kill it. Let us celebrate with a feast, for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate. “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. He called to one of the servants and asked what was going on. ‘Your brother has come back,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fatted calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ “The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘How many years have I served you, never neglecting any command of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fatted calf for him!’ “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
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Elder Ken Wang |
| 2/19/2012 | “The Hands of a Disciple” Acts 8:26-40
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Rev. David Lee |
| 2/12/2012 | “The Heart of a Disciple” Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village. And a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving. And she came to him and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. But one thing is needful. And Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
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Rev. David Lee |
| 2/05/2012 | “Faith For The Journey” Genesis 12:1-6, 10; Hebrews 11:1, 8-13
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
| 1/29/2012 | “Building His House” For a day in your courts is better than a thousand days elsewhere. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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Rev. CJ Chun |
| 1/22/2012 | “First things first” When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. One of them, a teacher of the law, asked him a question to test him: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." 1 Happy is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
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Rev. James Sproull |
| 1/15/2012 | “Who do you impress?” Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 1/08/2012 | “Response” "What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ ‘I will go,’ he answered, but he did not go. Then the man went to the other son and said the same thing. He replied, ‘I will not go,’ but later he changed his mind and went. Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The second,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him."
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Minister Johnathan Hsieh |
| 1/01/2012 | “Modern Lessons From Some Wise Men” Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose, and have come to worship him." When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and gathering all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: "'And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'" Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them the time when the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him." When they had heard the king, they went their way; and the star which they had seen in the way went ahead of them, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
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Rev. Allen Swanson |
