Studying churches that exist in other situations and timesare very helpful in how we examine and consider our localchurch context. Protestant churches in the United Stateshave tended to follow trends and the latest ministryprograms. There was the Seeker Sensitive model and theCharismatic movement in the early 90’s. There was thehouse church movement in the 2000’s. […]
In this series, we are examining examples in the Bible of men and women who left their lives behind in order to follow Jesus. Last week, we talked about Abraham and how he left his family and his entire way of life to follow the call of God. God used his act of faith to […]
Over the next few weeks, I’d like to consider the lives of men and women in the Bible who have walked away from their previous lives and have followed the calling of the Lord. Imagine growing up a certain way, spending your whole life living in a part of the world in the company of […]
Over the next few weeks I’d like to consider the various aspects of what makes a church a church. Today, we will consider the idea of fellowship. If you walk by the stairs in our church you’ll see a sign that says “Fellowship Hall”. Making sure there is time for “fellowship” is something that occupies […]
Is new technology good or bad? When we talk about technology we can often approach it with two equally wrong extremes. One is to be afraid of it. We can utterly reject it and condemn along with those who use it. On the other hand, we can wholeheartedly and uncritically embrace technology as good. Some […]
In a day and age where technology is becoming more and more of a part of our lives and shaping who we are, how are we as Christians called to respond? How are we to remain faithful to God and how are we to raise our children? Over the next few weeks, I’d like to […]
Jonathan Kuo- During our morning prayers, I had a moment where I realized that God was sending us on this mission trip similar to how He sent Jesus to this world. Jesus left his heavenly home and glory to live among sinners and to bring them salvation. We were going to a different city to […]
Thank you for being a part of the life of GCC and part of our family! As you know this summer we’ll be sending a small short-term mission team to New Brunswick from July 30th to August 3rd. We will be sending a team of 5 men (Francis Foo, Mason Ma, Benny Wu, John Chan […]
Outline- The Necessity for Change Biblical Understanding of Change in the Christian Life Change is needed for repentance God is needed for good change Change is needed for sanctification In spite of these things there is a strong pull toward looking back. What does this mean for us? Personally- there needs to be change. As […]
Isaiah 40:1–2 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. (ESV) Every place, neighborhood, city or region has its own way of identifying itself. Wall […]