As the gospel went out into the known world, it encountered people from all kinds of religions and philosophies – particularly people from a Greco-Roman religious background. Many of the religions that the gospel encountered concerned man trying to placate the gods. The greco-roman gods were a capricious lot – given to mood swings, internal …
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This week, as part of our ongoing series on the Reformation, Leigh shared a meditation on the theme, “Sola Scriptura“, or “Scripture Alone”. Working from this week’s scripture lessons (Amos 5:6-7, 10-15; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31), Leigh spoke about how declaring “Scripture Alone” as foundational to our faith meant encountering Jesus through the Bible and being transformed …
Today is Doom Sunday, also known as Christ The King Sunday. This is the last day of the year, according to the liturgical calendar, before we begin the year anew with Advent, beginning next Sunday. Doom Sunday is traditionally focused on the Second Coming of Christ and the judgement that awaits. This morning, Pastor Augustin preached …
Speaking from today’s readings (Esther 4:1-17; II Timothy 3:1-17; Matthew 25:14-30), Emily preached about how we have all been given talents by God; and He calls us to live our lives using those talents until He returns again one day. However, beyond the fact that we have been asked to be accountable to the talents …
This morning, we had the wonderful privilege of having David Pritchard tell a wonderful story from the Bible with us. David was in town for a conference and also took time to conduct the How To Tell Children Sacred Stories From The Bible Using Godly Play® workshop yesterday. Sharing with us the story from II Kings 5, …
Starting off unexpectedly, Rev. Augustin kicked off his Reformation Sunday sermon with the trailer for The Return Of The Jedi! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_3I3uImdwc] Reformation Sunday is, in many ways, a return to Christ. The Reformation movement returned people from struggling in many ways to reach heaven back to the fundamentals: Christ alone… Not the saints Grace alone… …
Today, we had the privilege of having the Lutheran Church Malaysia‘s Kuala Lumpur Dean Rev. Francis Ho of Christ Lutheran Church visit us during service. As part of his visit with us, he shared with us a powerful sermon based on Mark 10:35-45 about having enough faith and trust in God’s grace to “dare to …
John, preaching from this week’s Lectionary readings and primarily from the Gospel reading, shared with us about how there are many things that stand in the way of us following Christ. Like He did with the rich young ruler, Jesus calls us to give these things up and then – without distractions – follow Him. …
Speaking from the lectionary text today, Rev. Augustin this morning preached about how God calls us to press on towards what’s ahead in Christ. To do that, we were encouraged to: Forget the encumbrances of the past Train or press on towards the prize ahead in Christ Answer the call to seek after excellence Still, …
(Pictured with her husband Zach, Emily’s the one on the right, just in case you were wondering) This morning, we had the distinct pleasure to be blessed by Emily Shipman‘s maiden sermon at The Father’s House! She wrapped up our September Sermon Series exploring different images of church and community, as found in Scripture, with a sermon …
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