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To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

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A few questions are posed to Dr. David Lew by Pastor Calvin in his message entitled "Eternal Faith." Dr. David Lew is asked to compare and contrast some of the hardships faced during this COVID-19 pandemic with Sarah and Abraham.

Abraham, part 2. Faith that is willing to sacrifice one's life for God, e.g. Healthcare workers especially during this pandemic risking their lives by faith... Abraham did not directly sacrifice his own life, but was ready to obediently sacrifice his only son Isaac, who was his bloodline, and as such indirectly like his own life. Abraham's faith allowed him to trust God's promise, and risk everything he hoped for. How was he able to do this? Abraham's faith is based more on the character of God the Promisekeeper than the promise itself. 1. Abraham believed in God's character. Abraham received God's promises (v.17) in his life, so had evidence of God's trustworthiness in the past. 2. Abraham believed in God's plan for the world, a plan bigger than himself. Totally believed the promise that through Isaac, Abraham would become a nation (v.18), and a blessing to the world. 3. Abraham believed that God had resurrection power, to raise Isaac from the dead (v.19), (eternal perspective). Main idea: Eternal fa

Abraham and Sarah, part 1: Abraham stepped out in faith, not knowing where he was going. e.g. Stephen Shellnut is going to Radius... he is stepping out in faith. Because of the promise of eternity, stepping out in faith and leaving everything behind is the only option that makes sense. Sarah is a great partner to Abraham in their faith venture. e.g. Rana has been a great partner to me in our own missions venture.

Enoch. Genesis says twice that "Enoch walked with God" Whoa! In our American culture where productivity and accomplishment is seen as valuable, why is time with God so precious and worthy? and how is this a faith issue?

Part of equality includes knowing ones self. William Cheung tells about his upbringing as a 2nd generation Cantonese speaking Chinese American.

Join teacher Lynn and Manto as they teach the 2nd part of the Lord's Prayer.

Big picture, walking us through what faith is (assurance of things hoped for and conviction of things unseen) / what is it, why is it important? What do all these heroes of faith have in common? They all believed to the point of RISK.

Who is my neighbor?  How should I think of my neighbor?  What does it mean to love my neighbor? Go and do as a lifestyle

Join teacher Lynn and learn the Lord's Prayer.

Many are asking, "How do we have those difficult talks about racial justice and racism with, say, my parents?" Well, like with a lot of things, it starts with relationship. Jesus modeled for us how to do it with the Samaritan woman in John 4. From his example, we should proximate, change the narrative, keep the hope, do uncomfortable things (from Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy). 1. Proximate: get near to the issue, make it personal, engage in conversation, vv.4,7. 2. Change the narrative: speak truth to counter the lies and deflection, vv.16-17, 20, 26. 3. Keep the hope: living water (v.10), eternal life (v.14), , Messiah (v.26), opposing racism is hard, so keep on hoping, or easy to give up. 4. Do uncomfortable things: Jesus went into Samaria (v.4), speaks to a Samaritan woman (v.9), received dismay of disciples (v.27); opposing racism will get you out of your comfort zone Main point: Difficult conversations are hard, so leverage relationship. Isaiah 1:17.

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

Pastor Andrew will share with us what CLC hopes to do as our governments make changes to COVID-19 restrictions and best practices.

1. God created men and women in His image, and on the 6th day he said it was very good. We are ALL human and should see each other as such and as equals       (Gen 1:27). God is also a creative God, so he made us diverse. Heaven will be a place filled from every nation, tribe, people and language (Rev 7:9). 2. But sin entered the world, and mankind developed pride, "I am better than you." Men and women looked at certain people groups and said, "You are not equal to us." Discrimination can be based on skin color, language, race, ethnicity, gender, faith, etc. (Biblical example of man's discrimination and systemic racism, Acts 10:9-16, Acts 15:1-19, God's warning not to call certain people unclean when God has made them clean,  which helped Peter to later speak against the Judaizers requiring Gentiles to be circumcised like Jewish Christians, to be qualified into faith) Historical and current example: US Declaration of Independence says "All men are created equal." But depends on how

You can't help having privilege, but you can help what you do with it.

The big idea for this message is to walk through what the Bible teaches about God as a Father. Most Christians are familiar with this concept but perhaps they have forgotten how radical it is. For me, I constantly forget about my new standing before God (won for me by Jesus) as son-to-Father. And when I remember it, it always gives me a jolt of grace. The three points for this message move to unpack what it means to relate to God as Father. 1. We do not relate to him as a servant does his master (utilitarian) but as a child does her father (intimacy, favor, access). 2. He disciplines us. This is a principle for the rest of the sermon series... The implication here is that God loves us enough not just to tell us the things we long to hear but also the things we don't! 3. God the Father desires all of his children (of all races) to be at peace with one another. This is something that most people want, but ultimately this is what God the Father desires for all his children.

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

Who is our neighbor? Well, who do you see? It's whoever you meet today and our neighbor is anyone that we can help esp. those who are "Broken." In light of what's happening in our country, God sees our hurt and our brokenness and He is guiding us to see other's hurt and needs!

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