CITYLIGHTS

|| Oliver Wong || Paul opens Ephesians 3 sharing some of his story and heart for ministry to the Gentiles. In these verses, we can find a powerful mission statement for all missionaries of the Gospel as well as those of us who are on mission right here in our city!  

|| Oliver Wong || Hostility between believing Jews and Gentiles in Ephesus grew as they attempted community together in Christ. Paul's letter to this young church teaches us how the fellowship table of Jesus establishes community for families, neighbors, and nations today. 

|| Oliver Wong || In our personal lives we are often poor historians and therefore live out of confused identity. In Ephesians 2, Paul proclaims our spiritual past to in order to help us understand our spiritual future. Listen in as we discuss how to more fully INHERIT our spiritual life in Jesus. 

|| Oliver Wong || The Apostle Paul earnestly wrote Ephesians to remind the believers at the church of Ephesus of all they have in Christ. In his closing comments in the first chapter, Paul prays that we would know the power of the resurrected Christ. What happens to believers when we fail to remember the power in the resurrection?

|| Oliver Wong || Law is a gift that governs society, but blocks relationship. Paul, an ex-legalist, was sent by God to lead the early church from the courtroom of God into the living room of the Father. How does legalism operate in our lives and how has Jesus set us free to live in the living room with Him?

|| Oliver Wong || When Jesus calls Himself the vine and refers to us as His branches, He offers us a rich metaphor in understanding how we bear spiritual fruit in this life. Listen in as we close this two-part series discussing the powerful methods God uses to bring spiritual fruit into the world.

|| Oliver Wong ||  Life moves fast and often leads us to busyness that lacks in fruitfulness. This week we look at John 15 to understand how God cultivates fruit in our lives through the process of pruning. 

|| Oliver Wong || Join us as we conclude our conversation on Hebrews 11. 

|| Oliver Wong || Rahab was a prostitute and an outsider when she hear of the signs and wonders of Israel's God. In a moment of faith and risk, she saw her past forgiven and God gave her a future that should have never belonged to her. Lean in with us as we talk about how God can use our faith to restore our identity offer us a new future. 

|| Andre Griner || Join us as we take a look at why intimacy with the Father plays such an important role within our faith.

|| Oliver Wong || Joseph hadn't seen the Promised Land, but he insisted on being buried in it. Until the Israelites reached the land promised to them, they carried the bones of Joseph - a reminder never to settle until they arrived at God's promise. Listen in as we discuss how to walk in God's promises today!

|| Stephen Lewis ||  Join us as one of our elders brings us a word in our fourth installment of One Faith, a journey through Hebrews 11.

|| Oliver Wong || Do you ever feel like you don't fit in, like an outsider in an inside world? Abraham's story takes us on a journey of faith, where a man is called to leave everything he knew to become a foreigner in a strange land. Though he spent his days in a tent, his faith and obedience brought him to a home and a sense of belonging that very few find.

|| Timothy Bayne || Scripture tells us that God works everything for our good and His glory, could the same be true for for our fear? God doesn't just want to eliminate our fear, but He wants to birth faith from it. Listen in as we take a look at the life of Noah and how his fear created his faith. 

|| Oliver Wong || Like Cain and Abel, we continually make offerings to God, hoping they are acceptable. Our work, hospitality, and service are all ways we not only offer gifts, but our lives to God and others. In our reflection of the first recorded offering unto God here in Genesis 4, we see offerings that bring peace and pleasure to Him, and offerings that do not. Listen in with us as we search the Scriptures to understand an offering of faith that is pleasing to the Lord.