99 CHURCH

It's official. We're living in a post-Christian world. Followers of Jesus have shifted from being the majority inn society to being the minority. How do we be the Church during a time like this? How do we engage with culture? This week, we kick off our new collection as we explore the book of Daniel and learn what it means to be a Creative Minority.

Easter feels different this year. How do we celebrate resurrection when there's death all around us? How do we celebrate Easter in the midst of increasing violence against Asians, yet another mass shooting, a global pandemic? It's in this tension where God meets us. More than hearing a nice Easter sermon or singing nice Easter songs or having a nice Easter service, God is longing for us to become an Easter people.

Many of us are quick to pass over Good Friday to get to Easter Sunday. But what about Silent Saturday? What can we learn about a God who remained in the grave before resurrecting back to life? This week, Pastor Christa continues our collection on the symbols of Christ, as we explore the grave and why silence is so important to us as believers.

The Cross is perhaps the most prominent, well-known symbol of the Christian faith, yet so many of us fundamentally misunderstand what exactly happened there. Is the cross where a violent father made his innocent son his whipping boy to satisfy his bloodlust and thirst for justice? Or is the cross where a loving God stepped into human suffering in self-sacrifice and forgiveness? We see the cross is not a picture of payment, but a picture of forgiveness and love. This week, we explore the cross.

Food is one of God's top love languages. We see in the Gospels that Jesus was often going to a meal, at a meal, or coming from a meal. What does the meal teach us about the Kingdom of God? Jesus invited to the table all the people the religious excluded. The table is a lot bigger than we think.

Ying Mo kicks off our new collection, the Symbols of Christ, as we explore prominent symbols attached to the Christian faith throughout history. This week, we explore the symbol of water through baptism. What is baptism and what does it mean for us today?

We conclude our Story of God collection with the final Act: the Church. Why did God establish the Church and what does that mean for our lives today? We see a God who invites us to be drawn into His story, actively participating in renewing the world together.

This week, we explore the significance of Jesus in the overall Story of God. We find a Messiah who entered into Israel's story and fulfilled their mission to redeem and renew the world.

We continue the story of God as we learn more about the history of Israel and what it means for us today. This week, we start at Genesis 12 and go all the way through to Malachi, as we see God continuing His plan to redeem humanity.

We continue the story of God with Act II: The Fall. What is sin and how does it affect our world today? This week, we explore the moment where it all went wrong and how God had a plan from the start to fix it.