Acts2 Network Podcast

Jesus’ final instructions to his disciples are clear: go and make disciples of all the nations. How are we to carry out this grand calling in our lives today?

 

Passage: Matthew 28:16-20

Speaker: David Park

When Jesus visited the temple in Jerusalem, he was furious to see that this “house of prayer” had become a “den of robbers” and tore through the marketplace in his anger. What do we do with an angry, forceful Jesus? And how does his reaction calibrate Christians today on our own values and the mission of the church?

 

Passage: Matthew 21:12-22

Speaker: Steven Chang

The cleansing of the temple and the cursing of the fig tree are, respectively, what is probably Jesus angriest moment, and his only destructive material. What did Jesus see in the temple to make him so angry? And what warnings are contained there for the modern church?

 

Passage: Matthew 21:12-18

Speaker: Isaiah Kang

Right after Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, he cleanses the temple, and then he curses a fig tree. He shows a great public display of anger, and he performs his only destructive miracle. What does Jesus teach us through these actions?

 

Passage: Matthew 21:12-18

Speaker: David Park

Jesus’s parable on the vineyard workers teaches us on the generosity & compassion of God. We often relate to God on the basis of works, resulting in bitterness. But God relates to us on the basis of grace.

 

Passage: Matthew 20:1-16

Speaker: Steven Chang

The master of the house shows astounding compassion and generosity toward both the first-hour and the eleventh-hour workers. Why would he pay them equally? Isn’t that unfair?

 

Passage: Matthew 20:1-16

Speaker: David Park

As a church we recently started devotions in the Proverbs. To be honest, the proverbs can seem a bit…obscure, one might even say boring. But when we have the patience to really hear what’s being said, we find real treasure, the kind that we didn’t realize we desperately needed.

 

Speaker: Isaiah Kang

On Easter Sunday, the resurrected Jesus makes a special appearance to two of his disciples, whose spirits and hopes had been dashed by his death on the cross.  They had hoped for the political deliverance of their nation, but Jesus helps them see from the Scriptures that his suffering and death was not a tragic turn of events, but a fulfillment of prophecies from ages past that rescues and redeems not only Israel, but all of mankind from their sins.

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Jesus’ responses to the second and third temptations tell us about faith and worship.  Faith means that once we have been convinced by the truth of God’s love, we hold onto that truth regardless of circumstances, not putting God to the test by asking him to prove his commitment to us.  And who you worship defines who you are, because we all worship and serve something.  To respond as Jesus did, we need to see our world through God’s word and know scripture

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Jesus came to identify with sinners, even being tempted by the devil.  His response to temptation teaches us that obeying the word of God, instead of caving in to every appetite and desire, leads to true abundance and flourishing.