Island ECC - A Dynamic English Speaking International Church in Hong Kong

Jesus’s last week on Earth is the most important week in our history. So much happened and the Gospel of John gives us great detail about it. In Jesus’s final words to His disciples, He helps them understand that things are going to be tough for them...

Perhaps the greatest battle Jesus ever fought in His earthly ministry was the battle of Gethsemane, where He battled His sorrow. We currently live in a broken and hurting world that causes us to feel immense sorrow, and the problem is that we don’t...

If we misunderstand or misapply the message of the gospel, we will find ourselves distant from God. Like Peter, who shocked himself by not even admitting he knew Jesus, we too can be overconfident and underestimate our own weakness.

We’ve all done it: made promises to God if He’ll get us out of a mess, reminded God of our good behavior so we can get a prayer answered, and so on. It’s natural, but it’s not healthy – and it never works.

In the sixth sign miracle in the gospel of John, a man is healed of blindness, while the lack of vision in those that see is exposed for what it is.

We all have hopes and dreams. But for the Christ-follower, there is an invitation to go beyond mere wishful thinking and to live in faith.

If our faith is built on God’s willingness to deliver us from circumstances, then we more have a superstition or good luck charm than faith. Circumstantial faith will disappoint us—and there is a better way than that.

Fear can be a good thing. It keeps you safe from danger. But to be paralysed by fear is not. Jesus said, “Fear not” to his disciples repeatedly, and yet they were racked with anxiety and fear. Until they weren’t. Something changed their ability to...

It can be a challenge to tie our day-to-day faith with our life’s journey, but there’s a simple first step. Start with God.

“Love your neighbour as yourself”, you knew this commandment! But you can’t live it out! Not even with the person you love the most! But now you know you can!