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

Christmas is coming! These next few weeks at church we will look at how God used a fearfully awesome angel to bring His good news to four different people. We will see how these four pieces of good news add up to the grand picture of God’s saving work...

Temptation.

There are obvious ones----sex, power, materialism. And more subtle issues like control and fear that can have even more disastrous effects on our spiritual lives.

But never are we tempted beyond what we can endure. A look at the...

Worry is a common experience among most everyone. And worrying about money is probably the top reasons for our stress. In Luke 12, Jesus gives us a remedy for our worry, and a six-point checklist to see where your worry spots are.

Rembrandt captured the details of Luke 15 amazingly well when he painted The Return of the Prodigal Son. With one son obviously lost, an older, self-righteous son has his own waywardness revealed. And yet the father (God) pursues both.

Many of us live with underlying fears that cripple our life. Financial fears about our future. Fear of dying or growing old. Fear of medical unknowns. Fear of rejection. The list could go on.

In today’s message, we’ll address the issue of...

Jesus offers more than simply an on-the-go, quick-fix faith. He offers an abiding relationship. And with that listening, teachable posture, we find that we learn to hear His voice and approach life with wisdom, instead of frantic anxiety. Jesus’...

Van Gogh painted lots of biblical artwork, and was a conflicted, yet spiritual soul. In his painting, The Good Samaritan, he captures the heart of a merciful follower of God.

This message concludes our series called MAX, which shows how we can maximise various aspects of our personal lives. This sermon uses Gary Smalley’s DNA of Relationships and the Great Commandments as the launching pad for examining our relationships...

“Don’t judge me!”

It’s a common expectation in our world today that people should be judgment-free. The irony though, is that if you think people who judge are wrong, then you are judging them, and therefore breaking your own rule.

So what does...