SOLA Network

By The SOLA CreativeReligion & Spirituality Christianity

SOLA Network episodes

June 03, 2024 [AALC 2024] The Asian American Church and the Call to Global Missions by Lloyd Kim
Speaker: Lloyd Kim
Description: Why has God established the Asian American Church? Certainly to be his witnesses here in North America, but is that where our witness ends? What role do we have in participating in God’s redemptive plan for the nations?
0:00 Intro
5:00 Seven things people struggle with when they think about going on missions
28:45 Missions not just as a calling, but also as a career

Watch the video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4dxPiZXjsg&list=PLAoJ5wNGQQE0dVTY8DWUZRb0XcTc8crkK&index=8&pp=gAQBiAQB
32 min
June 03, 2024 [AALC 2024] Leading from Your True Self by Ken Shigematsu
Speaker: Ken Shigematsu
Description: The experience of shame is more common than we think. It isn’t confined to people who have failed or gone through trauma. People who are immensely successful also feel they are not quite enough. Drawing on Ephesians 3:16-19 and using stories from his life, Ken Shigematsu shows how a deep, experiential encounter with the love of God can heal us from the shadow of shame and enable us to live and lead with greater joy and lightness of being—to become our true self—which most reflects the beautiful image of God.
0:00 Intro
2:00 Shame - the fear of not being enough
16:15 Can you imagine someone who has loved you into who you are today?
18:30 Confession as a biblical practice
24:10 The impact of experiencing beauty
28:40 The practice of overcoming envious comparisons
34:30 God’s love for us is without condition

Watch the video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT_cjZsCXhY&list=PLAoJ5wNGQQE0dVTY8DWUZRb0XcTc8crkK&index=7&pp=gAQBiAQB
38 min
June 03, 2024 [AALC 2024] The Next Chapter of Leadership: Humble(d) Yet Confident by Joel Kim
Speaker: Joel Kim
Description: Both the Bible and the history of the church are full of “turning points,” when the church is confronted with rapid changes and increasingly complex challenges. Most would agree that today is such a time. How do we as Christian leaders serve the church well in this changing environment? We look to the Scriptures to remind us of the limitations that we have as leaders but encourage us with the confidence in the Lord we serve as He Himself leads and guides.
0:00 Intro
1:54 Reasons for why we do not have enough frontline workers in ministry
8:50 The ideals of success discourage the path to ministry
18:00 John’s confession: “I am not the Christ”
25:00 John as a signpost
36:50 Jesus’ resurrection power at work in us

Watch the video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-O0JOv__JQ&list=PLAoJ5wNGQQE0dVTY8DWUZRb0XcTc8crkK&index=6&pp=gAQBiAQB
46 min
June 03, 2024 [AALC 2024] Embracing the Sufficiency of Christ by Ruth Chou Simons
Speaker: Ruth Chou Simons
Description: Those in ministry can often feel like even their best and most genuine efforts are never enough. What does it look like to break cycles of striving and embrace Christ alone as the source and substance of ministry?
0:00 Intro
4:44 Key Question: As ministry leaders, why do we ‘strive’ so much?
6:00 Defining ‘striving in your own strength’
8:50 Ruth’s background & striving for approval
16:05 Striving began in the garden
21:32 Truth #1 Grace replaces our striving
25:05 Truth #2 God shows his strength in our weakness
33:27 Truth #3 We are His workmanship
45:55 Reading an encouragement from Ruth’s Writing

Watch the video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOw9c6EnHOw&list=PLAoJ5wNGQQE0dVTY8DWUZRb0XcTc8crkK&index=5&pp=gAQBiAQB
53 min
June 03, 2024 [AALC 2024] The Lord's Servant by Enoch Liao
Speaker: Enoch Liao

Description: In 2 Timothy, the Apostle Paul instructs Timothy about preaching sound doctrine, fleeing temptation, and living in the power of the Spirit. What comes next? Practical instruction on working well with others for the sake of the Kingdom. We will consider ways a Christ-follower proves to be a worker approved by God in the context of local church ministry.

0:00 Intro
5:00 The Lord’s Servant
8:20 The distinguishing trait of the Lord’s Servant
9:50 What is the distinguishing trait and why is it such a big deal?
19:20 What are the practical steps to address conflict?
38:50 How is it possible to address conflict in a Christ-like way?

Watch the video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Zz_uONuBg&list=PLAoJ5wNGQQE0dVTY8DWUZRb0XcTc8crkK&index=4&pp=gAQBiAQB
51 min
June 03, 2024 [AALC 2024] Power in Weakness by Harold Kim
Speaker: Harold Kim

Description: The more I understand and articulate my story of increasing weakness, the better I understand, appreciate and articulate the story of apostle Paul’s life and gospel ministry. What does it really mean for the power of God to be “made perfect in weakness”? How can we rest in this power?

0:00 Intro
5:23 The Pendulum
22:37 The Thorn
32:30 The Paradox

Watch the video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjvWJEklAzw&list=PLAoJ5wNGQQE0dVTY8DWUZRb0XcTc8crkK&index=3&pp=gAQBiAQB
41 min
May 18, 2024 Reading a Letter to the Asian American Church: Faith Chang and David Larry Kim
Faith Chang and David Larry Kim read excerpts from their respective chapters in A Letter to the Asian American Church at the 2024 Asian American Leadership Conference.
Watch the video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/g1mq1vktFxY?feature=shared
Sample, links to purchase, and a free discussion guide:
https://sola.network/book/
3 min
April 24, 2024 190: The Greek New Testament: An Interview with Daniel K. Eng
In this interview, Aaron Lee sits down with Daniel K. Eng to discuss the makings of The Greek New Testament: Guided Annotating Edition. Daniel highlights the genesis of the book idea, and the various uses it would serve for a beginner Greek student as well as someone who wants to maintain the Greek they’ve already learned.
Shownotes:
https://www.crossway.org/bibles/the-greek-new-testament-produced-at-tyndale-case/
Video and transcript:
https://sola.network/article/the-greek-new-testament-interview/
Links:
Weekly Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/sola/tgif
Monthly Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/sola/newsletter
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thesolanetwork
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesolanetwork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesolanetwork
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SOLANetwork
Podcast: http://anchor.fm/solanetwork
Website: https://sola.network
18 min
April 18, 2024 189: Peace Over Perfection: An Interview with Faith Chang
In this interview, Aaron Lee speaks with Faith Chang, one of SOLA’s editorial board members as well as a newly published author. They discuss the premise of and journey to publishing Peace Over Perfection: Enjoying a Good God When You Feel You’re Never Good Enough.

00:00 Introduction to Faith and her book
02:05 The beginnings of the book
06:13 Life is not a math equation
11:26 God loves sinners, not perfect people
16:39 Prayer poems and Faith's prayer for the book

Full transcript:
https://sola.network/article/peace-over-perfection-an-interview-with-faith-chang/

Shownotes:
https://www.thegoodbook.com/peace-over-perfection
https://sola.network/article/peace-over-perfection-book-review/
https://sola.network/article/keeping-heart-interview/
https://sola.network/article/author/faithchang/
https://faithchang.substack.com/

Links:
Weekly Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/sola/tgif
Monthly Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/sola/newsletter
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thesolanetwork
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesolanetwork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesolanetwork
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SOLANetwork
Podcast: http://anchor.fm/solanetwork
Website: https://sola.network
23 min
April 08, 2024 A Letter to the Asian American Church – Interview with Steve Chang
At our upcoming AALC conference later in April, we will be giving away copies of Writing a Letter to the Asian American Church. This book wouldn’t have been made possible without Pastor Steve Chang of Living Hope Community Church (SOLA Council Chairman) and Aaron Lee (SOLA Editorial Curator). Aaron and Steve discuss the story behind how the book idea began, and how it all came together.

Full transcript:
https://sola.network/article/a-letter-to-the-asian-american-church-interview/

Links:
Weekly Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/sola/tgif
Monthly Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/sola/newsletter
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thesolanetwork
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesolanetwork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesolanetwork
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SOLANetwork
Podcast: http://anchor.fm/solanetwork
Website: https://sola.network
22 min