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"During this time of the pandemic, maintaining and growing relationships have been difficult. Being stuck at home without our normal routine has brought weaknesses, insecurities, and shame to the surface. So here are some encouragements for all as we navigate through our changed relationships."

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Gabe Lee is a Pastoral Intern at FCBC Walnut.

This video sermon clip was provided by FCBC Walnut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1sm35Pbus&list=PL_vN-vM53O-9u8jg8SMDA8GJz-gJqfZDv&index=1

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❝Father God, we pray you will take these broken hearts and make them more like yours. Although we pray for comfort, we pray for hope, we pray for healing upon a most broken, hurting world in Atlanta, in Boulder, and right here in California. We confess and grieve and pray that we would follow you better.❞

This past Sunday, Harold Kim, senior pastor of Christ Central of Southern California and president of the SOLA Network, shared this lament concerning the violence and deaths in Atlanta and Boulder. 

We are reposting it here with permission, and we hope it will be edifying to the church.

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https://sola.network/article/grieving-for-lives-lost-local-church

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The last year has seen a massive rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across the United States. Last week's Atlanta massacres have driven us to lament and prayer. But as Asian Americans, is there more that we should be doing?

SOLA Editorial Board Member Kevin Yi, the youth and education Pastor at Church Everyday in Los Angeles, speaks with Pastor and President Raymond Chang and Dr. and Vice President Michelle Reyes from the Asian American Christian Collaborative - AACC.

Michelle Reyes, PhD, is the Vice President of the Asian American Christian Collaborative and the Co-Executive Director of Pax. She is also the Scholar in Residence at Hope Community Church. Michelle's work on faith and culture has been featured in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Missio Alliance, Faithfully Magazine and more. Her forthcoming book on cross-cultural relationships is called Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead to Lasting Connections Across Cultures (Zondervan; April 27, 2021).

Pastor Raymond Chang is the president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative, a pastor, and writer. He regularly preaches God’s Word and speaks throughout the country on issues pertaining to Christianity and culture, race and faith. He has lived throughout the world (Korea, Guatemala, Panama, Spain, China), traveled to nearly 50 countries, and currently lives in Chicagoland, serving as a campus minister at Wheaton College. Prior to entering vocational ministry, Raymond worked in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, and served in the Peace Corps in Panama. He is currently pursuing his PhD. He is married to Jessica Chang, who serves as the chief advancement and partnerships officer of the Field School.

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https://youtu.be/Rc6-Oq04d64

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https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/

https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/rally

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SOLA Network Editor Hannah Chao asked, “What if Church Doesn’t Go Back to Normal?” We went LIVE on Instagram to discuss her new article, give suggestions for reopening, and reflect on changes in the church this past year.

This video was originally recorded LIVE on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMf5UxKlTpa/

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https://youtu.be/m_dpipyG-YQ

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https://sola.network/article/what-if-church-doesnt-go-back-to-normal

https://sola.network/article/god-has-not-forgotten-to-be-gracious

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SOLA Social Media Manager Aaron Lee spoke with Russell Moore, an evangelical writer, preacher and President of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

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Russell Moore's website:

https://www.russellmoore.com/

Russell Moore is president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the moral and public policy agency of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Dr. Moore is the author of several books, including The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear Without Losing Your Soul, Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel and The Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home. A native Mississippian, he and his wife Maria are the parents of five sons.

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At the start of a new year, many of us resolve to change our diets and eating habits. While this may improve our physical bodies, what can we do to help our spiritual health? In his new book, The Wisdom Pyramid, Brett McCracken shows us how we can better feed our souls in a post-truth world.

Brett is the senior editor for The Gospel Coalition, writing articles on art and culture. He is also on the SOLA Editorial Board. In this video, he speaks with Aaron Lee, SOLA Network's Social Media Manager, about The Wisdom Pyramid.

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https://youtu.be/5NHzdDDyDVg

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https://sola.network/article/balancing-our-wisdom-diet-in-internet-age

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https://sola.network/article/the-wisdom-period-book-review

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Are there biblical and theological rationale for ethnic-specific ministries? Are they just as vital to the church as multi-ethnic churches? In this conversation for the SOLA Network, SOLA Editorial Board member Moses Lee interviewed Dr. Andrew Ong and Dr. Gray Sutanto to answer these questions. Their discussion touched on the theology of Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck, the catholicity of the church, and the church as seen in Revelation 7.

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https://sola.network/article/theology-of-ethnic-specific-churches

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Tia Kim reads her article, The Gift of a Quiet Heart.

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"A quiet heart was a rare jewel this year.

Fear, anxiety, anger, and complaining – so much complaining – ruled our hearts. As an older minister once said about himself to Charles Spurgeon, our souls were like 'weaning rather than weaned' children.

What is the difference? The weaning child’s desires are at the center of his universe. Give me milk or I shall die, he cries to his mother who suddenly withholds her milk. But a weaned child has learned to say with David,

'O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;

my eyes are not raised too high;

I do not occupy myself with things

too great and too marvelous for me.

But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

like a weaned child with its mother;

like a weaned child is my soul within me.

O Israel, hope in the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore.'

(Psalm 131)

Where is the calmed and quieted soul in 2020? Through the many, unexplained sufferings in this life, how do we keep a heart like the weaned child?

We must begin with humility."

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Tia Kim lives in southern California with her husband and two boys. They are members of Bethany Baptist Church in Bellflower, CA. She writes, sometimes with ink or watercolor, at tiajoykim.com.

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Should all churches be multiethnic? Is there still a place for ethnic-specific churches or are they outdated? 

To help us think through these questions, SOLA Editorial Board member Moses Y. Lee interviewed Thabiti Anyabwile, lead pastor of Anacostia River Church and founding president of the Crete Network, a ministry dedicated to planting churches in Black and Brown communities, as well as Dr. Alexander Jun, a professor of higher education at Azusa Pacific University and also serves as a coordinator of KALI, the Korean American Leadership Initiative in the PCA.

Watch on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFozzaHSDp4&list=PLAoJ5wNGQQE2OUp1eKCu2jHWu_WT3_R_D&index=1

Transcript available soon on our website:

https://sola.network/article/why-ethnic-specific-churches-still-important-interview

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Should all churches be multiethnic? Is there still a place for ethnic-specific churches or are they outdated? 

To help us think through these questions, SOLA Editorial Board member Moses Y. Lee interviewed Thabiti Anyabwile, lead pastor of Anacostia River Church and founding president of the Crete Network, a ministry dedicated to planting churches in Black and Brown communities, as well as Dr. Alexander Jun, a professor of higher education at Azusa Pacific University and also serves as a coordinator of KALI, the Korean American Leadership Initiative in the PCA. 

We will be premiering a video of their interview and publishing a transcript on Monday, but we wanted to give a sneak preview to our SOLA audience.

Watch on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzCTZwnfHTs&list=PLAoJ5wNGQQE2OUp1eKCu2jHWu_WT3_R_D&index=1

Transcript is available on our website:

https://sola.network/article/why-ethnic-specific-churches-still-important

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