Passage: Mark 16:1-8 Speaker: Mitch Kim The Unfinished Story             The gospel of Mark ends on a cliff hanger but fails to provide the next episode. While commissioning witnesses for the resurrection, those witnesses say “nothing to anyone, for they were afraid” (Mark 16:8). The early church was so uncomfortable with the ending, they wrote […]

Passage: 2 Timothy 2:14-21 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Forming Love In A Culture Of Fear The Work Of Love             Palm Sunday celebrates the entry of Jesus to Jerusalem. When a King comes, he invites us to follow, even to a cross. The shape of love is not a cuddly heart but a painful cross, […]

Passage: 2 Timothy 2:8-24 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Forming Love In A Culture Of Fear Enduring Through Jesus Christ             Why are we surprised by suffering? Our Savior died on a cross, so suffering should not devastate us; our Savior not only died on a cross but defeated the power of death with his resurrection. […]

Passage: 2 Timothy 2:1-7 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Forming Love In A Culture Of Fear Entrusted To The Faithful             Will it take 24,657 years to reach the world for Christ or 21 years? If a dramatic evangelistic campaign saw a thousand people come to Christ every day, then it would take 24,657 years for […]

Passage: 2 Timothy 1:8-18 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Forming Love In A Culture Of Fear The Shape Of Love             What is the shape of love? Typically we see love shaped as a heart— round, squishy, and warm. But heart-shaped, squishy love easily gets disappointed by the cost of love. For Christians the shape of […]

Passage: 2 Timothy 1:3-7 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Forming Love In A Culture Of Fear The Spirit Of Love             Sometimes it feels that the roaring fires of our vision and faith cool to embers. Recently my daughter Eden was literally jumping up and down with excitement while chattering about ideas to reduce pollution by […]

Passage: 2 Timothy 1:1-2 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Forming Love In A Culture Of Fear The Power Of Love             Walking with my father at the end of his life, I realized the power of love. After After thousands of sermons preached and many churches planted, the lasting fruit of his life was seen in […]

Passage: 1 Timothy 6:11-21 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Truth Over Spin The Fight Of Faith             Is there a fight to your faith? Since church is on the weekends it is easy to consider matters of faith as “leisure.” Matters of leisure should be comfortable, uplifting, and encouraging for us. We work during the week, […]

Passage: 1 Timothy 6:2-10 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Truth Over Spin Dealing With Dissension             What if the problem of our division is our disordered desires? We live in a period of deep division, and the lines of division run through our nation, our church, our families, and even our marriages. Yet division is not […]

Passage: Psalm 67 Speaker: Mitch Kim The Joy And Justice Of The Nations             Why should we care about mission? We have enough problems each day; why should we be moved by events on the other side of the world or outside our own community when we struggle to deal with our own problems? Psalm […]