Teaching by Tag: Holiness of God
The Lord’s Prayer, Part 1: Reverence
In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus taught us that as we pray we should embrace God’s accessibility, seek God’s face, begin with the Bible, and begin with praise.
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The Names of God: Jehovah Mekaddishkem
We, as Christians, are called to be set apart from the rest of the world. But that sanctification is God’s work, not ours, though it is a process that requires our cooperation and is based on the truth of His Word.
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The Names of God: YHWH
The most personal of God’s names is Yahweh, a name that represents all the various moral attributes that God displays in relationship to His creation.
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Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Out of a Far Country
Christopher and his parents share their family testimony of redemption and grace. The Yuans’ amazing story, told from the perspectives of father, mother and son, offers encouragement and hope for anyone who was or has a prodigal.
Watch / ListenOrdinary Parents, Extraordinary Father: When Prodigals Break Our Hearts
Often parents feel they have nowhere to turn. What will help their child and what will help them to persevere? Leon and Angela Yuan share from personal experience as they survived the difficult years with their prodigal son.
Watch / ListenHoly Sexuality and the Gospel: Homosexuality – Nature or Nurture?
With his background in the health sciences, Dr. Christopher Yuan reviews the scientific studies related to etiology of sexual orientation. But more importantly, he helps to show how causation and sexuality are better understood in light of biblical anthropology.
Watch / ListenHoly Sexuality and the Gospel: Homosexuality – Texts and Hermeneutics
With a solid background in biblical exegesis—having studied both Hebrew and Greek—Dr. Christopher Yuan presents and analyzes the gay-affirming interpretations of Old Testament and New Testament passages on homosexuality with clarity and compassion.
Watch / ListenHoly Sexuality and the Gospel: A Christian Response to Homosexuality
How can Christians better engage with our loved ones and friends in the LGB community? How does the gospel (sin, repentance and redemption) influence the conversation around sexual identity? Without any compromise of truth or grace, Dr. Christopher Yuan combines his life experiences and his theological training in biblical languages to bring a fresh and unique perspective on this important topic.
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Psalms: Getting to Know the Ways of God, Part 11 (Psalm 51)
We may not be 100 percent responsible for the conflict, but we are 100 percent responsible for our contribution to that conflict.
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Walking in Oneness
Looking at Jesus’ prayer to His Father in John 17, Pastor Wayne Johnson discusses what it means to be “one” with God.
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Killing Sin
Can Christians still sin? Though sin no longer separates the believer from God in the ultimate sense, it is still a force very much active within us. When left unchecked, sin will kill the joy not only in our human relationships, but in our relationship with God. Be killing sin, or sin will be killing you.
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