Teaching by Tag: Hope
In the Beginning, Part 49: Joseph’s Patient Hope
In a fallen and broken world, we are constantly going to be waiting. Waiting on the Lord is hard, but joy is the inner spiritual confidence that God’s grace is sufficient to see you through your earthly pilgrimage.
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Prophecy: A Reason for Hope
Scripture is full of detailed prophecies that have been fulfilled throughout history, and others that remain to be fulfilled in the future. What would it look like if we truly embraced the joyful anticipation of the promises to come?
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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.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 12: Abraham’s Faith
You believe only what you act on. All the rest is just religious talk. Abraham believed God, and followed His call to an unknown land.
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Steadfast: How the Resurrection Changes Everything
The resurrection of Jesus Christ matters for every single moment of our lives. It gives us hope and a purpose.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 5: The Anatomy of the Curse
Disappointment is waiting in the wings for those who put their trust in man. But for those who are in Christ, one day “there shall be no more curse.”
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Psalms: Getting to Know the Ways of God, Part 7 (Psalm 42)
Sin may cause depression, but not all depression is caused by sin. Everybody in the world is depressed, just to different degrees.
Watch / ListenPsalms: Getting to Know the Ways of God, Part 2 (Psalm 13)
The Bible does not hide from us the reality of real people going through real hardships. Ever since Adam and Eve sinned, “How long, O Lord?” has been the cry of humanity.
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The Hard Truth, Part 3
Naked and ashamed, we are far more broken that we are willing to admit. Shame sculpts the soul and gives birth to fear. Only the gospel paves the way back.
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Be Anxious for Nothing
We live in a world that is morally decaying. Pastor Mike and David Shedd dialogue about viewing the world in which we live through a biblical lens.
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Following Jesus to the End
Clear minds enable clear thinking.
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