Author: Enoch Chee

Christmas – December 15, 2024

Luke 1:67-79

We all encounter evil in our lives. We can see all kinds of things in our world that are broken. We can see the brokenness in governments and in world politics. We can see it in schools and workplaces. We see it in close friendships and family, and we can even see it in our own hearts. Our world is not the way it should be.

Some people see so much brokenness that they just give up and they say there’s no point in trying because they can’t fix the problems. But as Christians I believe we have the best way to respond to brokenness.

So my big question today is: how should we respond to brokenness – the brokenness we see in the world and also in our personal life?

The answer I want to show you today is that we should respond with confidence that Jesus will make things right. Jesus will make things right in our world, and Jesus will make things right in our own personal life.

The Sermon on the Mount – November 3, 2024

Matthew 5:14-16; Matthew 6:1

I think it’s understandable that a lot of people hate work. And they dream of a day when they can leave their work behind and just do whatever they feel like. But I believe we’re not meant to wish away our working hours. I believe that the ordinary work that we all do can be incredibly meaningful and rewarding.

So, my big question today is: how can we get the most out of our work? The answer I want to show you today is, we can turn work into worship. Sometimes our worship needs to be public, and sometimes our worship needs to be private. But all work is about worship. And my task today is to show you these ideas from two Bible passages in the Sermon on the Mount, so that you can build your life directly on God’s words.

Moses: Living By Faith – October 13, 2024

Numbers 20:1-12

For many of us, life feels like one problem after another, and one obstacle after another. And we all go through challenging times.

So, my big question today is, how should we respond to the challenges of life? Our Bible story today teaches us two things. First we need to mind our stress level, and second, we need to mind the big picture.

Our Bible story comes from The Book of Numbers, Chapter 20. It’s about a time when Moses faced one of the most difficult personal challenges of his life.

Discipleship: 1st & 2nd Thessalonians – September 8, 2024

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

Today we’ll be learning from one of the greatest Christians in history. His name was Paul. And we’ll learn two things from a prayer that he prayed.

We’ll learn that:

  1. We should pray for power
  2. We should pray for glory

More specifically, we should pray for power to be what God wants us to be. And we should pray for glory – to God – because as that turns out, that’s the greatest thing for us.

Discipleship: 1st & 2nd Thessalonians – August 11, 2024

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

We begin a new series on the books of 1st and 2nd Thessalonians in the New Testament.

My big question today is: How can we know that we are on the right track spiritually?

The good news is, we can know. I’ll tell you my answer, and after that, I’ll spend the rest of my time showing you the answer from the Bible, because it’s important that you see it from the Bible. Pastors will fail you, but God’s words will not fail you. So it’s important for you to base your life on the Bible and not what pastors say.

That said, here’s my answer. If we want to know that we’re on the right track, we need to look in three places. We need to look INSIDE, we need to look BEHIND, and we need to look AROUND. I’ll explain what I mean.

We need to look INSIDE of us to see if we have courage to live out what we believe.

We need to look BEHIND to the past for evidence that supports what we believe.

And we need to look AROUND us for the approval of mature Christians.

That’s my answer and I’ll spend the rest of my time up here showing you my answer from the Bible.

The Second Epistle of Peter: Back to Basics – July 21, 2024

2 Peter 1:16-21

Life is unpredictable. We might have some clues for what’s coming up next, but there’s no way to know for sure. That’s a challenge for me, because I’m trying to raise my three young kids and I think a lot about the future and the kind of world that my kids will grow up in. It looks like they’re going to grow up in a very different world than the one I grew up in. For sure, my kids will have some advantages. They’ll probably be better adjusted socially than I was, and their technology will be a lot better than what I had. However, my kids will also have more temptations, and a lot of ways to go wrong. With the way things are going, it feels our world is getting more unpredictable than ever.

We start a new series on the 2nd book of Peter in the New Testament. My big question today is: how can we navigate our unpredictable world?

The answer I want to show you today is, we need to follow God’s words in the Bible. We need to follow God’s words because they are TRUE, and we need to follow God’s words because they are WISE. That’s what our Bible passage is about.

Arguing with Jesus – June 2, 2024

Mark 6:30-37

Problems in our work, and problems in our relationships. Problems are everywhere. And problems matter/ Even ordinary problems matter to God, because for a Christian every problem is connected to the stuff of eternity. Everything we do is meant to be part of God’s work, and it’s all meant to be holy. And when we have that mindset, we can experience the presence of God and the power of God even when we’re doing ordinary things.

So my big question today is: how should we respond to problems?

My big idea today is:

1. We should start with faith
2. We should continue with faithfulness.

Arguing with Jesus – May 19, 2024

Mark 12:13-17

I want to ask: what is the best way to manage all of our responsibilities? I’ve found an idea in the Bible, and it works really well for me. And the Bible’s answer helps me to stay calm and optimistic even when life is really busy. My answer is: we need to focus on giving everyone what we owe them. More specifically we need to give people what we owe them, and we need to give God what we owe him. And we’ll see this answer in our Bible story today.

Today we’re starting a new sermon series called Arguing with Jesus. And over the next few weeks we’ll be following some of the toughest conversations that people had with Jesus in the Bible. And we’ll see brilliant answers from Jesus that still mean a lot today.

Barnabas: Moral Excellence – April 21, 2024

“When Filled with the Holy Spirit”

Acts 4:29-37

When it comes to spiritual things there are all kinds of unspoken rules and things going on behind the scenes. And if we understand how it all works, we can have the best experience possible. We’ll know what to expect, and we’ll know what to aim for, and we’ll know if we’re on the right track or not.

So my big question today is: what should we expect if we’re following Jesus properly? My big idea today is: We should expect God’s power.

  1. We should expect God’s power outside the church
  2. We should expect God’s power inside the church.

That’s what our Bible story is about today. Let’s read now from the book of Acts 4:29-37. This is the beginning of our new series which follows a guy named Barnabas. the context for this story is that the early Christians were under threat by the same people who had killed Jesus. So the Christians were praying because they were in trouble. And now we’re going to eavesdrop on their prayer.

The Life and Times of Samuel – March 17, 2024

“The ark of the LORD is captured and returned”

1 Samuel 6:1-12

It’s normal for young Christians to grow up going to church and believing whatever the pastors say. And we can be really passionate about Jesus, and we can spend a lot of time doing church stuff.

But then our faith gets challenged. We’ll be challenged by friends or culture or professors, or tragedy, or the stress of life. And in those moments, we actually need a reason to keep believing in God. And it really helps if we know where to find evidence.

So, my big question today is: How does God make himself known? My big idea today is that God makes himself known, to all of us, with extraordinary power and extraordinary kindness. My goal today is to show you this idea in our Bible story, and we’ll see that we are actually quite similar to the characters in the Bible story.