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Andrew Chung   Psalm 42:5-11   English Standard Version     5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,     and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,     my salvation[ a ] 6 and my God. My soul is cast down within me;     therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,     from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep calls to deep     at the roar of your waterfalls; all...

10/26/2025 Paul Bang 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 The Lord's Supper 17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,[a] 19 for there must be factions among you in order that those who are...

10/19/2025 Rev. Paul Bang   Proverbs 3:5-7; 12:15; 14:12; 21:2; 28:26 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,     and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him,     and he will make straight your paths. 7 Be not wise in your own eyes;     fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,     but a wise man listens to advice. 12 ...

10/12/2025 Rev. Mike Park Proverbs: 14:30; 23:17-18; 24:19-20; 27:4 30 A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh,     but envy makes the bones rot. 17 Let not your heart envy sinners,     but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day. 18 Surely there is a future,     and your hope will not be cut off. 19 Fret not yourself because of evildoers,     and be not envious of the wicked, 20 for the evi...

10/5/2025: Rev. Paul Bang   Proverbs 13:20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,     but the companion of fools will suffer harm.   Proverbs 17:17     17 A friend loves at all times,     and a brother is born for adversity.   Proverbs 18:24     24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,     but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 19:4   4 Wealth brings many new frie...

9/28/2025 Hwihu Kang   Christian Repentance   Deuteronomy 30:1-10 Repentance and Forgiveness 30 “And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with al...

9/15/2025 Rev. Paul Bang Proverbs 14:29; 16:32; 19:11; 22:24-25; 29:11 29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,     but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. 32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,     and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. 11 Good sense makes one slow to anger,     and it is his glory to overlook an offense. 24 Make no friendship with a...

9/7/2025 Rev. Paul Bang   Proverbs 15:1; 18:8; 26:28; 27:5-6; 28:23 A soft answer turns away wrath,     but a harsh word stirs up anger. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;     they go down into the inner parts of the body. A lying tongue hates its victims,     and a flattering mouth works ruin. Better is open rebuke     than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend;  prof...

8/31/2025 Jacob Kim   Final Greetings 11 Finally, brothers,[ a ] rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another,[ b ] agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13 All the saints greet you. 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

08/24/2025 Rev. Paul Bang Proverbs 10:19; 12:18; 15:1; 16:24; 18:21; 26:20; 27:14; 29:11 19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,     but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. 18 There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,     but the tongue of the wise brings healing. 15 A soft answer turns away wrath,     but a harsh word stirs up anger. 24 Gracious words are like a honey...

8/17/2025 Rev. Paul Bang Proverbs 6:6-11 6 Go to the ant, O sluggard;     consider her ways, and be wise. 7 Without having any chief,     officer, or ruler, 8 she prepares her bread in summer     and gathers her food in harvest. 9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard?     When will you arise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber,     a little folding of the hands to rest, 11 and...

8/10/2025:  Rev. Paul Bang   1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: 2 To know wisdom and instruction,     to understand words of insight, 3 to receive instruction in wise dealing,     in righteousness, justice, and equity; 4 to give prudence to the simple,     knowledge and discretion to the youth— 5 Let the wise hear and increase in learning,     and the one who understands obta...

08/03/2025 Siyoung Jung Jude 17-23 A Call to Persevere 17 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They[a] said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and p...

7/27/2025 Rev. Siyoung Jung   Jude 8-16   English Standard Version     8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” 10 But...

7/20/2025 Rev. Siyoung Jung Jude 1:1-7 1 Jude, a servant[ a ] of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for[ b ] Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. 3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once...

07/13/2025 Paul Bang Nehemiah 3:1-5 Rebuilding the Wall 3 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel. 2 And next to him the men of Jericho built. And next to them[a] Zaccur the son of Imri built. 3 The sons of Hassena...

7/6/2025: Rev. Paul Bang   Nehemiah 13:4-31   English Standard Version     4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was related to Tobiah, 5 prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to...

06/29/2025: Andrew Chung   Matthew 13:44   English Standard Version     44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

06/22/2025 Paul Bang Nehemiah 10:28-39 The Obligations of the Covenant 28 “The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding, 29 join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter...

06/15/2025 Rev. Jacob Kim Joshua 23:1-16 23 A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, 2 Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and well advanced in years. 3 And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these natio...

06/08/2025 Paul Bang:   32 “Now, therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day. 33 Yet you have been righteous in all that has come...

06/01/2025 Rev. Paul Bang Nehemiah 8:13-18 13 On the second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law. 14 And they found it written in the Law that the Lord had commanded by Moses that the people of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, 15 and that they...

05/25/2025 J Kim 1 Timothy 1:12-17 12 I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 ...

05/18/2025 Paul Bang   Nehemiah 8:1-12   English Standard Version     8 And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the...

5/11/2025 Rev. Jacob Kim   Proverbs 31:25-31   English Standard Version     25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,     and she laughs at the time to come. 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,     and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. 27 She looks well to the ways of her household     and does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;     her husband al...