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Aaron Lee speaks with Matthew D. Kim and Daniel L. Wong about their new book from Lexham Press: "Finding Our Voice: A Vision for Asian North American Preaching." Purchase the book here: https://lexhampress.com/product/183932/finding-our-voice-a-vision-for-asian-north-american-preaching "No one preaches in a cultural vacuum. The message of what God has done in Christ is good news to all, but to hav...

"Because we've been hostile to each other, God should be hostile to us. Because we have destroyed each other, God should destroy us. Instead, the destruction came down on Jesus." As part of our mission to equip the local church and Asian American Christians, we are posting sermon excerpts, devotions, and prayers from our SOLA Council members concerning racism and injustice. We hope that these word...

"Racism exists because sin exists. But the gospel frees us, right? The Gospel frees us because the Gospel forces us to begin to look within ourselves. It exposes any injustice and prejudice that we hold as human beings towards anyone. Then we can begin to see how the Gospel bridges and the Gospel frees us to then love others and reconcile with others." As part of our mission to equip the local chu...

"What does God want from people -- from you, from me, from us from the church? What does he want from us in this present moment in history? Here's the first thing: to see what’s wrong and to right the wrongs." As part of our mission to equip the local church and Asian American Christians, we are posting sermon excerpts, devotions, and prayers from our SOLA Council members concerning racism and inj...

"Christian people, take a stand against racism and injustice. Not because it's popular or unpopular, not because it's political, not because it's opportunistic, but because God Himself made every human being in His own image." As part of our mission to equip the local church and Asian American Christians, we are posting sermon excerpts, devotions, and prayers from our SOLA Council members concerni...

As our churches begin to reopen, Aaron Lee (FCBC Walnut) speaks with Ben Clement (Living Hope Community Church) and Curtis Lee (Living Hope Community Church) about worship and technology before, during, and after the coronavirus shutdown. 1. What was your online ministry before lockdown? 2. How did you change or do things differently during lockdown? 3. What are the big takeaways as we move into t...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork How should Asian American Christians begin the conversation around race and racism? How should we talk about race in the church? How does our Asian-ness fit into this dialogue? Do we have hope for change?  To help answer these questions, the SOLA Network hosted a conversation with Pastor Bryan Loritts, Dr. Alexander Jun, and SOLA Editor Hannah Chao on...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Pastor Harold Kim is the senior and founding pastor of Christ Central of Southern California and serves on the Board for Christ Central Network (CCN). He serves as the President of SOLA Network. This was originally posted for Pastor Harold's church. Email us your questions or conversation topics: podcast@sola.network Links: Weekly Newsletter: https://mailch...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork During a time in which many churches have been forced to switched over to online services, a book called Analog Church might seem irrelevant. But author Jay Kim’s book is incredibly timely, as he carefully addresses both the challenges and opportunities churches face in this digital age.  To talk more about the obstacles churches face in this new era,...

Subscribe: http://anchor.fm/solanetwork Owen Lee serves as the Senior Pastor of Christ Central Presbyterian Church in Centreville, VA and is a SOLA Council member. He received his BA in Rhetoric at U.C. Berkeley and his M.Div at Westminster Seminary, CA. Before his call to serve as the Senior Pastor of Christ Central in 2012, he served as the English Ministry Pastor of New Life Mission Church in F...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork One of the consequences of COVID-19 has been an increase in visits to pornographic websites. Viewership has increased for several factors, including people being stuck at home and the fact that it is an outlet for those who feel isolated and lonely.  How can Christians and the church better understand sex addiction and pornography so that we can help t...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Aaron Lee: http://musicgoon.com Charlene Hao: https://haoschar.home.blog/blogs/ Charlene Hao is a member of First Chinese Baptist Church of Walnut and serves in her college ministry, TURF. She is currently studying Mathematics for Actuarial Science at Cal State Fullerton. When she takes a break from studying math, she loves to serve on her church worship te...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork On Friday, President Donald Trump said that churches were essential and called on governors to allow them to reopen them. In addition, earlier this month, a group of California pastors announced that they would reopen their doors on May 31, whether or not they had government permission. This decision is part of a larger discussion surrounding how churches s...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Aaron Lee: http://musicgoon.com Hanley Liu: https://fcbcwalnut.org/ This episode is a clip from a LIVE Zoom Q&A session between Hanley and Aaron for FCBC Walnut.  You can watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJl7y1j6MjE&list=PLAoJ5wNGQQE2OUp1eKCu2jHWu_WT3_R_D&index=2&t=0s  Hanley Liu is the English Lead Pasto...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Aaron Lee: http://musicgoon.com Uzuhan: https://www.uzuhanmusic.com/ Uzuhan is an independent recording artist based in Atlanta. He graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with a degree in graphic design and is a digital content producer by trade. We talk about revival fever, how moving to a cross-cultural church in Atlanta led by a Black pas...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Aaron Lee: http://musicgoon.com Hannah Chao: http://hannahchao.substack.com Hannah Chao is a writer and the editor for SOLA Network. She is also on staff as the administrator at All Nations Community Church. Hannah is a wife and a mom of two beautiful little girls. This special episode was recorded on Zoom with SOLA Network editor Hannah Chao. She gives an...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Hannah Chao: https://hannahchao.substack.com/ Asian American Christian Collaborative: https://asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/ With the rise of anti-Asian racism triggered by COVID-19, the Asian American Christian Collaborative released the “Statement on Anti-Asian Racism in the Time of COVID-19.” This statement “denounces the current rise in anti-A...

Owen Lee: "COVID-19 is an opportunity for people who are similar to my context —Korean American, middle-upper class, live in the suburbs, highly educated — to replace the functional American hope that we all live with, with true Christian hope." Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Article: https://sola.network/article/replacing-american-hope-christian-hope SOLA Network: https://sola.network/...

Steve Choi: "Lord, I believe in you. Help my unbelief at times like this. Would you increase my faith? You're the only answer." Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Article: https://sola.network/article/help-my-unbelief-prayer-covid-19 SOLA Network: https://sola.network/ Links: SOLA Network on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thesolanetwork SOLA Network on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesol...

Hanley Liu: "Jesus was completely abandoned on the cross. He was abandoned by his friends and his Father turned away temporarily. Jesus bore that grief and isolation, and in doing so, he defeated disease and death completely." Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Article: https://sola.network/article/christ-frees-fear-isolation-death SOLA Network: https://sola.network/ Links: SOLA Network on F...

Kim Kira: “We're spending hours a day fueling our faith in the coronavirus and spending 20 minutes with God. And so of course, COVID-19 is huge. It’s like we spent our daily devotions with the virus and now we stand in awe of it and we fear it. It's much bigger in our hearts than God is most of the time.” Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Article: https://sola.network/article/awe-in-covid-1...

David Larry Kim: “We have a few days until Resurrection Sunday and an opportunity unlike any other. Let us do whatever we can, through social media and through personal invites to bring people to Christ.” Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Article: https://sola.network/article/broadest-audience-our-lifetime SOLA Network: https://sola.network/ Links: SOLA Network on Facebook: https://facebook...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Aaron Lee: http://musicgoon.com Heidi Wong: https://www.exilic.com/ Heidi Wong is the College Ministry Director at Exilic Church in New York City. She currently works in the technology industry, and is a part-time student at Reformed Theological Seminary NYC where she is pursuing a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies.  She recently wrote two articles fo...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Aaron Lee: http://musicgoon.com Hannah Chao: http://hannahchao.substack.com Hannah Chao is a writer and the editor for SOLA Network. She is also on staff as the administrator at All Nations Community Church. Hannah is a wife and a mom of two beautiful little girls. This special episode was recorded LIVE on Instagram with SOLA Network editor Hannah Chao. We...

Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/solanetwork Aaron Lee: http://musicgoon.com Hanley Liu: http://fcbcwalnut.org Pastor Hanley Liu is the English Lead Pastor of FCBC Walnut. Hanley and Aaron talk about how our church is responding to COVID-19, how Christians should think about it, and what we can do to plan and prepare. Shownotes: The Prevailing Church in Perilous Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...