The 180 Church Podcast with Dr. Sammy and Friends

For many Christians, when Lent season comes around, we partake in a period of fasting where we give something up to observe and remember the life of Jesus. However, we can get confused in thinking that Lent is for personal development when the real reason why we fast is to develop an awareness of our deep-seated dependence on God. The season of Lent captures the essence of the three-act drama lead...

Many of us have experienced a need to serve others in order to avoid anger or abandonment by suppressing our own preferences and desires. Though we may do so to gain approval, this schema afflicts us by either breeding passive-aggression or worse: we manifest our anger to those closest to us because we only serve others out of fear or guilt. We become a shell of who we can be since we’re only doin...

We live in an incredible time that is collectively wealthier, more technologically advanced, and materialistically provided for than ever. And yet, many of us can acknowledge an unmet, deep longing—one that makes us wonder whether if there is more than just this. This inconsolable longing of the human heart can lead us to seek transcendence in nature, the beauty of a sunrise, or travels to new pla...

Today’s message and podcast is about the Entitlement Schema also referred to as “spoiled child,” schema. It is a schema that is easy to identify in others but very difficult to become aware of and acknowledge within self because it has everything to do with one’s feeling of entitlement from this world and others. In this message and podcast, we discover how we can get our needs met the healthier w...

This week’s message covers the Mistrust schema and how the gospel can save us and heal us from it. The mistrust schema is a schema in which one develops mistrust and creates distance with people due to hurt and trauma from the past. We will be joined by guests, Jenny Tsang-Lee and her husband Ahnmin to discuss their own experience of healing and ways and resources that will aid the process of heal...

This week, the podcast crew gets together to discuss E.D.S. - the emotional deprivation schema - with some returning guests Michelle Sohn, and podcast team members Stewart Still and Keigo Tanaka. We discuss the different ways in how our unmet emotional needs from childhood tend to manifest in our lives today and how the Spirit of God fulfills these needs for love and guidance.

The Approval Seeking Schema (A.S.S.) is rooted in the idea that the reactions and opinions of others to our achievements, status, net worth or social acceptance equates to our self worth. In today's podcast, the crew is joined by returning guests Sarah Bennett and Henry Kim, along with fellow 180 member and brother Andy Luo, to talk about the ways in which this schema is triggered in our lives and...

Believe it or not, Being Always Right is one of the Cognitive Behavior Distortions. Learn the affects of this maladaptive thinking and how the gospel plays a crucial role in helping us out of it, saving us and our relationships.

This week's podcast covers the Blame distortion and the deep insights found in the gospel through the Parable of the Talents. The discussion covers a wide range of insights, from what the distortion looks like to how one can identify it, as well as how taking ownership of mistakes and even misfortune can bring much freedom and empowerment resulting in healing and growth.

In today's podcast, the whole crew is back together to discuss the cognitive distortion of personalization. This distortion causes us to misplace blame on ourselves for events out of our control. Not dealing with this self-blame can skyrocket anxiety and depression within us and cause us to lose sight of what is in our spheres of concern and what is of our influence. Through the Sunday message, we...

In today's podcast, Joe and Pastor Lydia team up to unpack some insights on how difficult it is to develop a character of gratitude. They tackle the Fallacy of Change distortion in which we think that changing the people or circumstances around us will prospectively provide happiness and how breaking through this distortion brings clarity about the blessings in our lives and the one who is the giv...

As we enter the new year, we reflect on the resolutions we’re making for next year. The fact is, changing ourselves for the better is hard. There tends to be an implicit aversion to change because we do not know the values that drive the actions that cause us to fail when we’re trying to make progress. Even though we say we “know” our values, it’s really our behavior that exhibits them, showing us...

Christmas can often be reduced to a religious holiday for many people. However, the meaning of Christmas is much bigger than that. It is a narrative comprised of three elements: a star foretold, a few seekers from afar, and a calling embraced. The birth of Christ is a partnership between God and man that changed history and, even now, invites us to a great call to change the world.