Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Scraps from the Table” looks at the seemingly insulting answer Jesus gave to the Syrio-Phoenician woman who asked for help, before then healing her daughter and praising her faith. What can we learn from this troubling encounter?

Psalm 146 (NLT) ; 詩 篇 146 (CUVS)
Mark 7:24-30 (NLT) ; 馬 可 福 音 7:24-30 (CUVS)

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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Prepared to Enter” explores how we should prepare ourselves for worship. What kind of character do we need to have if we want to “dwell in the house of the Lord”, or remain in the presence of the Holy One?

Colossians 1:21-23 (NLT) ; 歌 羅 西 書 1:21-23 (CUVS)
Psalm 15 (NLT) ; 詩 篇 15 (CUVS)

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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “The Girl Who Lived” looks at hope and the faithfulness of God in the stories of Jesus healing the woman who was bleeding when she touched his robe, and bringing Jairus’s daughter back to life. As Lamentations 3:31-32 (NLT) tells us,

31 … no one is abandoned by the Lord forever.
32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion
    because of the greatness of his unfailing love.

Lamentations 3:22-33 (NLT) ; 耶 利 米 哀 歌 3:22-33 (CUVS)
Mark 5:21-43 (NLT) ; 馬 可 福 音 5:21-43 (CUVS)

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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Getting What We Want” looks at the story of the failure of King Saul and the anointing of David as his successor. Sometimes God gives us what we ask for, even if it isn’t best for us, and then He graciously helps us deal with the repercussions.

Psalm 20 NLT) / 詩 篇 20 (CUVS)
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 (NLT) / 撒 母 耳 記 上 15:34-16:13 (CUVS)

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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Scattered Seed” is based on Jesus’ parable of the sower: some seeds fell on rocky soil, some on thin soil, some among thorns, and so on. Jesus explains what it means, so our job is to figure out where we fit in the parable. It all seems quite straightforward, until you look at the farmer…

Hosea 10:12 (NLT) / 何 西 阿 書 10:12 (CUVS)
Matthew 13:1-9 NLT) / 馬 太 福 音 13:1-9 (CUVS)
Matthew 13:18-23 (NLT) / 馬 太 福 音 13:18-23 (CUVS)

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