This sermon was given by Rebecca Zhang on July 9, 2023. The recording is in Mandarin, but her sermon notes have an English translation. The slideshow below contains the Scripture passages in Mandarin and English as well as the photographs that Rebecca refers to in the Witness section of her sermon.

Philemon 1-19 (NLT) ; 腓 利 門 書 1-19 (CUVS)

Download a PDF of Rebecca’s sermon notes in Chinese and English.

Pastor Ryan’s sermon series “The Flawed Yet Faithful” looks at a few of the people on the list of the “faithful” in chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews. Sometimes this list is called “The Heroes of the Faith”. Each of them was flawed but used by God in mighty ways. What can we learn from them so that God can also use us in spite of our flaws?  

  1. Flawed, but NOT Faithful (Rehoboam)
  2. Abraham
  3. Moses
  4. Rahab
  5. Samson

Photo by Danny Nee on Unsplash

This is the fifth sermon in Pastor Ryan’s series “The Flawed Yet Faithful”, which looks at some of the imperfect but faithful people listed in chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews. God used them in spite of their flaws, and he can use us in spite of ours as well — if only we are faithful.

Hebrews 11:32-34 (NLT) ; 希 伯 來 書 11:32-34 (CUVS)

The story of Samson is found in Judges 13-16 (NLT) ; 士 師 記 13-16 (CUVS).

The requirements of being a Nazarite are found in Numbers 6:1-21 (NLT) ; 民 數 記 6:1-21 (CUVS)

    You can download the PDF of Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Samson” if you would like to read it. Note that this is the outline he used to preach from, not a word-for-word transcript of the sermon.


    Sermon Photo by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash