Parakaleo exists for the edification and encouragement of the Church through meaningful and biblically-based dialogue on the application of the gospel to every sphere of our lives, especially those pertaining to relevant issues that GOCers and Christian college students face. New episodes are released on the first of each month! Grace on Campus (GOC) @ UCLA is a ministry of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA.
Parakaleo is a podcast intended to encourage the Christian college student to live a life pleasing to God. As the month of September dawns, John and Matt have another former GOCer, Aaron Philip, on to have an intentional diaologue regarding the Church. It is God's plan for every Christian to be committed to a local church, and this is no less important for the collegian. Apologies for the audio issues this episode. As Season One of Parakaleo draws to an end, we would like to give a special thanks to Andrew Yong (cover design), Aaron Philip and Justin Yu (small group leaders for John and Matt respectively), Hanson Cao (feedback), Nathaniel Chen (audio remastering), all our guests, our listeners, and most of all, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Parakaleo is a podcast intended to encourage the Christian college student to live a life pleasing to God. This month's episode is all about Evangelism: What it is, how do we do it, and what are its practical, binding application upon us as Christians, all according to Scripture! John and Matt have an excellent conversation with Nancy Wu, a former GOCer who just graduated this past year as she shares about how her evangelism has changed -- and stayed the same -- moving from college to the postgrad life. References: GOC Ministry Teams The Importance of Prayer in the Christian Life, Carl Hargrove, Sundays in July Mark of the Christian, Francis Schaeffer Our FB Group
Parakaleo is a podcast intended to encourage the Christian college student to live a life pleasing to God. In this episode, John and Matt had the immense privilege to enter into the Macarthur Center for Expository Preaching (which, by the way, has a podcast too) and converse with Austin Duncan (also known as ATD) on what it means to have a biblical theology of work. ATD is an elder at GCC and pastor of the college/young adult minsitry, Crossroads. He also pastored GOC @ UCLA our freshman and sophomore years, before handing off the baton to Matt Ng, our current shepherd (see episode 1). References: ATD: Respectable Sins, preached at TMU Chapel 03/17/2021 Proverbs 6:9, 10:26, 13:4, 19:24, 20:4, 21:25, 22:13, 26:14 The End for Which God Created the World by Jonathan Edwards God's Passion for His Glory, John Piper on Jonathan Edwards
Parakaleo is a podcast intended to encourage the Christian college student to live a life pleasing to God. In this episode, John and Matt sit down to have a conversation about the Biblical Worldview with Matt Ng, the shepherd of their college fellowship (Grace on Campus @ UCLA). But before all the heavy-hitting questions come, there's a little get-to-know-you time.
Parakaleo is a Christian podcast intended to encourage the Christian college student to live a life pleasing to God. In this intro episode, John and Matt talk about all things Parakaleo: Mission Statement, Podcast Format, Behind the Name, and Personal Testimonies.
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