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Welcome to our new series, CALLED TO WITNESS: How To Share The Good News with Your World. God calls you to be His witness in your world: In your family. In your office. In your school. Among your friends. What will you share? Good News. But there is a lot of confusion about what Good News really means. Talk 1 clearly defines Good News. The key message of this Talk: God is making all things new.

WELCOME to the second-to-last installment of our series, CALLED TO WITNESS. A quick review: Talk 1: What Good News Are You Sharing? is about God's call for you to be His witness in your world. The key message: God is making all things new. Talk 2, How Can I Be a Witness? is about what witness really means. In one sense, you don't just choose to become a witness. Instead, the goodness of God will compel you to become a witness. The key message: The goodness of God will make you His witness. Talk 3, The Cost of Being a Witness, presents martyrs– those who were persecuted, who died, as they openly lived and defended the Catholic faith amid non-Christian countries or environments. To be God's witnesses, we must encounter Jesus again and again. The key message: Keep meeting Jesus. Talk 4 laments that we've added to our Christianity, even to our Feast Community, stuff that makes us spiritually sick: Spiritual pride, self-righteousness, legalism, and hypocritical religiosity. In the process, we become bad witnesses. To follow God, we must do so with a bunch of imperfect friends and love each other. It's God's most important strategy for winning the world. This is the big dream of The Feast: To build small loving spiritual families all over the world. The key message: God is making us a loving community

WELCOME to the second installment of our series, CALLED TO WITNESS: How To Share The Good News with Your World. Talk 1 What Good News Are You Sharing? defined what is Good News (It is Jesus, not a retirement home in Heaven). The key message: God is making all things new. Talk 2 is about what witness really means. In the Bible, the Hebrew word for witness is eid. Eid isn't something we do, but something we become—because of what we've experienced. The key message of Talk 2: The goodness of God will make you His witness.

OUR series, CALLED TO WITNESS, disturbs our comfortable life, because in this 5-Talk course, we're exploring what it means to evangelize, to be witnesses for God. But being God's witness is dangerous. Talk 3 presents martyrs–those who were persecuted, who died, as they openly lived and defended their faith amid non-Christian countries or environments. God still calls us to be His witnesses—His martyrs. Not necessarily shed blood, but to die to our own selfishness so we can witness God's Love to the world. For many of us it is impossible to do that. The only solution is to encounter Jesus again, seeing His sacrifice on the Cross daily, and being so overwhelmed by His love, we cannot help loving Him back. The key message of Talk 3: Keep meeting Jesus.

Talk 6 is titled Already– But Not Yet because yes, God's House– we– are already up. But we are not yet complete. We're caught in this tension between already redeemed by Jesus, yet still waiting to be fully redeemed by Jesus. The key message of Talk 6 is: God's House is still under construction.

WELCOME to the second chapter of our series, HOW DID WE GET HERE? Making Sense of Life When Everything Falls Apart—A Bible Study on The Exile. Before the Exile, everyone felt safe in Jerusalem. After all, they were the Chosen Ones. God promised Abraham the land where they were living. But in 587 B.C., the superpower of the time, Babylon, invaded their city. And Jerusalem's impregnable walls toppled. Most of all, their beloved Temple—God's House—was ransacked, desecrated, and burned down. And the people were slaughtered on the streets or carried away to Babylon to become slaves. Talk 1 is The Waiting Room. Talk 2 is The Gift of Lament. If the book of Psalms is 35% lament, and the book of Job is 85% lament, Lamentations is 100% lament. But the Good News is God was with the Israelites in their long years of laments. The key message of Talk 2 is: “I may be exiled, but I am not abandoned.”

WELCOME to Talk 4 of our series, HOW DID WE GET HERE? Making Sense of Life When Everything Falls Apart—A Bible Study on The Exile. Before the Exile, the Jews lived in Jerusalem, Israel, part of the Promised Land, the land God awarded to Abraham. But in 587 B.C., the superpower of the time, Babylon, invaded their city. So far, we talked about… Talk 1: The Waiting Room Talk 2: The Gift of Lament Talk 3: Reframing Your Life The Israelites faced two ways to respond to the Babylonian conquest: Rebel Compromise But in Talk 4, we talk about the The Third Way: Follow God yet bless their enemies. Because they did not obey the king, three of the leaders were thrown into a fire. But the King saw the three men unharmed, walking around the fire with a fourth man who “looks like a son of the gods.” The key message? God is in the fire.

WELCOME to our exciting new series, HOW DID WE GET HERE? Making Sense of Life When Everything Falls Apart—A Bible Study on The Exile. The Exile is about the Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah, led by King Nebuchadnezzar II. It occurred in major waves between 597 and 586 BCE. It resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem, the razing of Solomon's Temple, and the forced exile of the Jewish population to Babylon. This period, known as the Babylonian Captivity, lasted until the Persian conquest in 538 BCE. The Jewish Exile lasted for 70 years. Our Lord Jesus had the Cross as His Waiting Room. The key message of Talk 1 is: God is in your Waiting Room.

The Popular Promise: Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the most beloved verses in the Bible, but it was originally spoken to people who had lost absolutely everything—prisoners and deportees in Babylon. The Meaning of Shalom: The “prosperity” God promises is Shalom, which refers to wholeness and right relationships with God, others, and self, rather than mere material wealth. The Call to Engage: God didn't tell the exiles to escape or wait for it to end; He told them to build, plant, and pray for the prosperity of their enemy city. The Ultimate Reframe: The Exile wasn't just a geographical displacement; it was a spiritual journey to bring God's people back to their true home—God Himself. The Key Message: God has plans for your shalom.

WELCOME to Talk 5 of our series, HOW DID WE GET HERE? Making Sense of Life When Everything Falls Apart—A Bible Study on The Exile. The New Temple. A new world superpower, Persia, defeated Babylon. Persia did not set the Israelites free, but it allowed the Israelites to go back home to Jerusalem. They returned and rebuilt a new Temple. But it was not as grand as their former Temple. God did not intend for them to have just a building or a house. God gave them a Person as their New Temple–Jesus Christ. He would live in them, and they would be God's House. That's what you are now. The key message of Talk 5 is: You Are God's House.

WELCOME back to our series, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, Loving God with a Healthy Body. Talk 1 of this series answered the question, ‘Why Fuss about Health?'. Talk 2 is about sleep as an act of worship. Talk 3 focuses on movement. We have a national crisis. The Philippines has a massive problem: An entire generation is now sedentary. We've heard of Gen X, and Gen Z, and Gen A. And now, Generation O–which means overworked, overwhelmed, and overweight. The key message of Talk 3: God wants you strong.

Welcome to our brand new series, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, Loving God with a Healthy Body. Our series title is taken from the Shema, the greatest commandment of Jesus: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30 NIV) For the next five weeks, we're going to talk about your health, but not just for the usual reasons gurus talk about—to have a better physique, sharper cognitive functions, more independence as you get older, etc. You want to be healthy because of one glorious reason: You want to love God with all of your strength. Talk 1 answers the question: Why Fuss about Health? The key message: You have a roommate.

WELCOME back to our series, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, Loving God with a Healthy Body. In the past three weeks, we talked about why you should care for your body (Talk 1), why sleep is an act of worship (Talk 2), and why movement magnifies the Lord (Talk 3). In Talk 4, we tackle the topic everyone has an opinion about: Food. Key message of Talk 4: God is our real food.

Talk 1 of this series answered the question Why Fuss about Health?– and inspired us to focus on watching our diet, walk, etc. Talk 2 is telling us to sleep. Sleep is the foundation of our physical health. But as the title of Talk 2 indicates, sleep is also important for the soul. Because sleep will teach you to deepen your trust in God– by trusting that He watches you even when you're sleeping. The key message of Talk 2: Trust your Watchman.

Welcome to the final installment of our series, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, Loving God with a Healthy Body. Talk 1 of this series answered the question, ‘Why Fuss about Health?' Talk 2 told us that sleep is an act of worship. Talk 3 inspired us to move. Talk 4 presented food as essential for our health–both physical and spiritual. Talk 5 will now talk about our relationship with stress. The key message: Carry your cross.

We are now in the last Talk of our Feast Series, COME and SEE, about the Gospel of John. Jesus was crucified. So, the apostles were depressed, asking each other, “What will I do now?” Peter felt it was time to go back to his old life—to start fishing again. This tells you that even if you're already following the Lord, there will be dark times when you'll want to give up. It happens to the best of us. The key message of Talk 11 is Remember how Jesus called you.

We are down to the second to the last Talk of our Feast Series, COME and SEE, about the Gospel of John. When people encounter Jesus, their lives change forever. And the entire Gospel of John is all about theseturning-point encounters. At the start of each other: Nicodemus the Pharisee and the Samaritan Woman with five failed marriages and shacking-up with a sixth guy. One was an upright religious leader. The other was a scandalous sinner. But when Jesus met them, their lives were never the same again. Everything in your life will never satisfy you. Because everything and everyone in your life is imperfect. Jesus is the only one who can complete you. Fast forward after the Resurrection, Jesus also met face-to-face with two characters: Mary Magdalene and Thomas. Mary Magdalene, just like the Samaritan Woman, believed. Thomas, perhaps just like Nicodemus, went through a process. Yet isn't it comforting how God embraces everyone? God will meet you where you are. God tailor-fits your encounter with Him according to your specific need, according to your specific situation. Because your encounter with Him is very personal The key message of Talk 10: Jesus knows your name

Talk 9 of our COME and SEE Feast Talk Series is about the climactic moment in the Gospel of John where Jesus is going to be proclaimed King. But what a crazy way to be enthroned as King. Jesus is the only King in the universe who used a criminal's cross for His royal throne. For most of us, we're now jaded by the Crucifixion story. Talk 9, however, brings us into the mystery of the Crucifixion. There are four main movements in the Passion story: (1) the Arrest; (2) the Trial; (3) the Crucifixion; and (4) the Burial. The key message: Together, we stand at the foot of the Cross.

Talk 8 of our COME and SEE Feast Series on the Gospel of John presents a macro view of John 13 to 17, where three events happen: (1) Foot-washing; (2) Betrayal; and (3) Last Speech. And all three events happen in one place—the Upper Room. In the three events, Jesus talks about the hour to come. (John 13:1a NABre) This hour is what the seven miracles of Jesus, called the signs, are pointing to. Jesus is about to do His greatest act, His ultimate expression of love, His total self-giving. Jesus will do everything to love you. And He did. He poured His 100%. Nothing was left. He gave His all to you The key message is: Jesus loves you to the very end.

In our Feast series, Come and See, about the Gospel of John, we went through the six signs of Jesus.The first six signs are: Sign 1: Turning water into wine at Cana (2:1-12) Sign 2: Healing of the official's son in Cana (4:46- 54) Sign 3: Healing the paralyzed man in Bethesda(5:1-9) Sign 4: Feeding the 5000 in Galilee (6:1-15) Sign 5: Healing of the blind man (9:1-7) Sign 6: Raising of Lazarus in Bethany (11:1-44) All six signs are pointing to the seventh sign—the greatest miracle: The Resurrection of Jesus. Talk 7 recounts the death of Lazarus, Jesus weeping over losing this friend whom He loved, even as He knew Lazarus would live again because the Lord Himself would raise Lazarus from death. Jesus Himself dies on the Cross but He lives again– forever. When we die, we too will live again. Jesus knows this– but just as He wept for Lazarus, He grieves as He feels the pain of our death– and actually, our other sufferings in our earthly life. The One big message of Talk 7: Jesus is your Resurrection.

We are ending our soul-altering series, Under One Roof, with a strong declaration. Talk 6 is about the Tower of Babel. The Talk calls this the Tower of Babylon–because in Hebrew, Babel is Babylon. It's the same word. By calling it the Tower of Babylon, we can connect it to what the author was pointing to: The tyrannical empire that conquered Israel in 587 BC. Backstory: The Tower of Babel is a story in the Book of Genesis that explains why the world's people speak different languages . The key message of Talk 6: Stop building your Tower, start building God's Throne.

Jesus performed amazing miracles: multiplying bread and fish to feed a multitude; raising people from the dead; walking on water. But His very first miracle was the Wedding at Cana we read in the Gospel according to John. That's because the Gospel is loaded with meaning about Jesus– such as we learn in our ongoing Feast Talk Series, Come and See. Talk 1 presents the key message of this new series: Come and see Jesus, come and hear Jesus, come and experience Jesus. Talk 2, which is about wine running out during the Wedding at Cana, centers on the message: The best wine is here—His name is Jesus. The best happiness, the best hope, the best healing, the best blessing is Jesus. Talk 3 shows an entirely different Jesus: an angry Lord passionate against corruption and oppression of the poor. The key message is: Jesus burns with love for you. Talk 4 presents two stories in John about two different people side-by-side: Nicodemus the Pharisee and the Samaritan Woman. The key message: Jesus meets you where you are. Talk 5 we're unpacking two amazing stories in John 5 and 6: (1) Healing the invalid in the Waters of Bethesda and (2) the Feeding of the multitudes. The key message: Seek your Life-Giver. Don't just seek life. Seek the Life-Giver—His name is Jesus.

Jesus performed amazing miracles: multiplying bread and fish to feed a multitude; raising people from the dead; walking on water. But His very first miracle was the Wedding at Cana we read in the Gospel according to John. That's because the Gospel is loaded with meaning about Jesus– such as we learn in our ongoing Feast Talk Series, Come and See. Talk 1 presents the key message of this new series: Come and see Jesus, come and hear Jesus, come and experience Jesus. Talk 2, which is about wine running out during the Wedding at Cana, centers on the message: The best wine is here—His name is Jesus. The best happiness, the best hope, the best healing, the best blessing is Jesus. Talk 3 shows an entirely different Jesus: an angry Lord passionate against corruption and oppression of the poor. The key message is: Jesus burns with love for you. Talk 4 presents two stories in John about two different people side-by-side: Nicodemus the Pharisee and the Samaritan Woman. The difference between these two was night and day. Yet we see that behind the external appearance, they were the same: They both needed Jesus. The key message: Jesus meets you where you are.

Jesus performed amazing miracles: multiplying bread and fish to feed a multitude; raising people from the dead; walking on water. But His very first miracle was the Wedding at Cana we read in the Gospel according to John. That's because the Gospel is loaded with meaning about Jesus– such as we learn in our ongoing Feast Talk Series, Come and See. Talk 1 presents the key message of this new series: Come and see Jesus, come and hear Jesus, come and experience Jesus. Talk 2, which is about wine running out during the Wedding at Cana, centers on the message: The best wine is here—His name is Jesus. The best happiness, the best hope, the best healing, the best blessing is Jesus. Talk 3 shows an entirely different Jesus: an angry Lord passionate against corruption and oppression of the poor. The key message is: Jesus burns with love for you.

One Big Message: The best wine is here—His name is Jesus. The best happiness, the best hope, the best healing, the best blessing is Jesus. — Many people might be surprised to find out that the very first place where Jesus performed a miracle was at a wedding to help fix an embarrassing situation. You would think that maybe Jesus' first miracle would be feeding the 5,000 or raising someone from the dead. But instead, He enters into the lives of a married couple who didn't prepare enough wine for their guests.

WELCOME to our brand-new series: Come and See. The Talk series centers on the Gospel according to John. Some talks will be done via expository preaching–which means going verse-by-verse. In Tagalog, himay. John wants to point out that Jesus is real and He wants you to see Him in your life, hear His voice in your heart, and experience His Presence every day So, the key message of this new series is: Come and see Jesus, come and hear Jesus, come and experience Jesus,

We are ending our soul-altering series, Under One Roof, with a strong declaration. Talk 6 is about the Tower of Babel. The Talk calls this the Tower of Babylon–because in Hebrew, Babel is Babylon. It's the same word. By calling it the Tower of Babylon, we can connect it to what the author was pointing to: The tyrannical empire that conquered Israel in 587 BC. Backstory: The Tower of Babel is a story in the Book of Genesis that explains why the world's people speak different languages . The key message of Talk 6: Stop building your Tower, start building God's Throne.

Welcome to Talk 5 of our series, UNDER ONE ROOF. Talk 5 presents four controversial women–Tamar, Bathsheba, Ruth, and Rahab. Each woman came from a messy family. And from these families, came our Lord Jesus. Question: Couldn't God have selected better, cleaner, holier, and 100% Jewish women to be in the bloodline of Jesus? The title of Talk 5 is Small Family, Big Family because every family, including your family, good or bad, is part of a Big Family– God's Family. The key message of Talk 5: God is bringing your family into His family.

Welcome to the fourth episode of our series, UNDER ONE ROOF. Talk 4, titled One Father, Many Children, is about parenting. One of the greatest tragedies in the world today: When fathers are not trustworthy. If you have a father who did not mirror God's Love for you, Talk 4 gives only one path of healing. The Solution: Jesus and His Spiritual Family. The key message of Talk 4: Receive the Father's Love.

Welcome to the third installment of our series, UNDER ONE ROOF, titled Beautiful and Burdened Marriages. We started this series by saying that Jesus was born into a family.A But in Talk 3, we are more specific and say that Jesus was born into a marriage—the marriage of Joseph and Mary. This Talk is for married, single, or celibate, because your relationship with God is like a marriage. It's intimate. It's based on a sacred covenant that will last forever. And if you're separated or from a broken family, this Talk is for you too. God is writing a new story for your life. The key message of Talk 3 is: Make Jesus the center.

WELCOME to our brand new series, Under One Roof. People live under one roof, but their hearts live in different worlds. How do we solve this? How can we heal our home? How can we fulfill God's plan for our families? We introduce our 6-part series with three statements: All Families Are Blessed and Broken at the Same Time Families Can Help Us Or Harm Us the Most If We Were Hurt By Families, We Can Also Be Healed by Families One Big Message: Your Family Will Bless Other Families

WELCOME to our brand new series, Under One Roof. People live under one roof, but their hearts live in different worlds. How do we solve this? How can we heal our home? How can we fulfill God's plan for our families? We introduce our 6-part series with three statements: 1. All Families Are Blessed and Broken at the Same Time 2. Families Can Help Us Or Harm Us the Most 3. If We Were Hurt By Families, We Can Also Be Healed by Families One Big Message: Your Family Will Bless Other Families

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We are now in Talk 6 of our series RESTED. Here's a review of the amazing lessons we've learned so far: Talk 1, titled Rest, established that there's a great pandemic going on, called Overworking but Underliving. Talk 2, titled Work, shares that the Sabbath bestows two essential blessings: 1) a rhythm of rest; and 2) a rhythm of relationship. The key message: God wants to work with you. Talk 3, titled Time, gives God's good schedule for us to have a good time for work and rest. The key message: Follow God's Rhythm of Restoration. Talk 4, titled Jubilee, points out that Sabbath gives us time and space to remember our core identity—that we're the Beloved of God. The key message is: Remember who you are. Talk 5 is about Jesus, how He declared that He is the Messiah, created His Jubilee Team–and included us as part of the team. The key message: Your Jubilee has begun. Talk 6 is about taking the Sabbath seriously. The key message: God is giving you Real Rest.

Here's a review of the amazing lessons we've learned so far: Humanity has a problem and it's huge: Overworking but underliving. And God has the antidote. It's called Shabbat—a rhythm of rest and relationship. Last week, we learned that in the Bible, there were four Sabbath practices: (1) the weekly Sabbath; (2) seven annual festivals; (3) the Sabbath Year; and (4) the Jubilee Year. And the biggest Sabbath is the Jubilee where three phenomenal things happen: (1) all debts are erased; (2) all slaves are released; and (3) all lands are returned to their original owners. It's pretty radical. So, the goal is about ending poverty, creating abundance for all, and building a community of equals—with Jesus as King. The Sabbath is much more than taking a vacation—It's about bringing people back to the abundance of the Garden. Talk 5 is about Jesus, how He declared that He is the Messiah, created His Jubilee Team– and included us as part of the team. The key message: Your Jubilee has begun.

This is the fourth episode of our seven-week series, RESTED. Talk 1, titled Rest, established that there's a great pandemic going on, called Overworking but Underliving. Talk 2, titled Work, is the antidote to this pandemic: the Sabbath—which bestows two essential blessings: 1) a rhythm of rest; and 2) a rhythm of relationship. The key message: God wants to work with you. Talk 3, titled Time, gives God's good schedule for us to have a good time for work and rest. The key message: Follow God's Rhythm of Restoration. Talk 4, titled Jubilee, points out that Sabbath gives us time and space to remember our core identity—that we're the Beloved of God. The key message is: Remember who you are.

This is the third installment of our ongoing Feast Talk series, RESTED. Talk 1, titled Rest, established that there's a great pandemic going on, called Overworking but Underliving. The antidote is the Sabbath– which bestows two essential blessings: (1) a rhythm of rest; and (2) a rhythm of relationship. To appreciate the Sabbath, we must study about work. This was Talk 2, with the key message:God wants to work with you. So, God gave us a good schedule where we can have a good time for work and for rest. This is the topic of Talk 3, yes, titled Time. The key message is:Follow God's Rhythm of Restoration.

This is the second installment of our brand-new Feast Talk series, RESTED. Talk 1, titled Rest, established that there's a great pandemic going on, called Overworking but Underliving. The antidote is the Sabbath– which bestows two essential blessings: (1) a rhythm of rest; and (2) a rhythm of relationship. To appreciate the Sabbath, we must study about work. The key message of Talk 2 is God wants to work with you.

We open today our brand-new series: RESTED. This is a 7-Talk course that will save your life and family. Warning: Your lifestyle today may be destroying, little by little, your health, your joy, your inner peace, your family, and your relationship with God. This series will wake you up before it's too late and shift your direction. The key message: Let God be God.

WELCOME to the conclusion of our transformational series, FEEL. The goal of our teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. We already tackled the five talks: Talk 1 about Shame; Talk 2 Fear; Talk 3: Anger; Talk 4: Sadness; and Talk 5 is Jealousy. We add the conclusion: Talk 6: Happiness What is happiness? Here's a simple definition. Happiness is a feeling of goodness. We experience through the many simple joys of life. But there is also a happiness that is so much deeper called overflowing joy. The key message of Talk 6 is Taste and see that the LORD is good. (Psalms 34:8 NLT)

WE are now in Talk 5 of our Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. The goal of our 5-part teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. We already tackled four talks: Talk 1 about Shame; Talk 2 Fear; Talk 3: Anger, and Talk 4: Sadness. The topic of Talk 5 is Jealousy. Jealousy is not just that nervous feeling when we see our romantic partner get attracted to someone else. It's broader than that. Jealousy is that uncomfortable feeling of seeing someone have something you want but don't have. It may be a bad feeling. But like the other emotions we have studied, Jealousy brings us special gifts. The key message of Talk 5 is Entrust your desires to God.

WE continue our Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. The goal of our 5-part teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. Talk 1 Shame is about believing you are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging. The key message of Talk 1 is You are already loved. Talk 2 Fear is about how God wants us to deal with fear. The message of Talk 2 is God's Love Is Your Safe Place. Talk 3 is about Anger. Anger doesn't feel good so, many see anger as a bad emotion. But like Shame and Fear, Anger becomes bad when we manage it badly. The key message of Talk 3 is Be angry but do not sin. Talk 4 is about Sadness. A lot of people try to get rid of sadness. But like other emotions we have studied, sadness brings us special gifts. The key message of Talk 4 is The Lord heals the broken.

WE continue our Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. The goal of our 5-part teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. Talk 1 Shame is about believing you are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging. The key message of Talk 1 is You are already loved. Talk 2 Fear is about how God wants us to deal with fear. The message of Talk 2 is God's Love Is Your Safe Place. Talk 3 is about Anger. Anger doesn't feel good-so, many see anger as a bad emotion. But like Shame and Fear, Anger becomes bad when we manage it badly. The key message of Talk 3 is Be angry but do not sin

WE continue our brand-new Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. The goal of our 5-part teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. Talk 1 is titled Shame. Shame is the intensely painful feeling of believing you are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging. The key message of Talk 1 is You are already loved. In Talk 2 of our series, we explore fear. What is fear? And how does God want us to deal with fear? The message of Talk 2 is: God's Love Is Your Safe Place.

WELCOME to our brand-new Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. When it comes to our feelings, we have two big problems: We have trouble labeling them, andwe have trouble leading them. Labeling means identifying them. Naming them. Discerning them. For a lot of people, their feelings remain one giant, convoluted, chaotic blur. Sadly, when you cannot label your feelings, you cannot lead them well. The goal of our 5-part teaching series? To learn how to lead your emotions better, so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. Talk 1 is titled Shame. Shame is the intensely painful feeling of believing you are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging. Shame signals that your identity is being threatened. Every emotion carries a special gift. And what is the gift of shame? To tell you that something is threatening your identity and needs your attention. The key message of Talk 1 is You are already loved.

OUR Easter Talk has three parts: Part 1: The Story of Two Disciples; Part 2: New Jerusalem Is Coming Down; Part 3: The 5th Problem in the Corinth Church. Backgrounder: Before His crucifixion, Jesus was in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover (a traditional feast commemorating the Jews' liberation from slavery in Egypt). Jesus' followers welcomed Him waving palms (now celebrated as Palm Sunday). Two followers of Jesus, Cleopas, and a friend, left their home in Emmaus and went to Jerusalem also to celebrate the Passover. Even before the day of the Passover feast, Jesus, accused of rebellion against the Roman Empire that colonized Israel, was arrested by Roman soldiers and eventually crucified Him. Because their Master was crucified, the two followers of Jesus were so devastated that they decided to walk back to their home in Emmaus. Along the way, Jesus, then already Resurrected from death, appeared and walked with the two followers–who did not recognize Jesus. Talk 1 of our Lenten Feast Talk points out that The Walk to Emmaus is a symbol of someone walking away from God and the person's spiritual family. Messy Saint Talk 1: Confused Army Talk 2: Proud About Sin Talk 3:Correct But Still Self-Centered Talk 4:Gifted But Divisive Talk 5:Walk Back to Jerusalem Messy Saints Love Thy Neighbor (Even if They Drive You Nuts) Solving the problems in 1 Corinthians Talk 5: Walk Back to Jerusalem Notes: To recognize Jesus, the followers–and we, to-day–need to go back to Jerusalem. When Jesus walked with the two followers, this means that though we are walking back to Jerusalem, Jerusalem is also coming back to us. In Tagalog, sinasalubong natin. We're walking to welcome it back.

WELCOME to the 4th installment of our series, Messy Saints, where we investigate the five troubles in the Corinth church. The first was how they were forming cliques. Second was bragging about sexual sin. Third was fighting about food offered to idols. And their fourth problem—our talk for today—is they had gifted but divisive members. So, Talk 4 is titled Gifted but Divisive. In 1 Corinthians 12: 8-10, Paul says the people of Corinth are gifted. These guys were speakers, healers, prophets, discerners, tongue-interpreters, miracle workers. But behind all their problems is one big problem: Pride was dividing their community. So, Paul tells them what the Corinthians need is Love for one another–defining Love in his letter to them in 1 Corinthians 13:1-8-13 and 14:1 NLT—one of the most popular passages in the entire Bible and perhaps the most beautiful literature on love. The passage is usually quoted during weddings. But Paul is not simply talking about romantic love. The key message of Talk 4 is Love is your highest goal.

WELCOME to Talk 3 of our Feast Talk series MESSY SAINTS. In this series, we talk about the five troubles of the little church in Corinth. So far, we've tackled the first two: In Talk 1, Division, and in Talk 2, Sexual Sin. Talk 3 delves into the third one: Food offered to idols. In Corinth, people worshipped gods. And they would offer animal sacrifices to them regularly. The people were divided on the issue of whether to eat meat sacrificed to idols. The apostle Paul advised that instead of being divided over the issue of who's right, the people should work on how to strengthen their relationships. Talk 3, titled Correct But Still Self-Centered, focuses on the key message, “Others First.”

WELCOME to Talk 2 of our brand-new series MESSY SAINTS. The series is titled MESSY SAINTS because it's based on 1 Corinthians, the apostle Paul's letter to the Corinth church where he mentioned dark secrets about them. Last week, we said that 1 Corinthians tackles the five troubles in the Corinth church—problems that we still face today, 2000 years later. In Talk 1, titled Confused Army, we unpacked the first problem—Division—which usually is about pride. In Talk 2, we unpack the second trouble in the Corinthians' church: Sexual Sin. Talk 2 is titled Proud about Sin because we brainwash ourselves to make sin acceptable, and later on, admirable, to the point that we're proud of it. Just like the Corinthians did. But Paul told them if one sins sexually, one sins against one's own body. He said, “Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God. You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:18-20 NIV) You don't own your body. You are God's House. You're a long-term guest, living in His Holy Temple, through His gracious hospitality. The key message of Talk 2 is The Owner is in the House.

WELCOME to our brand new series MESSY SAINTS. The series is titled MESSY SAINTS because it's based on 1 Corinthians, the apostle Paul's letter to the Corinth church where he mentioned dark secrets about them. NOTE: The Corinth church is not like a parish or an organization. It's a home church like our Feast Lights! Each home church would have between 10 to 30 members, and altogether, a total of 150 members in Corinth. Talk 1 is titled Confused Army because the members fight each other in church– it's like the church has an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune disease happens when the body's natural defense system can't tell the difference between your own cells and foreign cells, causing the body to mistakenly attack normal cells. What happened in the Corinth church is very much like the story of Christianity. We have a 2000-history of division. Paul's advice on how to resolve the Corinthians' conflicts is also the key message of Talk 1: Go back to the Cross.

WE'RE now in the sixth and last part of our series, TABLE TALKS. Talk 6 presents the ultimate answer to the question unpacked in previous talks: What does spiritual maturity really mean? This Talk is crucial for The Feast because how we define spiritual maturity will define how we do church. If we have a wrong understanding of spiritual maturity, we'll end up building the wrong church. Talk 6, titled The Greatest Metric gives yes, the important metric or measurement of spiritual maturity or what we call holiness. We come to know this in the command of Jesus in John 15:12: “Love each other as I have loved you.” (John 15:12 NIV). So, the simple way to holiness is to Love like Jesus– which is the key message of Talk 6. How do we know we are doing this right? What's the metric of holiness? Talk 6 presents 9 Signs of Spiritual Maturity.