Recommended Resources: May 25, 2020
Book Recommendation from a Pastor A Bright Tomorrow: Facing the Future without Fear by Jared Mellinger Recommendation by Pastor Eufemio Magsombol Jr. Jared Mellinger, author of “A Bright Tomorrow,” puts it well: “The future of every Christian is incredibly bright… Our future is more glorious than we know.” The problem is that we often fail […]
Seeking God’s Will in Uncertainty
Hello! I’m Becca! I just graduated (last week!) from USC, and I’ve been attending Lighthouse for the past 4 years. I wanted to share how God has been humbling and teaching me in this particular COVID season through a big decision I had to make a few weeks ago. I hope it is a comforting […]
Episode 36: Speaking to Our Troubled Hearts
“The gospel offers us hope in a God who was not willing to spare His own Son, but instead gave him up freely in order to save us. Jesus Christ, our lord and Savior was forsaken on the cross so that we might not be forsaken because of our sin and rebellion against God. This […]
Episode 35: Meditating on the Works of God
“To meditate is to draw out the significance of the things that we remember. What does God’s salvation mean for me today? If this is true of who God is, then how should that shape the way that I think about where I’m at right now? May we be people who are confidently and freshly […]
Recommended Resources: May 18, 2020
Book Recommendation from a Pastor “Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers” by Dane Ortlund Recommendation by Pastor Francis Chow It was the book’s subtitle and its language of “sinners” and “sufferers” that first caught my attention for how this might be a helpful and relevant resources, especially for ministry at Lighthouse. […]
Episode 34: Walking with the Wise
Proverbs 13:20 “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.” “We all walk with others. In this verse, walking is a metaphor for living life. We walk with others as we interact with people through conversation, emails, texts, what we read and who we listen to. We walk […]
Snapshots of Grace
If this blog post was simply our attempt to write a letter to all our beloved Lighthouse family telling you that we miss you, that would be an understatement… We really, really, REALLY miss you all so much! We are so thankful for your commitment to worshiping our God and continuing to love the church […]
Episode 33: Trust
“It all looks a little different right now, but in it all, we should be aspiring to glorify our Heavenly Father. Covid 19 should not push pause on our endeavors to honor Him. We need to be resolved even now to glorify God in whatever way we can. Everything needs to be about the Lord […]
Episode 32: Get Wisdom
“Instead of looking inside of ourselves or looking to this world, we gain wisdom by going to the Source of all wisdom, our Creator God who made this whole universe… In this season of uncertainty and even despair, let’s desire and seek out God’s wisdom as it will lead to hope to life and ultimate […]
Recommended Resources: May 11, 2020
Book Recommendation from a Pastor “The Gospel Comes With a House Key” by Rosaria Butterfield Recommendation by Pastor David Lee Few books have shaken me up as much as “The Gospel Comes With a House Key.” The author, Rosaria Butterfield, paints a picture of the Christian life as one of “ordinary radical hospitality,” where Christians […]
