Kawai Family Blog Update

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hide Kawai and his wife Yasuyo, along with their son Shoma arrived in Torrance in August 2016 to start a 10 month internship at Lighthouse. The Kawai family have returned to Nagoya and have been back for three months. Here is an update from them: [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]All Nations Fellowship I am now serving at an English-Japanese bilingual […]
Start with God (Ruth 1:19-22)

To overcome bitterness and despair, you must start with God. Three ways to start with God: Lament well, rather than complain about your sufferings Interpret life based on the nature of God, not the nature of your circumstances Have a forward looking hope
Worldview: Christian Liberties (Romans 14)
Patience in Parenting (Selected Scriptures)
Your Greatest Treasure (Matthew 13:44)
Dating & Desire: Dating for More than Marriage (Ephesians 5:22-23)
Key Idea: Marriage is a picture of the gospel and the gospel changes everything about how we approach dating.
Being God’s Steadfast Love (Ruth 1:6-18)

Key Idea: We must live out a steadfast love for others that is rooted in the steadfast love of God. The picture of steadfast love: covenant commitment and costly kindness The source of steadfast love: the true God The blessing of steadfast love: we are God’s steadfast love to others
2017 Greece Missions: Final Reflections

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is the fifth and last Greece Missions trip update by Crystal Hsieh, Rebecca Suh, Vanessa Lam and Sharon Tang. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Hello Lighthouse family! We are so sorry that this final reflections email is so much later than we wanted it to be. It’s been almost a month and a half since our team has come back […]
Church Membership

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Church membership. It’s unfortunate that these two words can be a burden for some, frightening for others, or seen as straight up unnecessary. But regardless of how you might feel, the fact that so much ink has been spilled on this topic should encourage us to think carefully about this. Why church membership? Thankfully, there […]
Wisdom & Attraction: Making Each Other Better (Proverbs 2)
Key Idea: Attraction must be filtered through contentment in Christ and biblical wisdom in the pursuit of a dating relationship. I. Be attracted to people that make you better II. Be attracted to godliness