My greatest desire in life as a pastor is seeing people change to become more like our Lord Jesus. I call it "spiritual transformation," thinking and living like Christ. This is why we are created in the first place. We are placed on this earth to live our life as Jesus would. God made us as his image bearers and Jesus is God's perfect representation, his perfect image bearer. This means the more we become like Jesus, the better God's image bearers we become, fulfilling our life's purpose! Then, what does it mean to live our life like Jesus? How can we think and live like Jesus, God's perfect image bearer? One thing I know for sure is that we ...

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Lately I have been hearing from several house church shepherds that their members are thinking about changing their house churches. We don't allow people to switch their house church, and I have addressed the issue a number of occasions in the past. I feel the need, however, to talk to you again about this. It seems as though we have gotten many new members in the recent months who have never heard about the reasons behind this policy. This is good because it is a sign of growth! First reason why we ask people to stay and remain in their house church is because it teaches them the importance of making and honoring their commitment. And when you ...

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My primary passion in life is to help people become more like Jesus. There is no greater joy for me than seeing people change to be more like Him. That's why I do what I do as a pastor, to help people grow and mature spiritually. And one of the ways that God transforms our lives is through His word. Paul said, "Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ" (Romans 10: 17). God's word is extremely vital and essential in our spiritual transformation. Without it you cannot grow spiritually! Since I know the significance of God's word in our life, I take message preparation very seriously. ...

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Many of us will be going on a short-term mission trip in June. Our children's vacation Bible School will also take place in the same month. Therefore, we will rest from our house church ministry in June this year. We began this tradition last year and the response and the results have been marvelous. Please read last year's "From the Pastor's Desk" that I wrote to communicate and explain to you why we have decided to do this: Let's Rest from Our House Church Ministry in July! From the Pastor's Desk (69) / June 16, 2002 Our Heavenly Father created the heavens and the earth in six days and He rested on the seventh day. He rested not because He ...

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The leaders of New Life have been thinking, praying and working diligently to come up with a new logo that would clearly describe who we are as a church. We wanted our logo to embody three foundationally important truths or elements for New Life. The first is the cross of Jesus Christ. It is through the finished work of Jesus on the cross that our sins are forgiven and we are saved from eternal death. This is foundational in our Christian walk. "For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." (1 Corinthians 2: 2) The second is the new life that we experience as a result of receiving Jesus Christ ...

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For the past several months, we as a congregation have been seeking God about the piece of property on Brittmore Rd. and Hammerly Blvd. to see if He would have us move there to reach out to more people. The land is 20.6 acres, and it is in the 100-year flood zone, which means there is a possibility that it could flood once every 100 years. The record shows that it has never flooded before. The negotiated price for the land was $1,125,000, and we were going to purchase the land together with our Korean congregation paying 50/50. We also decided to do the engineering study on the land before we finalized everything. The study came out on Friday, ...

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