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TGIF: Roundup for February 18, 2022

On Valentine’s Day, we published Adam Ch’ng’s article: Are Singles Less Sanctified? I would also like to highlight our Identity and Health Collection, and don’t forget to register for our upcoming Asian American Leadership Conference.

Please note that our free SOLA Leader’s Dialogue seminar at Lighthouse Community Church (Torrance, CA) begins at 9:30 AM. The event will take place on March 3, 2022 and will end at noon. Register for free and find more details on the event webpage.

Our monthly newsletter features our most popular resources. Read our latest and join for free. I invite you to join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group and listen to our TGIF Playlist on Spotify. Reach me on Twitter or Instagram.

On behalf of TGC, SOLA, and KALI, we would like to invite you to join us for the inaugural Asian American Leadership Conference on April 25-27, 2022 in Orange County, CA! Register now.


Articles From Around The Web

1.  Anna Meade Harris: ​​Breaking Social Media’s Grip on Teens

“Only in the church—in the pew, in the classroom, in the choir practice, in the missions meeting—will our teens experience God’s design for his family.”

2. David McLemore: The Necessity of Friendship

“The lack of demand is exactly the reason why friendship is the most surprising thing in the world when our world falls to pieces. When life is ripped open and our heart lies raw on the ground, it is friendship that always surprises us.”

3. Bruce Hindmarsh: The Daring Idea of Small Groups: A Short History of a Common Ministry

“Alongside its role in fostering awakening, the small group realized the Reformation ideal of the priesthood of all believers, inviting ordinary Christians to meet, sing, pray, and mutually encourage each other’s faith.”

SOLA Leader’s Dialogue and Lighthouse Community Church (Torrance, CA) will be hosting a free seminar on March 3, 2022, 9:30AM – 12PM, focused on how to look to the Gospel to find powerful and practical hope for pastoral pressures and potential burnout. Register for free and find more details on the event webpage.


Books, Podcasts, Music, And More

1.  Pastors Talk Podcast: On Discipling Your Elders

Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever about several practical ways elders can disciple other elders.

2. Crossway Podcast: The Problem with Modern Missions

Matt Rhodes discusses what it should look like to pursue cross-cultural missions with a focus on long-term success and why the American church should be asking itself that very question today.

Book Reviews: A Hobbit Journey by Matthew T. Dickerson and Invitations to Abundance by Alicia J. Akins. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.

Check out our Identity and Health Collection, featuring nine recent articles for you to read and share. Thank you for following and supporting our work at SOLA Network!


1. T. Kim: Child Of Divorce, Do Not Fear Marriage

“Secure in such a Bridegroom, you can take a risk on earthly love.”

2. Kim Kira: How Can A Gospel-Centered Understanding Of Marriage Inform And Encourage How We Date?

“Often we think that life is about Jesus making our marriage great, but it’s really about our marriages making much of Jesus and who he is.”

3. Thomas Hwang: What’s Wrong With Having Sex Before Marriage?

“Christians profess that as great as sex is, Jesus is even greater. Whatever intimacy we crave from sexual partners, we find something better through our intimacy with Him”

4. Adam Ch’ng: Are Singles Less Sanctified?

“In the end, what matters to our sanctification is not our situation – whether married or unmarried—it’s our obedience to the Lord.”

5. TGIF: Roundup for February 11, 2022

Life Is a Glory War / The Most Dangerous Form of Deconstruction / High Schoolers Can Be Church Members, Too

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