Our Fall 2022 SOLA Leader’s Dialogue videos are now available on YouTube: The Potentials and Perils of Working With the Asian Immigrant Church. In case you missed it, check out our Asian American Leadership Conference videos. Share with your pastors to equip and encourage.
SOLA is proud to co-sponsor the Pathways of Grace Conference, featuring Joni Eareckson Tada, to encourage and equip people from local churches who are currently involved or want to be involved in caring for others in their churches affected by disability.
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Enter to win these excellent books! Read my reviews in my “Related Works” section below. Special thanks to The Good Book Company for providing our giveaway, presented in partnership with my newsletters for @diveindigdeep and FCBC Walnut.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Andy Jung: Reframing the work of youth leaders
“When young people are adopted into God’s kingdom as God’s sons and daughters and adopted into the body of Christ and the local church family, youth ministry shifts from ministry FOR teenagers to ministry WITH teenagers.”
Related: Youth Pastors, Beware Of Making Counterfeit Disciples by Chris Li
2. Dan Cruver: The Father-Heart of God and Christian Obedience
“What makes obedience Christian obedience is the heart of the Father towards us through Jesus Christ. We obey not in order to win the Father’s approval and affection; we obey because the Father’s heart is already and forever set upon us, as fully set upon us as it is set upon his eternal Son.”
Related: Like Father, Like Son: The Obedience of Joseph, the Father of Jesus by Aaron Lee
3. Aleyna Kelly: The Reward and Responsibility of Creating
“While it’s amazing to be able to create, it’s also a great responsibility. As Christians, our calling is to share Christ with others, and one of the ways to do this is through our creations. With the gospel as our guide, our minds will be transformed, which will improve our creation’s content and quality.”
Related: Telling Her Own Story: An Interview with Ruth Chou Simons by Aaron Lee
SOLA is proud to co-sponsor the Pathways of Grace Conference, featuring Joni Eareckson Tada, to encourage and equip people from local churches who are currently involved or want to be involved in caring for others in their churches affected by disability.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Gospelbound Podcast: Hope from the Chinese Wilderness
Hannah Nation joins Collin Hansen to discuss persecution, pestilence, judgment, and justification.
Related: Learning About The Center for House Church Theology: An Interview with Clara Kim by Aaron Lee
2. Asian American Worship Leaders: Living Hope (Living Hope Community Church)
Living Hope (Living Hope Community Church) / Ever Be (All Nations Community Church) / A Thousand Hallelujahs (NewStory Church) / The Perfect Wisdom of Our God (FCBC Walnut)
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: Truth for Life Vol. 2 by Alistair Begg, Into His Presence by Tim Chester, The God of Amazing Gifts by Lizzie Laferton, Gifts of Grace by Jared C. Wilson. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Happy Pastor’s Appreciation Month! Check out a new Pastor Appreciation Collection I curated featuring 9 articles from our website.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Hannah Chao and Tim St. John: Resources For The Church For Domestic Violence Awareness Month
“We hope this can be a starting point for churches to become places of healing and restoration.”
2. Vera Christian: 10 Important Personal Lessons I Learned From Adopting a Child with Special Needs
“These lessons are key to what I do today, and I am so thankful that the Lord chose this kind and gentle way to teach me. I hope you’ll learn these too—without going about it the hard way as I did.”
3. Aaron Lee: One in Christ Jesus: A Book Review of “Preaching to a Divided Nation”
“How can preachers speak to the splits in our society? In Preaching to a Divided Nation, Matthew D. Kim and Paul A. Hoffman presents a seven-step model for promoting reconciliation and unity.”
4. Tim St. John: Recognizing Domestic Violence in the Church
“The more we work to bring this sin to the light, the more our churches will reflect our Savior’s heart and become refuges for those who are oppressed.”
5. TGIF: Roundup for October 14, 2022
Writer Moms / Why Korean-Language Presbyteries Exist in the PCA / Living as Christians in a National Fertility Crisis
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