For the third year in a row, about seven-in-ten Americans (69%) said reducing health care costs should be a top priority for the president and Congress this year. This reflects an 8-percentage-point increase from 2011, though is little changed from last year (Peer-Review Report 2019). The problem being faced by...
Please indulge me a little, but there is a song by Five Iron Frenzy called “Every New Day” (warning: if you like traditional hymn music, you might be unhappy). I really enjoy this song, for one, it is ska-punk, second, the lyrics. When I was small, the furthest I could...
It is not too wrong to say that violence has become a part of “culture & politics.” Violence accompanied by mass murder has become the new art of brutality. The Hong-Kong territory’s leader, Carrie Lam, warned that violence will push Hong Kong over the edge. Violence, no matter if it’s...
If you are not aware, members of Indonesian Evangelical Church in San Jose, San Francisco, and Los Angeles have traveled to Indonesia on a mission trip. From August 1 to 4th, we will go to several locations to do “missions” work. The idea of “missions” can be mysterious and expansive,...
By: Rev. Steve Lee If you did not hear about the “College Admissions Scandal”, here is the quick summary. Several wealthy and celebrity parents are accused of using bribery and fraud, to get their children into major universities. Two of those parents involved are Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, who...
The first love is the main ingredient of the existence of the church as the body of Christ. If the church has turned into a world icon for political, cultural, monumental religious and economic interests, the church loses its DNA as the Body of Christ. Still fresh in our memories...
By: Rev. Steve Lee As we approach Easter, or what I refer to as Resurrection Sunday, it might appear as if the whole world is celebrating Jesus Resurrection as well! Go into grocery stores and you will see Easter Eggs and candy. Go to the retail shopping outlets and you...
Still fresh in our minds millions of people across the United States expected a long march against the violence of Stoneman Douglas High School weapons on Saturday with students. We know this long march as a “March for Our Lives” protest. What is expected on...
This year five of our West Coast Churches have the same theme “BE A WITNESS FOR CHRIST” as our mission to share the Gospel to 5000 people to exercise our church vision which is TO REACH OUT OUR COMMUNITY TO REACH THE WORLD in order to fulfill the commission of...
Prov. 22:6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Eph. 6:4 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. When my wife and I were starting...
