This week’s passage comes from Hosea 11, where it depicts God as a loving yet heartbroken parent to Israel, who continually turned away from Him to worship other gods. However, despite Israel’s rebellion against Him, God chose not to punish His people in anger, but to be compassionate and forgive them.

Reflecting on this passage, Pastor Daniel asked us: “What does it mean for God to love us unconditionally?” PD gives us two answers to this question.

This week, Pastor Daniel reflected on our church and asked: Why do we practice house church ministry? Why do we seek and serve the lost? What is the purpose behind all of this…and is it the right one? How do we know we are on the right path?

He wrestled with these questions and turned to Scripture for guidance. Passages like Isaiah 41:10, Job 21:10, Ruth 1:15–18, and John 3:16 shaped his faith and understanding, yet they did not fully answer his question of purpose. He realized that before discovering his purpose, he first needed to ask:

Luke 16:1-9

This week’s message from our guest speaker Han Chung, comes from Luke 16:1-9, which is about the parable of the shrewd manager. This parable is much less known compared to the others shared in Luke 15, but it raises an important point: how should we live this life while awaiting eternity?

The short answer Jesus gives us is to make friends.

The parable reminds us that in this world and in this life, God gives to us in abundance. However, in the parable, we are reminded that we are but accountants and managers of God’s resources, and God is the master. The manager in this parable is being dismissed from managing the master’s finances. Before he is terminated, the manager uses God’s resources in his final days to not only build relationships, but to use what is temporary to love people into what is eternal.