Weekly audio messages on the world-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ and the life-changing love of God from Island ECC in Hong Kong. For more resources and to get connected with us, visit our website at www.islandecc.hk
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The fourth candle of this advent series is the candle of love. For many of us, the struggle is not that we don’t know how to love, rather it is that we don’t know how to receive love. Many of us are so scarred from relationships that we have made it impossible for ourselves to experience love of any sort. We look to the example of Mary to learn abo…
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Joy can’t be produced, but it can be managed.By Brett Hilliard
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Many of us seek to make peace something tangible – something we can grasp and claim as "our peace". However, true peace cannot be manufactured. When we lack this genuine peace, it can weigh heavily on our hearts and burden our souls. Listen closely and open your hearts to receive the transformative Gift of True Peace.…
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Hope is a word that gets thrown around a lot at Christmas. It’s found on Christmas cards and in song lyrics. But what does it really look like to experience deep and abiding hope?By Brett Hilliard
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Rewiring My Worldview: We have a generous God
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We have a generous God who gives us all our money and possessions. However, that’s not the end of the story. God desires us to multiply them and share them with others. We are meant to be generous, just like God is so generous to us.By Albert Ng
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Rewiring My Worldview: Finding Purpose in Singleness, Marriage, and Parenting
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How can singleness become a season of purpose and service? What if marriage is more about sacrificial love than personal happiness? How can we understand parenting as a mission to raise God-centred children? Today we explore how to glorify God and reflect His love in every stage of life by realigning our priorities with His Word.…
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Rewiring My Worldview: LIFE AND DEATH AND LIFE AGAIN
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The topics of life and death are some of the weightiest realities we are all called to carry as humans. And despite our inclination to look away and avoid, the healthiest thing we can do is face these questions head-on while in the safe presence of a loving God. His words will keep us from regret and rewire the way we think about these vital topics…
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Rewiring My Worldview: How True is the Bible?
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There are many sacred texts which provide inspiration for how to live. How is the Bible unique, and how does it demonstrate reliability?By Brett Hilliard
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Rewiring My Worldview: How we make sense of life
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Like a pair of glasses, your worldview is the lens through which you view life. It forms your values, determines your decisions, and reveals your priorities. But so many don’t even realise what their worldview is.By Brett Hilliard
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What triggers you? Chances are, you’ve got some things that just really annoy you, and invoke in you a response that you might not be proud of... But what if you became un-triggerable? What if you were able to manage your reactions in a way that revealed a confidence in God more than an easily triggered reaction?…
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Happier Ahead: The Liberty of Contentment
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Finding contentment has always seemed elusive. Try as we might to be satisfied with our current life, we still have ambitions and goals. It’s a natural human instinct to have those. But oftentimes that leads to undue stress and anxiety, and can drive others away from us. In this sermon, we will explore different ways of finding true contentment in …
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Like fish in water, most of us don’t realise that we swim in a world of shame. We are unaware of its presence and even more unaware of its effect on our lives. However, we are told that Jesus “despises the shame” in His own life, a principle that could unlock freedom and joy in our lives like nothing else.…
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Empathy is vitally important when it comes to experiencing a full life. It helps us to be compassionate and caring, while building connections with others and expanding our worldview. We can’t fully understand what everyone goes through in life, but we can imagine what it would be like to be in their shoes. And when we take those steps, we encounte…
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Happier Ahead: The Value of Self-Awareness
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God’s invitation to the abundant life goes well beyond simply becoming unabrasive when we think of self-awareness. It is instead a call to discover and pursue what it means to be made in His image, and the people we will be forever with Him.By Eric Farmer
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Happier Ahead: The Pursuit of Happierness
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Does Jesus desire us to be happy? We know that we are to consider all our circumstances “joyful”, but what about happiness? Is that the same thing? Happiness is a journey, but the path isn’t always easy to navigate.By Brett Hilliard
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Celebrating the Story: Belong. Believe. Become
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A seeking world, mixed with an energized church, deserves a creative strategy.By Brett Hilliard
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Celebrating the Story: 25 years of amazement
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It’s easy to miss the work of God in our lives. But in the big picture, it’s the most important thing we can ever notice.By Brett Hilliard
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Most of us assume a very passive posture toward our faith. Our unspoken approach is “let go and let God”. Even as we are ambitious in our careers, our studies, and our relationships, often our spiritual life gets the leftovers. Just a slight shift in our priorities can make a world of difference in our spiritual experience.…
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There is a shared desire among all Christians to share their faith and win people over to the gospel. However, it comes with many challenges and difficulties. Especially to those who really immerse themselves with the people they are trying to reach. In those circumstances, how can one keep their own faith?…
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Our culture conditioned us to look only to the future for things that are bigger and better. The Bible, however, teaches us to look back. By remembering how God helped us in the past, our hearts will be infused with gratitude and hope for the future. Thus far the Lord has helped us. He was faithful in the past. He will continue to be faithful in th…
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Our world is full of stressors. We are constantly bombarded with emails, text messages, and news alerts. So many things happen at the speed of light and they can cause our anxiety to skyrocket. Today, we’re going to look at a bookmarked Bible verse that helps to alleviate this stress and keep us on the right track.…
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Bookmarked: How to maintain hope when suffering
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We all live by hope and for hope. Then, too often, hard reality impacts that hope. In chapter 5 of the book of Romans, Paul shares a fascinating process that God has woven into our lives that can help us maintain and even deepen our hope in the midst of suffering.By Rick Bates
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At its core, our need for approval is a God-given longing. It points to a deeper need we all have for a right standing before a holy God.By Brett Hilliard
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 15By Martin Radford
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 16By Martin Radford
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The world has become increasingly divided. That division can sometimes make its way into the church. How can we truly live as a united community while celebrating the diversity of views and opinions that we might have, especially if those opinions are opposed to one another? We look to the final chapters of the book of Romans, and seek insight from…
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 13By Martin Radford
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 14By Martin Radford
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One of the most difficult passages to interpret is Romans 13, because of its call to submit to authority. It has become a flashpoint for and against civil disobedience. So how should we as Christians interpret the passage and how can we abide by it when it comes to respecting authority?By Kevin Kusunoki
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 11By Martin Radford
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 12By Martin Radford
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Based on the mercies that God has shown us in Chapters 1 to 11, Paul in Romans 12 teaches us how to live out a truly counter-cultural life. Christians can be different. In fact, Christians should be different. Not because we are better, but because we have experienced God’s mercies and forgiveness.By Albert Ng
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 9By Martin Radford
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 10By Martin Radford
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When in Rome: The Undefeatable Love of God
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Romans 7-8 contain some of Paul’s most personal reflections and utmost convictions about our Christian lives. This message dives into the heartfelt centre of Paul’s theology, which is based in his utter faith in God’s love to us in Christ.By Rick Bates
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 7By Martin Radford
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 8By Martin Radford
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In this section of Paul’s letter to the Romans, he is explaining that now that we have been justified by faith, we now have peace with God and freedom in Christ. But as he builds his argument, he can see the questions coming at him. Questions that are only natural to ask. His eloquent explanation helps us understand what it truly means to be free –…
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 5By Martin Radford
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 6By Martin Radford
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Have you ever felt like you don’t belong in church, because for some reason you feel like you are not “righteous” enough? This is a universal struggle that we all feel at one point or another. We continue in our series of going through the book of Romans, by looking at chapters 3 and 4 and how we can attain the righteousness that we long for.…
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 3By Martine Radford
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 4By Martin Radford
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If you are not seeing His kindness in your life, it’s because you’re not paying attention. It’s never because He stopped being kind.By Brett Hilliard
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 1By Martin Radford
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Listen through the book of Romans and follow along with our “When in Rome” sermon series. Chapter 2By Martine Radford
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The gospel of Christ is the greatest information one can even comprehend. And it is so counterintuitive that we easily drift away from it. Our default setting is often to live by inner rules of behaviour, rather than the freeing life in Christ. Romans reminds us of who we are in Christ, and how our righteous standing before God compels our life in …
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Ask God: Are science and faith compatible?
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Jessica and John will be sharing about the compatibility of Science and Faith. Through the sermon they will explore the rich history of science and faith and share how science provides us a way to cope with our existence, but it is our faith in Jesus that provides us with hope, meaning, and purpose.By John Slosted, Jessica Richmond
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Ask God: How much free will do I have over my life?
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It can be difficult to wrap up our minds around two things we believe to be simultaneously true, an all-powerful God who directs steps and history, and an intangible sense that we are free to make choices that impact the present and future. Join us as we explore how much free will we have in our lives.…
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Why should we even ask for things, if God already has a plan and has made up His mind? This question is essential to answer if we ever hope to have a robust and exciting prayer life. We dive into the story of the first prayer of intercession in order to answer this question.By Kevin Kusunoki
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