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Gracepoint Berkeley Church near UC Berkeley

Gracepoint is a church located 6 blocks from the UC Berkeley campus. We have various ministries for college students, working professionals, singles, couples, youth and children. Whether you are new to Christianity, looking for Christian fellowship, or a tight knit Christian community, we invite you to check us out!

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Podcasts

I•M•MATURE: Rebel without a reason
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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Pastor Ed Kang
 

One of the primary faces of immaturity is rebelliousness, being a rebel without a reason. We are all rebellious: it’s our basic posture and it’s theologically true, starting as far back as Adam and Eve in the first pages of the bible. We’re rebels who reject authority and we find transgressive behavior attractive. When we think, “rebel,” we think cool and we’re attracted to it. When we hear, “submission,” we think stuffy, bad, not desirable. In today’s message, we challenge these assumptions towards these two words. We consider what the bible has to say about rebellion and submission in these passages: James 4:7, Hebrews 5:7-9, John 5:19, and Hebrews 13:17.

 

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I•M•MATURE: First step to maturity

Posted Jan 22, 2012

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Pastor Ed Kang

 

Growing up is so natural that to not grow is really jarring, unnatural. Think of a grown man who during lunch picks up a bottle full of formula. It borders on absurd. For all of us, physical growth just happens: eat, sleep, work. But, internally, growing up in terms of our character, emotions, belief system, quality of relationships and more, this is optional. It is work we have to engage in. We turn to Apostle Paul’s words in Ephesians 4:11-24 to study what the bible has to say about immaturity and maturity.

 

Psalm 1: The Blessed Life of Obedience

Posted Jan 8, 2012

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Pastor Ed Kang

 

Psalm 1 contrasts the blessed life, a life that is like a rooted tree that bears its fruit in season, with the chaff that is subject to the winds and perishes. In a world where we are constantly bombarded by tempting and deceptive portraits of a chaff-like life, Psalm 1 encourages us to meditate on God’s word and anchor our minds and our hearts in the truth. And as we root ourselves in the truth, we have a chance to live the truly blessed life- to be able to say NO to worldly counsel and desires regardless of how the winds may blow, and together, as a tree in the midst of a forest, demonstrating to the world the beauty and power of the obedient life that chooses to live according to the counsel of God.

2012 New Year’s Service

Posted Jan 1, 2012

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Pastor Ed Kang

 

John 8:32 is our key verse for 2012: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” The converse of this is that falsehood will enslave us. The story of Gehazi in 2 Kings 5:19-27 reveals a picture of the shape of deceit in a person’s life, and its corrosive effect on a person’s character, heart, and relationships. Elisha’s ringing question to Gehazi at the end of the story is, “Is this the time?” What was the “time” that Gehazi was completely missing? What was the situation, and what about his place in God’s story did Gehazi fail to recognize? Jesus continues the discussion in Luke 12-13, presenting his assessment of our human condition and the opportunity before us to respond.

 

Christmas Quest: Perfect Gift?

Posted Dec 25, 2011

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Pastor Jonathan Lee

 

On Christmas day, we give and receive many gifts. It’s part of the holiday season! Pausing for a moment, we consider the question, What would make a gift perfect? We ourselves know that no gift is perfect: our desires shift from season to season, we receive gifts, play with them and tire of them, and look to new things and new gifts. The bible has something to say about a “perfect gift” in James 1:13-18, that this perfect gift ultimately comes from the Heavenly Father. This wonderful verse in James 1:17 appears in the larger, sad context of our desires, and how they easily progress towards sin and then to death. Have you experienced this progression in your life: desires to sin, and sin to death? What “perfect gift” does God offer?

 

 
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