We started book clubs this quarter! One group is reading “What is the Gospel?” by Mark Dever. If you’re looking for something to read during Winter Break, it might be worth it to pick up a copy!
A couple of Fridays ago, Pastor Daniel Im gave a bible study on the reformation instated by Josiah. The reform, described in 2 Kings 22-23, comprehensively wiped out idol worship that had infiltrated their worship practices and reintroduced worship as God has originally intended. Interested in what God desired, Josiah (seems to have accidentally) found the book of the law and responded by humbling himself and letting his heart be moved. This personal repentance amplified into a reform that spread across the nation of Judah.
Today, we are also in need of reform. We suffer from a similar syncretism, where worship of God as God intends is diluted by other factors. During the bible study, we listened to the first chapter of David Platt’s “Radical: Taking back your faith from the American dream.” He challenged us: Have we redefined Christianity to make Jesus look middle-class, someone who wants us to be balanced, loves us just as we are, brings comfort and prosperity and is okay with materialism? Have we molded Jesus to look like ourselves? Are we really following Jesus? The first call of discipleship, as described by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is to abandon attachments of this world. However, the cost of non-discipleship is to miss out on gaining the pearl of greatest worth (Matthew 13:46).
In response to the bible study, we’re going to be reading David Platt’s book together. Read with us! Check out the Radical Experiment on Facebook too.
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The topic for this week (11/19) is “Purposelessness.”
We are meeting at the usual place and time for dinner and Bible study this Friday.
The topic for this week (10/22) is “The Desire for Inner Peace.”
See you all there!
Praise God for the great retreat we were able to experience this past weekend!!! God is working and stirring many of our hearts. We pray that we will not do anything to stifle the work of the Holy Spirit and let him complete what he needs to do in each of us.
We are resuming our regular Bible Study starting this week and will be continuing until the end of the quarter. Anybody is always welcome to join us even if this is your first time.
This quarter, in our new Bible study series, “Our True Need,” we’ll be focusing on a different topic each week, including “Loneliness,” ”Inner Emptiness,” “Purposelessness.”
The topic for this week (10/15) is “Fear of Death.”
Dinner provided: 7pm at Ackerman A level in the food court, near Panda Express
Bible Study Location: 8pm in Kerckhoff 133
See you there!
Please note that due to our annual retreat this weekend, we will NOT be meeting for our regular Bible study this Friday.
We will resume our regular study on Friday, October 15.
We WILL still provide rides for Sunday Worship Service at 3:30 pm at the Weyburn Campus Express bus stop.
Pastor Don, our retreat speaker, and his son Pastor Kirk, who led our Worship Night event last week, will be delivering the message.
Contact Tim Dong (timdong@ucla.edu) if you need a ride for worship service.
Our LCF Grad group will be attending Life Baptist Church’s Fall Retreat at The Oaks Retreat Center from evening of Friday, Oct. 8 to Sunday, Oct. 10. We are so fortunate to have Pastor Don Overstreet as our retreat speaker again this year. He has spoken at our church retreat for the last 2 years in a row and God has truly spoken powerfully through him each time! Through his preaching of God’s Word at last year’s retreat, I realized what an amazing joy and privilege it is to call Jesus my personal Lord and Savior. If you have any additional questions or would like to sign up to go, please let me know (timdong@ucla.edu)! It will surely be a weekend well spent!
Here is a short bio on Pastor Don (of course, it is better if you meet him in person!)
Pastor Don Overstreet has been involved in church planting for forty years in the United States and abroad. He is a church planter strategist with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Southern California and an adjunct professor at Golden Gate Baptist Seminary. He was the first Baptist missionary with the International Mission Board to the island of St. Vincent on 1977. He started a church out of a prison ministry and led many people to the Lord. Today there are eight churches on the island all pastored by nationals. Many of the pastors were led to the Lord by Don when they were teenagers. The churches make up the St. Vincent Baptist Convention.
On top of the special event on Thursday, we will also have our regular Bible study on Friday.
Dinner provided: 7pm at Ackerman A level in the food court, near Panda Express
Bible Study: 8pm in Kerckhoff 133
This quarter, in our new Bible study series, “Our True Need,” we’ll be focusing on a different topic each week, including “Loneliness,” ”Inner Emptiness,” “Purposelessness,” and “Fear of Death.”
This Friday we will begin the series with “Loneliness.”
We hope to see you there!
WORSHIP NIGHT: OUR TRUE NEED
GUEST SPEAKER: Pastor Kirk Overstreet
WHEN: 9/30 @ 6:00 pm
WHERE: Sunset Recreation Canyon – Vista Room
Dinner Provided
MORE DETAILS: http://lcfworshipnight.tumblr.com/
OR Contact Tim: timdong@ucla.edu or 626.233.6450
We invite you to a special evening of praise, skit, and also a special message from Pastor Kirk Overstreet, whose life was turned 180 degrees when Jesus saved him from life as a drug addict.
We’ll also be providing a Korean BBQ dinner (which we’ll be grilling on the spot there!). Sunset Canyon Vista Room is located at the Northeast corner of UCLA campus (very near to the Undergrad dorms). Map is available at the link above.
On Friday, Sept. 24th we’ll kick off the Fall quarter with a joint Bible study together with the international student group. We’ll be meeting for dinner this Friday at 7pm in Ackerman Viewpoint Conference Room, followed by Bible study. If you are looking for a campus fellowship or are just curious about finding out what the Bible teaches, we invite you to join us!
Also, if you’re looking for a church, our group is the campus ministry of Life Baptist Church which is only about 10 min drive from UCLA. Service starts at 4pm on Sundays and we provide rides from the Weyburn Campus Express bus stop at 3:30pm. Please contact timdong@ucla.edu if interested. We’d love to have you join us!