Posts by Alvin Koh

Jesus came to preach The Gospel of the Kingdom. In our different church traditions, we have learned a lot about the Gospel of Salvation and the Gospel of the church.  The Gospel of Salvation is focused on getting saved while we are here, so that when we die we have a place secured in heaven. However, Jesus is often not Lord over every area of our lives. Church becomes compartmentalized and become one part of our lives.  The Gospel of…

We live in an incredibly fractured culture, we live with the tension of disunity every waking moment. Hate, dissension, and contempt fill our media daily. Whether we are discussing politics, racism, cultures, parenting, church practices, we set up divisions and demand everyone take a side. While this may seem normal in our culture, as God’s children, this should not be so! Our unity is crucial for the sake of advancing the Gospel. In Romans 15:5, Paul writes, “May the God who…

As we journey on this theme of Kingdom Parenting, there are so many angles that we can draw from. What really excites me is when we were working with Jubilee, they challenged us to find out our core vales as a church. The elders and pastors were each given yellow sticky notes, and we wrote down who we thought Lifespring is. Then we compiled it together, we got the acronym IMPACT. The letter P is Parenting. After all these years,…

“For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.” Romans 14:9 The Rich and the Kingdom of God17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 19…

We are living in unprecedented times. Many of us have never experienced a pandemic before that lasted so long, and affecting every country in the world. My grandmother who is turning 102 have said she has never lived through a time like this. We are also experiencing multiple challenges like climate change resulting in horrible forest fires, devastating flooding, and the challenges that are very unfamiliar to us. Political instability in many parts of the world. Tragic human suffering is…

We live in a very challenging times. Many are reasoning from what is good for them, and not for the good of the whole. We see that in the pandemic, we see that in the recent US elections, and this has divided the nation right down the middle. However, Jesus heart is for UNITY and Purpose. When Jesus prays for his disciples in John 17, he knew his mission on earth was coming to an end. Within 24 hours, Jesus…