What if God is not an angry, violent and controlling Father?

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What if God is not an angry, violent and controlling Father?

What If ____ ?

June 18, 2023 • Royce Yuen

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Sunday, June 18th

One of the most common and dangerous misconceptions about God the Father is that God is this angry, violent and controlling father in heaven ready to punish anyone that does not meet his expectations. Thomas Paine once said, "The belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man." What would it look like for us to dismantle this notion of God, and reimagine a different kind of God that would result in a more loving, just and liberating faith?

What if faith is more about asking right questions than having right answers?

November 19, 2023 • Royce Yuen

Sunday, November 19th 2023 When we look to Christian tradition, the holy scriptures and the life and ministry of Jesus himself; we discover that asking questions have always been sacred, holy and essential to faith and spirituality.

What if God worships me?

November 12, 2023 • Jermell Witherspoon

Sunday, November 12th 2023 What if corporate worship is more than simply singing songs to God, but a mutual exchange of adoration and honor, between us, the Divine and one another?

What if hell isn't what we think it is?

November 5, 2023 • Royce Yuen

Sunday, November 5th 2023 Have you ever struggled with the idea that a loving God would send billions of people to hell for all of eternity? What if there's a better way to think or talk about hell that what many of us have been told and taught?