Immanuel Community Church

The following podcast is based on a sermon series entitled “The Gospel Marriage” given by Pastor Peter Cho at Immanuel Community Church. It was created by an AI powered tool by Google called NotebookLM. While not perfect, this podcast not only shares many of the big ideas introduced in the messages, it also interacts with it in an easy-to-listen format. If …

Speaker: Peter ChoWe have reduced marriage to being about “me and my happiness” and so we often struggle when we don’t get what we want out of it or give up when it gets too hard. But the Bible begins and ends with the story of a marriage union, not only to reveal the nature of God’s love for us, …

God often works through what we already have, multiplying it and turning our scarcity into abundance when we trust in Him.

Pastor Steve shares reflections on what he experienced during his recent sabbatical.

There is so much carnage and confusion around sex because there are so many lies that have distorted the divine vision for it. But God created sex to reveal what it means to be fully known and truly loved and as a powerful model of self-giving love. In Christ alone we find sex’s true meaning and healing and wholeness out …

We are both slaves to power and victims of abuse because our sinful brokenness results in a relentless desire to serve ourselves using power, manipulation and control. But Jesus shows us that when the power of his love is greater than our love of power, his kingdom is brought near and unity is fostered through the exercise of self-giving love …

We want to set our own terms for who we love and how we love, but just as God has revealed how two become one in the mystery of the marriage union,Jesus is calling the Church (his bride) to become ONE with one another, reflecting the “oneness” we share in Christ and the perfect community of love found in the …

In order to be a faithful follower of Jesus, play and fun need to have a place in your life.