International Graduate Student Ministry – Gracepoint Berkeley

I must admit that I was sad that we finished The Truth Project series as we wrapped up our summer home church format last Sunday. The Truth Project taught me how to gaze upon the face of God. It exposed the many lies that I and our culture have bought into and showed us the beauty and majesty in God’s own nature and His marvelous design of this world. As it surveyed the truths about God, philosophy, man, the state, law, sociology, and many other important topics, it provided many discussion opportunities for the international graduate students. And I am touched by Dr. Tackett’s passion for truths.

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For this final installment of our “worldview tour” we will head southeast and gaze upon the face of God as it is revealed to us in the last of our six social spheres: the sphere of Community and Involvement. Here, perhaps more than in any other sphere or field of inquiry, we will have an opportunity to draw near to the Creator and learn what it is that has compelled Him to draw near to us. We will find that the God of the Scriptures is in fact the Lord of the lonely, the Savior of the outcast, the Defender of the defenseless, and the Sustainer of all who find themselves in need. Our call is to become like Him by discovering what it means to not only love Him, but to love our neighbor.

Alameda Home Church – Chul and Sharon’s house (10:30am)
Address: 1034 Trellis Ln, Alameda, CA – rides provided
For rides please contact Joseph Yu @ 510-846-2727 or joseph.yu [at] igsmonline.org

Berkeley Home Church – Dana House (10:30am)
Address: 2440 Dana Street, Alameda, CA 94501
For rides please contact Shufei Lei @ 510-410-8143 or shufei.lei [at] igsmonline.org

For this tour we will remain in the southwest sector of the compass long enough to examine a special sub-category of the discussion on the design of the state. In particular, we want to take a brief look at the question, “What should God’s minister on earth (Romans 13:4) look like? What is a proper form for this agency that is divinely appointed and commissioned to administer justice, punish evil, and encourage goodness among its citizens or subjects?” We will approach this task by considering the American Experiment.

Home Church – Chul and Sharon’s house (10:30am)
Address: 1034 Trellis Ln, Alameda, CA – rides provided
For rides please contact Joseph Yu @ 510-846-2727 or joseph.yu [at] igsmonline.org

Home Church – Thomas and Kate’s apartment (10:30am)
Address: 2037 Central Ave. Apt E, Alameda, CA 94501
For rides please contact Shufei Lei @ 510-410-8143 or shufei.lei [at] igsmonline.org

This lesson takes us to the southeast sector of the Truth compass for a tour of the socialsphere that Dr. Tackett characterizes as the heart and soul of Christianity: the Mystical Union (Latin, Unio Mystica) between God and man. Here, in the most intimate and profoundly mysterious sphere of the “Intimate Three” (family, church, and the God-man relationship), we have the privilege of pondering exactly what it is that Christ has purchased for us at the price of His precious blood shed on the cross for our sins: not simply salvation from hell, but an invitation into the Godhead itself, where we may experience the incomprehensible wonder of oneness with the Creator of the universe.

Home Church – Alameda  (10:30am)
Chul and Sharon’s House
Address: 1034 Trellis Ln, Alameda, CA – rides provided
For rides please contact Joseph Yu @ 510-846-2727 or joseph.yu [at] igsmonline.org

Home Church – Berkeley (10:30am)
Dana House
Address: 2440 Dana St., Berkeley, CA 94704

During the course of Tour 5 we took a good look at a few of the miraculous ways in which the physical universe declares the glory of its Maker. Now we turn south to consider some of the amazingly detailed reflections of God’s nature inherent in the social order. According to Dr. Tackett, the evidences of the divine imprint that we see in this realm are even more awe-inspiring and more indicative of the heart of the Creator than the marvels of DNA replication or the complexities of the blood-clotting system. But for this very reason they also stand closer to the focal point of the Cosmic Battle.

Home Church – Alameda  (10:30am)
Chul and Sharon’s House
Address: 1034 Trellis Ln, Alameda, CA – rides provided
For rides please contact Joseph Yu @ 510-846-2727 or joseph.yu [at] ismberkeley.org

Home Church – Berkeley (10:30am)
Dana House
Address: 2440 Dana St., Berkeley, CA 94704