Vancouver is home to more than a dozen colleges, universities and post-secondary institutes providing education to thousands of local and international students. The season of life between high-school and one’s career is a particularly...
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OAC welcomes Naomi Woods, Music Director at Portland Adventist Academy and her students visiting from Oregon State as they share their talents to celebrate our Creator God. A core value for our church is being future-focussed and we seize...
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By Pastor Rhoda Klein Miller As a child of the 80’s in a home with only two TV channels, I grew up rebelling against bed-time to watch Cheers and Night Court. Actor Harry Anderson who starred on both these shows, died this week. The news...
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Sam Leonor is a campus pastor at La Sierra University in California, where his ministry helps young adults engage their post-modern, west-coast and academic culture with a Gospel mindset. As a co-founder of the ONE project Sam has encouraged...
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By Pastor Peter Qiu The Bible tells us that Jesus is going to be married soon. And the bride will be made up by you and me, as the church triumphant. Many times in the book of Revelation, it talks about the idea of overcoming. Yes, we can only...
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By Pastor Rhoda Klein Miller Something struck me in my studies this week, the terms “Messiah” and “Son of God” are not synonymous. I took the connection for granted but nowhere in pre-Christ writings is there any suggestion the Messiah was...
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By Pastor Peter Qiu The resurrection of Jesus has totally blown away the minds of the disciples. The Easter season is a time for us to reexamine our faith in His physical resurrection. Has this event blown away your mind like the disciples’? ...
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By Pastor Peter Qiu Selfish ambition is listed among the “acts of the sinful nature” in Galatians 5:20; being selfish is sinful. Self-centered people are motivated by their desires. The desire of a selfish person typically includes wanting more...
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By Pastor Rhoda Klain Miller In Genesis 49 when Jacob was blessing his sons, Judah is spoken of as a “lion’s cub,” from whom the “scepter will not depart.” The scepter is a symbol of kingdom rule and power. This prophecy that Israel’s king...
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By Pastor Rhoda Klain Miller In English weather folklore, this proverb refers to March. During the transition of the seasons, this saying brought comfort and hope that if the month began dark and stormy, it should end calm and pleasant...
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By Pastor Peter Qiu “Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ…” (2 Corinthians 2:14, NKJV) Isn’t it wonderful to know that God promises to always lead us into victory? That means no matter what is going on in your life...
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Evil is not the same as sin in Biblical terminology. Sin means ‘to miss the mark’ and evil is ‘a bent to harm.’ For example, nicotine addiction is an expression of sin, but promoting or selling cigarettes is evil because...
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