If you landed on this page with your phone and you’d like to view it later on your computer, use this URL: TinyURL.com/I-Am-Good-Enough – Why goodness has never been heaven’s entrance requirement, and what God offers in its place ❧ ✦ ❧ The Question Beneath Every Other Question Listen closely at almost any funeral, and…
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Pastor Joey Sampaga: Stewards of the Sovereign King, Luke19:11-27
Here is the full transcript [Click HERE to close] – Alright, so last week we looked at one of the pretty magnificent display of the sovereign grace of of God. And this was a salvation of Zacchaeus. So I remember him being short in stature. He had climbed the tree. Now Jesus, he was passing through Jericho,…
Get ready for Sunday School Class and the Book of Revelation!
What if Dr. Seuss had been asked to promote our Sunday School class on the Book of Revelation? He wouldn’t have printed a bulletin insert. He’d have rhymed! He’d have invented a Woe-Wumper, prescribed Glimmer-Goggles, and given poor Pastor Dave knocking knees. So, with apologies to the good Doctor, here is our announcement: a Seussian…
From the Sycamore Tree to the Supper Table: How Jesus Sought and Saved Zacchaeus. Luke 19:1-10
The following is a summary of the sermon: The Sovereign Call of the Savior Luke 19:1-10 Speaker: Pastor Joey Sampaga ❦ ✦ ❦ Overview Wealth could not save Zacchaeus, and poverty could not save Bartimaeus. In Luke 19, Jesus calls a hated tax collector by name, and grace overturns his greed. Pastor Joey presses the…
Are You Ready For a Study of The Book of Revelation?
The Lamb, the Scroll, and the Day of Wrath Revelation Without the Fog: A CliffsNotes Walk Through the Apocalypse ❧ ✦ ❧ Introduction: A Book That Refuses to Stay Sealed Few books provoke as much fascination, and as much confusion, as the last book of the Bible. Readers open Revelation expecting answers and close it…
WHEN BLIND EYES BEGIN TO SEE: An Exposition and Bible Study of Luke 18:31–43
The following is a summary of Zenjie’s sermon: When Blind Eyes Begin to See A Summary of a Sermon on Luke 18:31–43 Speaker: Zenjie Caneda ❦ ✦ ❦ Overview Filling in while both preaching pastors were away, Zenjie took up the closing two sections of Luke 18: Jesus’ third prediction of His death (vv. 31–34)…
The Book of Signs: 31 Undeniable Prophecies of the Apocalypse – A Summary
Image: A modern AI-brought-to-life version of “Christ’s Prophecy of the End of the World” by Frans Hogenberg, 1562. The original found on Wikimedia. A Chapter-by-Chapter Summary of the Book by Dr. David Jeremiah ❦ ◆ ❦ Introduction: Reading the Road Signs of History Every driver knows the difference between a billboard and a warning sign….
Hold Up His Hands: A Call to Pray for—and Stand Beside—the Man in Your Pulpit
“No Man Stood With Me”: Making Sure Your Pastor Never Has to Say It ❧ ✦ ☙ “No Man Stood With Me” The hall is cold, and the old man in chains stands alone. Rome has summoned the apostle Paul to answer for the gospel before an imperial tribunal, and the places where his friends…
THE DELUSION OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS: An Exposition and Bible Study of Luke 18:9–14
An AI Exposition and Supplemental Bible Study of Luke 18:9-14, as preached by Pastor Joey Sampaga at East Valley International Church, September 20, 2026. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into…
Three Years in the Desert: The Case That Paul Was Taught by Christ Himself in Arabia
Why “Arabia” Is Not an Incidental Detail A Silence Loud Enough to Preach There is a hole in the New Testament record roughly the size of a seminary education. Luke, who tracks Paul across two continents and counts the days of his sea voyages, says nothing about it. Paul himself disposes of it in a…