FaithIsland
Whenever someone says, "no one lives on an island alone" - at OSHi, Aiea we are living proof. We live on an island, but we are never alone. We welcome you to journey with us as we follow Jesus - through this life - finally arriving at the life to come. Aloha ke Akua!
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 164
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Fourteenth Sunday after the Pentecost audio
That's where I had my aha moment. The reason the value of the sheep is more than $2.15 a pound is because the value is not decided by the sheep or even decided by the market. The value is determine…
Thirteenth Sunday after the Pentecost audio
The words of Frederick Buechner from his book, A Room Called Remember. "The words 'You shall love the Lord your God" become in the end, less a command than a promise. And the promise is that, yes, o…
Twelfth Sunday after the Pentecost Audio
When you get to heaven - and Jesus says there will be an amazing banquet waiting for you - everyone will know everything about you. No secrets. No hidden agendas. And the person sitting next to yo…
Eleventh Sunday after the Pentecost Audio
One of the biggest questions we will ever wrestle with is: can we be absolutely, unfailingly certain we are going to heaven when we die. Working through that is one of the fundamental questions in li…
Tenth Sunday after the Pentecost Audio
When Jesus says, "Do you think I came to bring peace?" Our immediate reaction is, "yes - Jesus - Isaiah said you are the Prince of Peace - so we assumed you came to bring peace!" Jesus continues, "…
Ninth Sunday after the Pentecost Audio
This whole Gospel is about Jesus’ giving us a glimpse into the heart of God. And when I say heart - I'm not talking about the blood pumping organ - I'm talking about the very core of God's being. W…
Eighth Sunday after the Pentecost Audio
The church isn't perfect - but it was given a gift from God to share with the world. I can't eliminate the pain and fears from your life - but I can promise you that you don't have to through them a…
Seventh Sunday after the Pentecost audio
Forgiveness is the justice of God. A society that has forgotten how to forgive can never be truly just. Because the best that justice can do is set the stage for forgiveness. Justice can’t make thin…
Sixth Sunday after the Pentecost
God made a promise to you at your baptism - a covenant so holy He will never break it. He promised to be your God - to love you and forgive you and care for you - to make sure when you finally make …
Fifth Sunday after the Pentecost Audio
If we reread the parable again - we realize the lawyer had no problem with Jesus saying, "love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength" - he passed right over that because he t…
Fourth Sunday after the Pentecost Audio
Let me give you a verse - if you remember only one thing from today - this is it: Romans 12: 8, “As far as it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Did you hear that…
Third Sunday after the Pentecost Audio
St. Peter quoted Proverbs 26:11, but he added, “a pig returns to the mud after a bath.” I am amazed how well Bible writers know me. I finally throw up all the bad stuff I gorged on - and like a dog…
Second Sunday after the Pentecost Audio
What Jesus offered Legion - what He offers us - is more than healing. He offers forgiveness. C.S. Lewis differentiated between the two in his classic, The Problem of Pain, “We have a strange illusi…
Holy Trinity Sunday Audio
The mystery of Holy Trinity Sunday is this simple: God created you as a unique an unreproducible miracle. Jesus paid for all the junk and mistakes in your life. The Holy Spirit is with you e
You can…
Pentecost Sunday Audio
Everytime someone tells me only pastors can preach - I point to this verse. It may be my job to deliver a sermon on Sunday - but you, whether you are male or female, young or old - have a calling to…
Sunday of the Ascension Audio
People who through the gift of faith believe the resurrection happened, live in a world where death and satan and evil no longer have any power over them. It doesn't mean death isn't scary. It doesn'…
Sixth Sunday of Easter Audio
The difference between a myth and the truth is not if you believe it or not. It's whether it really is true. You cannot change truth just by believing or not believing.
This is why we live by faith…
Fifth Sunday of Easter Audio
As we look around, we see signs of a world so deeply loved by God that even as it spirals into nothingness He refuses to give up. And the only thing God said that was worth saving from this world an…
Fourth Sunday of Easter Audio
We cannot avoid pain or suffering or uncomfortable moments or the judgment of the world. When we run away from God - we get further and further away from His voice - the voice that speaks Truth. An…
Third Sunday of Easter Audio
Revelation was written for a very specific purpose - and it wasn't to create anxiety, fear or doubt in the minds of God's people. People are always saying they want to study Revelation because it's …