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Behold, I Make You a Threshing Sledge

Christian Lee (2026 January 4, Sunday, Storyline Church)
In Isaiah 41:15–16, God speaks to a defeated, exiled people and makes a startling promise: “Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth.” The same people God called a “worm” are now transformed into an instrument that separates grain from chaff and brings mountains low.
This message explores how God works through weakness—not by flattering us or bypassing our brokenness, but by dealing decisively with what enslaves us. At the center of this promise stands the cross of Christ, where judgment and mercy meet, where idols are exposed, and where true freedom begins.
Scripture: Isaiah 41:15–16

Fear Not, You Worm

Christian Lee (2025 December 28, Sunday, Storyline Church)
What do you do when you feel weak, insignificant, or forgotten? In Isaiah 41:14–16, God speaks tenderly to the exiles but then calls them “a worm.” Not to shame them—but to speak truthfully about their condition so they'll see their need for God's help. This sermon explores how God meets us not in our strength, but in our vulnerability, and how the image of the “scarlet worm” points forward to the gospel of Christ. The gospel does not tell us to stop feeling small. It tells us what to do when we do. If you’re closing out the year feeling tired, fearful, or unsure of what’s next, this message is for you.
Scripture: Isaiah 41:14–16

How God Heals Our Waywardness

Christian Lee (2025 December 21, Sunday, Storyline Church)
The book of Hosea is marked by betrayal, warning, and heartbreak—but it ends with an invitation to believe God's promises. In Hosea 14, God speaks His final word to a wayward people—and it is not condemnation, but healing. This message explores the simplicity of Hosea’s prayer of repentance, the surprising generosity of God’s promise, and the astounding way God heals backslidden hearts. 
Scripture: Hosea 14

When God Becomes the Lion

Christian Lee (2025 December 14, Sunday, Storyline Church)
The God who once saved Israel and shepherded her through the desert becomes her lion. Hosea 13 confronts our illusions of safety, exposes the danger of self-sufficiency, and ultimately points us to the gospel—where God redirects His fierce justice away from sinners and toward death itself. This is not a message about quick or cliche answers. It’s about the kind of hope that can face an uncertain future without fear because death no longer gets the final word.
Scripture: Hosea 13

God's Many Metaphors

Christian Lee (2025 November 9, Sunday, Storyline Church)
In this message, we wrestle honestly with one of the most uncomfortable realities in Scripture: God’s patience has limits. Hosea speaks to a people who had received warning after warning, yet refused to repent. The chapter closes not with restoration, but with judgment—and that ending is intentional.
This sermon explores how God speaks through metaphors, history, and everyday life, and why ignoring those warnings has consequences. We challenge the modern assumption that Jesus reveals a God who no longer judges sin, and we rediscover the biblical truth that the God of the Old Testament and the Jesus of the New Testament are the same—merciful, patient, and perfectly just. Hosea 12 leaves us unsettled so that we might take sin seriously, see mercy clearly, and live with eternal perspective.
Scripture: Hosea 12

Good Good Father

Christian Lee (2025 November 2, Sunday, Storyline Church)
We are familiar with the metaphor that God is a good Father to us. But to Ephraim, this metaphor was foreign. In fact, they may have had an aversion to it because the implication was that they are sons and they fully knew how God's law dealt with rebellious and stubborn sons. And yet, God does not carry out the full force of his justice against their evil and is filled with compassion for them. On what basis was God able to refrain from treating them as their sins deserved and in addition, to prophesy a future hope for them?
Scripture: Hosea 11

No More Hiding

Christian Lee (2025 October 26, Sunday, Storyline Church)
We’re experts at hiding — behind work, image, or religion. But every mask eventually cracks. Every mountain we look to to cover us from the holiness of God and accountability to him, will crumble. The gospel calls us out of hiding and to live in the light because of the one who faced God's wrath and did not cower or hide, on our behalf.
Scripture: Hosea 10

Counterfeit Joy: When the Party Ends

🎙️Christian Lee (2025 October 19, Sunday, Storyline Church)
In Hosea 9, God interrupts Israel’s celebration to expose a dangerous lie: their joy was counterfeit and built on privilege, not on pleasing God. They oppressed the poor, the immigrant, and the marginalized and mistook prosperity as the mark of God's approval.
This message explores what happens when faith fuses with nationalism and political power — and why God sometimes ends our celebrations so He can restore our soul. Through Hosea’s warning and the gospel, we discover that God's delight isn’t found in dominance or tribalism, but in returning to the God who desires mercy and  justice, grace and truth.
📖 Scripture: Hosea 9

The Empty Wind of Self-Reliance

🎙️Christian Lee (2025 October 12, Sunday, Storyline Church)
What happens when we try to run life on our own strength? In Hosea 8, God confronts a people who traded trust for control — who “sowed the wind” and ended up reaping a whirlwind.This message calls us to recognize the storm that self-dependence creates, and the peace that comes when we surrender back to God.
📖 Scripture: Hosea 8

A Half Baked Faith

🎙️Christian Lee (2025 October 5, Sunday, Storyline Church)
Many people today want just enough of God to feel safe—but not enough to be changed. Hosea 7:8 calls that a “half-baked faith.” In this message, discover how Jesus—the true Bread of Life—can take your divided heart and make it whole.
📖 Scripture: Hosea 7