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Storyline Seoul
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Storyline is a church helping young adults discover meaning, happiness, and freedom by renewing their storylines through the gospel.
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Behold, I Make You a Threshing Sledge
Jan 400:42:52Tap to summarizeChristian 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
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Fear Not, You Worm
Dec 2800:43:56Tap to summarizeChristian 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
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Sheep Need Sheperding
Feb 23, 202500:43:47Tap to summarizeChristian Lee (2025 Feb 23, Sunday, Storyline Church) The Bible calls believers sheep and likens church leaders to shepherds and our Lord Jesus as the Chief shepherd. We have a lot in common with sheep than we'd like to admit. To be a good follower of Christ, we must humbly admit our need of shepherding in our lives. The sermon touches upon the two traps of shepherding, who we should to look for shepherding, and what makes gospel-fueled Christian shepherding distinct and more powerful than the shepherding of all other religions and moral communities. This is a sermon adapted from a message by Tim Keller called "Members of One Another." Passage: Hebrews 3:13; 13:17, 20-22 (ESV)
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Redemption with the Eagles
Feb 16, 202500:50:09Tap to summarizeChristian Lee (2025 Feb 16, Sunday, Storyline Church) We all face pain and loss in life. But our God doesn't just try to help us from a distance. He enters into our world and mess and redeems our most painful losses. He makes all things new and promises that those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. He'll turn our mourning into dancing. In this year's Super Bowl, Jalen Hurts' story has all the marks of divine intervention and redemption. If we do our part to prepare and believe, God writes the most beautiful stories for those who are in Christ. Passage: Psalm 126:5 (ESV)
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Resisting the Culture Wars
Feb 8, 202500:39:31Tap to summarizeChristian Lee (2025 Feb 9, Sunday, Storyline Church) Our world today is incredibly fractured. Cancel culture and identity politics make civil discussions difficult to come by. In this divisive climate, many churches lean heavily liberal or heavily conservative and add fuel to the polarization. But what does the Bible say about how the church ought to relate to the world and to culture? And where do we get the power to live as a holy nation of aliens and exiles? This message was inspired by and adapted from a sermon by Dr. Timothy Keller. Passage: I Peter 2:4-12 (ESV)
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Anchored in Hope
Feb 2, 202500:44:12Tap to summarizeErin Lee (2025 Feb 2, Sunday, Storyline Church) Entering the new year brings fresh hope and expectations for what’s to come but for some, reflecting on the past may lead to disappointment, discouragement and hopelessness. Discover what the author of Hebrews meant when saying, ‘This hope is an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.’ Learn about a hope that isn’t shaken by the storms of life and the currents of the world but rather enables you to remain steadfast in trusting God’s word and His promises. Passage: Hebrews 6:13-19 (ESV)
Transcribe →No Place Like Home
Jan 26, 202501:22:22Tap to summarizeChristian Lee (2025 Jan 26, Sunday, Whitestone Church in Long Grove, IL) Have you ever felt uninvited, unwelcome, or excluded for looking different or speaking with an accent? Have you ever felt like an outsider? Feeling like an outsider is painful. It amplifies a deep longing for home, a place of safety where we belong and are accepted for who we are. Why is it so hard to experience home in our world? What are false homes we look to? And how do we find our true home? This is a sermon preached at Whitestone Church outside of Chicago, IL where Pastor Christian was invited as a guest speaker. Passage: Jeremiah 29:4-7, 10-14 (ESV)
Transcribe →A Supreme Substitute
Jan 19, 202500:39:06Tap to summarizeChristian Lee (2025 Jan 19, Sunday, Storyline Church) Substitutes are often seen in a negative light. Whether it's substitute teachers, last minute substitute speakers, or substitute quarterbacks in American football. There's a stigma associated with substitutes. But substitutes have occasionally been known to surprise us. Isaiah 53 describes a supreme substitute that bore the stigma and was crushed in our place. This is the seventh and final sermon in the Servant Songs of Isaiah and the fourth sermon covering the famous fourth servant song appearing in Isaiah 53. Passage: Isaiah 53:7-12 (ESV) Sermon Series: The Servant Songs of Isaiah, 7 of 7
Transcribe →He Took Our Place
Jan 12, 202500:35:17Tap to summarizeChristian Lee (2025 Jan 12, Sunday, Storyline Church) An alarming number of millennials and pastors these days are abandoning faith in the teaching of Christ's penal substitutionary atonement. They reject the idea that God is angry with humanity and would require a penalty for sin to be paid by his innocent Son. They find it an offense to make God out to be a wrathful, bloodthirsty, and vengeful God. They reject this image as crude and archaic. They preach that the cross is not about a God who suffers for us but a God who suffers with us. But is that what we find in Isaiah 53 and the rest of Scripture? And how does faith in Christ's substitutionary atonement affect our lives? This is the sixth sermon in the Servant Songs of Isaiah and the third sermon covering the famous fourth servant song appearing in Isaiah. Passage: Isaiah 53:4-6 (ESV) Sermon Series: The Servant Songs of Isaiah, 6 of 7
Transcribe →Don't Overlook the Ordinary
Jan 5, 202500:29:03Tap to summarizeChristian Lee (2025 Jan 5, Sunday, Storyline Church) Why did so many people have difficulty putting their trust in Jesus even though they saw miraculous signs and wonders? Isaiah 53:1-3 tells us that a big reason was because Jesus had humble beginnings and no beauty or majesty to attract us to him. Often we put too much trust in our ability to find what's beautiful and good by focusing on worldly indicators of future success. But God chose to send Jesus into our world with no credentials, prestige or privilege. Only the eyes of faith could see him for who he really is. In today's context, this means we must not overlook the ordinary and despised things of this world if we are to find where Christ is present and God's Spirit is moving. This is the fifth sermon in the Servant Songs of Isaiah and the second sermon covering the famous fourth servant song appearing in Isaiah. Passage: Isaiah 53:1-3 (ESV) Sermon Series: The Servant Songs of Isaiah, 5 of 7
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