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Elliot Ku

Elliot is an Assistant Pastor at GracePoint Presbyterian Church. He is married to Sherilyn and together they love showing and speaking about the joys of following Jesus.

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Session 3 at church weekend away with Bishop Peter Lin!

Blessing upon blessing!

My response whenever someone asks ‘why did you choose to do your PhD work on Augustine instead one of the Reformers?’ #phd #theology #churchhistory #staugustine

One of the highlights of ministry (in the midst of all the challenges and sometimes chaos) is having this neutral looking man as a big brother and boss

A lot of Reformed Evangelicals can be functional Platonists when it comes to our understanding of creation and the physical body - that was certainly my story. The theological air that I breathed for years implicitly shaped me to believe that God valued my spiritual condition over and against my physical, psychological, and emotional health, and all that I had to do was to keep growing spiritually and neglect all these other aspects of what it means to be human if necessary. To be sure, our doctrine of sin and the new creation tells us that the Christian’s hope is in a recreated and renewed resurrected body that is not stained by sin and it’s effects. But does this mean therefore that the body here and now is just a shell that hosts our souls until Christ returns? I certainly thought so. Consequently, I didn’t pay too much attention to my health for years and quite subtly, this began to affect every other aspect of my life. For example, my physical sluggishness & emotional stress impacted my engagement with God, His Word, and His people. It wasn’t long before it was evident to me that God created us not only as spiritual beings, but also as holistic beings. This of course comes as no surprise to anyone who has read the Book of Genesis which tells us that when God created humanity, it was good. The holistic man and woman is good in God’s eyes! What a shame that I missed this. I had been so focused on sins effects on creation that I missed the original goodness of creation! Thankfully, God has been slowly reshaping my understanding of His Word & His world. So I began to try to take care of this body which God has created. I’ve been exercising on and off over the past 3 years but I began to take things much more seriously 4 months ago and signed up for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu again (this forces me to go to class & go 100% each time). Since then, I feel physically stronger, mentally sharper, which thereby contributes to my ability to be in a more refreshed state when I engage with God through the Word & prayer, and also as I seek to love & care for people. We’re called to be stewards of everything that God has given to us - including our bodies, so be wise with it! #bjj

The crew at the inaugural Reach Australia Conference!

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