↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Happy Easter! Today is Easter Sunday, when our Lord Jesus Christ defeated the power of sin and death and rose again. Let us celebrate the resurrection of Jesus! As we study the meaning of the resurrection of Jesus Christ in more detailed ways, I pray that all of you would receive grace from God. I believe that the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are the two main truths of human salvation. Without the death of Jesus, in other words, without the crucifixion of Jesus, there would be no forgiveness of our
“Jesus warns of pride, sectarianism, and sin” (Mark 9:30-50)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) In today’s episode of the Gospel of Mark, Jesus continues on his way to Jerusalem, where he will spend his final days on earth. Knowing that his death is near, he takes time to teach his followers more—about what it means to be his disciple. Our passage begins with this verse, Mark 9:30. Let’s turn to it. “They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples.” He made sure that they were not distracted by the work
“Should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh?” (Jonah 4:11)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today we will read again from the book of Jonah. As I mentioned in my last sermon, Jonah was a patriotic prophet who loved his country. According to 2 Kings 14:25, during the reign of King Jeroboam, Jonah prophesied that northern Israel would expand its territory. God allowed this because he loved his people, even though they did not repent. God did not want Israel to be destroyed. When God asked Jonah to preach in Nineveh, Jonah refused because he did not want God to forgive those Assyrian people like he forgave
“The two who came to see the Savior” (Luke 24:8-31)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Sorry, this post is no translate, only available in Japanese. Luke 24:8-31 8 Then they remembered his words. 9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the
“A Gracious and Compassionate God” (Jonah 4:3)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today we’ll start reading the book of Jonah. Many of you may know the story of Jonah already, but let me summarize it. God spoke to Jonah and called him to go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it (1:2). Jonah was to preach about God’s coming judgment so that the people of Nineveh could repent. But Jonah refused because Nineveh was the capital of Assyria, enemy of his people. Instead of going to Nineveh, Jonah boarded a ship towards Spain. In other words, Jonah decided that he could