↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) “He rescues and he saves, he has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions” (Daniel 6:27) Today we will read Daniel chapter 6. But first, let’s briefly recall what we have learned so far. There was a prophecy about a rock cut out of the mountain that would destroy nations and a new kingdom would be established; and this took place during the time of the Romans (Daniel 2:44, 45). This rock was the Savior, whose birth brought the kingdom of heaven to earth. Through the book of Daniel we also
Words Have Power (Proverbs 16:24)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Let me begin by asking a question. What do you think people live by? Tolstoy argues in his short novel titled “What people live by” that people live “by love.” Do you agree? A Japanese novelist Yoshino Kenzaburo also wrote a book titled, “How will you live?” I also wrote a book titled “How Do I Live as a Christian?” This kind of a question seems to be a profound, philosophical and even ontological question. Therefore, it’s not easy to answer this question. But let me ask you once again. What do
The final question, the greatest commandment (Mark 12:28-44)
↓Audio link to the sermon: (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) I like to play a game with my baby called “Near, Far.” I bring her close to my face while saying “Near,” then move her away while saying “Far”. And I repeat this many times. I love to hear her giggle whenever I bring her near, so close that her nose is almost touching my nose. In the same way, I think God our heavenly Father loves for us to be near. And we, too, experience joy when we feel near to him. In today’s passage from the Gospel of Mark, Jesus encounters a
“Living as an heir of the kingdom” (Acts 20:32-38)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Sorry, this post is no translate, only available in Japanese. Acts 20:32-38 32 “Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing. 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the
“Mene mene tekel parsin” (Daniel 5:25)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today we will read from Daniel chapter 5. The passage shows a big difference between two kings: King Nebuchadnezzar who learned humility in chapter 4, and his son King Belshazzar. It’s truly a shame. A shame that the young king did not learn from the example of his great father. This chapter shows the failure of the proud young king, who could not respond the needs of his country or understand the situation he was in. With that, let us dive into Daniel chapter 5. Reading from verses 1 to 4: “King