↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) During my last message, we read Daniel chapter 9. It was about a prayer of Daniel. He prayed, “Lord, look with favor on your sanctuary.” His prayer was on target and understood the essence of true worship. He sought for true worship to be restored at the Temple. And God answered Daniel’s prayer. God’s answer was a revelation, a promise of the coming of Jesus Christ and his work. As for us today, we do not need to have Temple worship. Because of the work of Jesus Christ on the Cross, our
Jesus’ Betrayal (Mark 14:27-72)
↓Audio link to the sermon: (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) King David of the Bible would say: it is worse to be betrayed by a friend than attacked by an enemy. He wrote in Psalm 55 verse 12-13: “For it is not an enemy who taunts me—then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—then I could hide from him. But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.” Have you ever been let down by a friend? By a family member? By your company, or a group you belong to? They were supposed to
Public Opinion Is Not Always God’s Will (Isaiah 55:8-9)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Most of you know that I was born and raised in South Korea, a country that upholds “liberal democracy” and “liberal market economy” as its core national identity. Countries that have adopted liberal democracy and liberal market economy as part of their national identity are mostly advanced Western countries. Most of them are members of the OECD. These nations have explicitly or practically adopted these values through their constitutions, legal systems, national visions, and political institutions. “Liberal” democracy is more than just majority rule; it includes the rule of law, separation of
“When Simon Peter saw Jesus’ miracle” (Luke 5:1-11)
↓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. [Luke 5:1-11] 1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When
“Atone for wickedness, bring eternal righteousness” (Daniel 9:24)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is my sixth message on the book of Daniel. I wonder which words or stories from Daniel have spoken to you so far. As I shared last time, for me it was Daniel’s prayer in chapter 6. 6:10 says, “Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.” I was challenged to turn my eyes to God three times a day, to bring my requests and thanks to Him. Today’s chosen passage, which is also about a