↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) In my last sermon, I introduced the Nicene Creed—how it came to be written, what controversies surrounded it, and why it matters today. I also explained how the Creed helps us learn about one of the greatest mysteries of our faith: the mystery of the Trinity. Today, we will look at the first part of the Nicene Creed, which speaks about the first person in the Trinity—God the Father. It is just one sentence: “We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and
Where Does My Help Come from?” Psalm 121:1-2
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Good morning, everyone. Today, I want to share with you about “Our Real Help.” When I was a child, I grew up in a poor family. But thankfully, when I was in elementary school, I didn’t realize I was poor — because all my classmates were poor too! Even in middle school, I didn’t feel any big difference between rich and poor. Everyone around me was in a similar situation, so I didn’t feel like I was unhappy. The people around me were all poor. I didn’t think that life was unfair,
“The Lord’s gaze” Luke 7:36-50
↓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 7:36-50] 36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair,
“I will pour out my Spirit on all people” (Joel 2:28)
↓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 the book of Joel. The theme for today is “the day of the Lord.” What will we reflect on is, in light of the end times, how should believers live? Firstly, the day of the Lord, as described in Joel, is a day when God will judge both the people of God as well as the people of all nations. Chapter 1 verse 4 describes that day like a swarm of locusts instantly devouring a bountiful harvest and causing devastation. Such dreadful things will happen on the