Author: RCCM

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today, we are gathered here to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus. Before we get right into today’s passage, I’d like to share my personal story with you about Jesus and Christmas. It’s kind of a funny story. I went to the United States on September 28, 2001. I had two reasons for going to the United States. The first reason for going there was to get married. The second reason for that was to attend seminary, and receive missionary training. One day, I visited the office of North Park Seminary

　↓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 8:26-39] 26 They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son

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↓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,

↓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,

↓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. [Like 7:11-17] 11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” 14 Then he went up and touched the

↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Good morning! There are many ways to ask about someone’s job in English. For example, you can say, “What do you do for a living?” That’s a common one. But there’s an easier one — “What is your job?” You can also say, “What is your occupation?” or “What is your profession?” Now, “profession” usually means a job that needs special knowledge — like a lawyer, a doctor, a teacher, an engineer, or a writer. But, there’s another word that’s very special. It’s the word “vocation.” Yes, “vocation.” It can mean a