↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) 27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. 29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
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
“What God Looks at” (1 Samuel 16:1-13 )
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today’s passage talks about how God rejected Saul and chose David as the new king. It was God who had chosen and established Saul as king. It was also God who rejected him. In other words, the authority to appoint or remove a king belongs to God. It was not Saul’s choice, but God’s choice. This means that God takes the initiative. This is what we call the sovereignty of God. Brothers and sisters, as we grow older—especially after we turn fifty—we begin to realize something. That is… There aren’t that many
“Good news to you.” Luke 1:1-4
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) [Luke 1] 1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. Sorry, this post is no translate, only
“This man speaks the truth” (Acts 27:22-26)
↓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 27] 22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed. 23 Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me 24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’ 25 So keep up your courage, men, for