Author: RCCM

↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double‑minded.”(James 4:8) As we all know, we Japanese don’t like to strictly follow just one religion. When I say “we Japanese,” it means “typical Japanese people.” Rather than strictly following a single religion, we Japanese choose different religious practices depending on the situation(or season). For example, in January, here in Japan we Japanese visit a Shinto shrine(初詣) to pray for health and safety in the coming year. In the summer, we

↓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. (If you can’t hear from the bar above, click the blue button)

↓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. (If you can’t hear from the bar above, click the blue button)

↓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?”

　↓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

↓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

↓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