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　↓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

↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Last Sunday, we were able to invite our denomination’s leader, Pastor Ochiai, to come to IBF. In our denomination there is a sense that a new season is beginning. I wonder if you have felt that too. I’m thankful for Pastor Ochiai’s many encouragements. My wife and I took time off last week and went to Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona is known as the city of Gaudi, and the famous church called Sagrada Familia which Antoni Gaudi designed is in its central area. The church has four towers symbolizing the Gospel writers Matthew,

↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) The manuscript is in Japanese only, but the message will be spoken in English. (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) 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

↓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,