“The Shepherd and the Three Feasts” (Mark 6:30-44)

↓Audio link to the sermon: (1st worship service recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) I have fond memories of my wedding dinner 9 years ago. It was a joy to see so many relatives and friends come together in one place. There were about 100 or 150 guests, which is a normal size for a Malaysian wedding dinner. While the food was prepared by a restaurant, we still had to do the work of deciding who to invite and where they should sit. Most of you have heard the story of Jesus feeding a crowd of 5,000. I can’t imagine organizing 5,000 people, much

“Walk on the Water”(Mark 6:45-52)_Missionary Paku

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today, I am going to tell you about “Jesus walking on the water.” I believe that most of you are familiar with this story. Right? You might say, “I know this story.” You would get bored with my sermon. You might be able to put your heads down while I am preaching. But don’t worry. This story won’t let you sleep. This story won’t let you yawn. Do you know why? The Word of God that goes out from His mouth will not return to Him empty, but will accomplish what He

“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them” (Ezekiel 11:19)

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) The passage chosen for today is Ezekiel 11:19. It says, “I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.” The theme of my message is “I will put a new spirit in them.” Let us look at what it means to live in the era of the Holy Spirit. First, let me introduce the book of Ezekiel. The author is the prophet Ezekiel, who was a younger contemporary of the prophet

The Power of Christ Centered Fellowship_by Ray Tavarez

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Introduction First of all, I want to thank pastor Ino for asking me to share God’s word today. I’m very thankful for his life and ministry and for the IBF church community. Before I start today’s message, I want to quickly introduce myself. My name is Ramon but everybody calls me Ray. Together with my wife, Megan, we serve as missionaries here in Japan with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF). My wife was born and raised in Texas and I was born in New York City and raised in Puerto Rico (a small

“The Witness of John the Baptist: Faithful but Suffering” (Mark 6:7-32)

↓Audio link to the sermon: (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) The Witness of John the Baptist: Faithful but Suffering Corrie Ten Boom was a well-known Dutch Christian writer. During World War II, she and her family protected Jews by hiding them in their house from the Nazis. They were all caught eventually. Her father died in prison, while her sister died in a concentration camp. Corrie herself was almost sent to the gas chambers. But one week before the execution scheduled for Corrie and all other young women her age, she was suddenly released from the camp, due to an error in paperwork. Unfortunately,

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”(James 1:22)

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Message by Missionary Park We as human beings are so easily deceived. When someone keeps repeating a certain thing seriously over and over again, we tend to believe that it is so true even if it is a total lie. Right? When people in power or people in authority speak, we think that they are alway right and never wrong. In addition to that, we tend to believe that science is infallible and statistics can’t be manipulated. We believe that NHK news and CNN news are all “facts.” But unfortunately some news