↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) We all have our own personalities. My personality is different from yours. Your personalities are different from mine. We are all different from each other. When we relate to people, we need to know their personalities. Same thing… When we relate to God, we should know His personality. The more we know His personality, the better we relate to Him. Today, I would like to talk about God’s personality. In particular, I would like to share with you about our compassionate God. I guess that all of you guys know the story
Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1-20)
↓Audio link to the sermon: (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today, we will look at a story Jesus told, called “the Parable of the Sower”, which is in Mark chapter 4. Jesus’ parables uses images from daily life and nature. These images are very simple and concrete, yet convey deep spiritual truths. Let’s start with the first 9 verses of Mark chapter 4. Mark 4:1-9 Why does Jesus teach in this way, instead of just explaining things directly? It’s his way of catching his audience’s attention, by inviting them to ponder: “What does Jesus mean?” They were memorable, making his teachings easier to remember.
“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:1-11)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Sorry, this post is no translate, only available in Japanese. [John 8:1-11](New International Version) 1 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to
“Who are your own Samaritans?” (Act 1:8)_Missionary Kyoungho Park
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will receive power, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”(Acts 1:8) Jesus died on the cross. He came back to life in three days.And then he appeared to his disciples. He showed himself to more than five hundred brothers at one time. For 40 days, he tried to prove that he was alive, teaching about the kingdom of God. Right before Jesus was taken up to heaven, he gathered his
“For I know the plans I have for you” (Jeremiah 29:11)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is my 16th message on the book of Jeremiah. The theme of my last message was from Jeremiah 23: “I will raise for David a Righteous Branch” (23:5). As we know now, this prophecy about the Righteous Branch of David points to our savior, the Lord Jesus. Chapter 23 verse 4 says, “I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing.” These shepherds are new leaders who believe in the one true God. God promised to
The Family of Jesus (Mark 3:7-35)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) In today’s sermon, we get a small glimpse of Jesus’s earthly family. And we’ll hear Jesus start to talk about his wider, global family. We’ll read three short passages from Mark’s Gospel chapter 3. The first passage is verses 7 to 12. Mark 3:7-12 Here we see Jesus’ popularity skyrocket. Not just among people from Jewish lands like Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem but also from non-Jewish lands like Idumea, Jordan, Tyre, and Sidon. In later chapters we see Jesus reaching out not just to his own Jewish people but to other races,
“The days are coming when I will raise up for David a Righteous Branch” (Jer. 23:5)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is my 15th message on the book of Jeremiah. The theme of my previous message was taken from Jeremiah 21:12, “Administer justice every morning.” That chapter talked about the kind of leadership God desires to see. God wants leaders to stop being self-centered and instead pursue the welfare of their people. Especially, to look after the needs of the poor. And to show kindness to foreigners in their land. If they do that, God will bless these leaders and their people. This idea is repeated in the next chapter. Jeremiah 22: