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　↓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

　↓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

↓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,

　↓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:

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

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today, I am gonna share with you about Mary. As you know, there are many Marys in the Bible. For example, Mary, the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, and much more. But I am gonna talk about…. Guess who? Which Mary? Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus lived in Bethany. Bethany was a small town. It was about two miles from Jerusalem. The Bible tells us that they had their own house. And they lived together in that house as

↓Audio link to the sermon: (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Intro I watched an interview of a Japanese man who converted to Islam. After years of working as a salaryman, he began to ask about the meaning of life. He began to explore different religions. He was most attracted to Christianity and Islam. Islam had many more rules that were clearly defined—for example, telling you how many times to pray each day. Islam was the most appealing religion because he wanted order, rules, details, and clarity. These are not bad things necessarily. But as we’ll see in today’s passage, rules can also control our