English Weekly Bulletin Sermon
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2024/11/07
Noto Disaster Relief Fund Remittance Your donations were sent to the same “Noto Help, Noto Earthquake Christian Disaster Relief Association” as last time on October 30th. This organization was formed on January 5th, centered around the local church network "Ishikawa Prefecture Broadcasting Evangelism Cooperation Association (Representative: Okada Akira)" to provide support for the Noto Peninsula earthquake that occurred on January 1st, 2024. Six caretakers were selected and have begun their...
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2024/10/31
Chapter 4, For the Beauty of the Earth I write about Chapter 4, "For the Beauty of the Land," in Part 1 of "What it Means to be a Christian," written by N. T. Wright. I write about what I learned from this book. The title of Part 1 is "The Echoes of a Voice," and from Chapter 1 to Chapter 4, and talks about how Christians can listen to the voice of God on earth. The title of this book is "Simply Christian," but the contents are by no means simple. The teachings of the Bible may seem simple, but...
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2024/10/17
Thirst for a Human Relationship "Being a Christian" by Wright is divided into three parts. The title of the first chapter is "The Echoes of a Voice," and this "echoes of a voice" is a familiar voice that we have heard somewhere before. It is something that humans were originally given by God. The first chapter is made up of four parts: To make this world righteous (longing for righteousness), Longing for the hidden spring (spiritual longing), Made for each other (thirst for human...
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2024/10/10
Spiritual Thirst The second chapter of Wright's book "Being a Christian" is titled "Yearning for the Hidden Spring." I have summarized what is being taught here. Wright compares the spirituality to a spring of water. A dictator covers this spring with concrete to stop the flow and he lets his water flow via a new water pipe. This is "philosophy." Even the church has lost its spirituality due to this "philosophy." At first, people were happy with the dictatorship, but gradually they began to...
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2024/10/03
Yearning for Righteousness I am writing about my understanding of N. T. Wright's book "Being a Christian" (subtitled "An Introduction to Christianity by N. T. Wright"). The first chapter is about righteousness and was surprised at how the book begins. The reason why the church exists is developed in relation to righteousness. We have a vague idea of what righteousness is. In this present world where injustice is rampant, our voice is overridden and is faded away. In such a society, there...
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2024/09/26
A True worship is worshiping the living God I have read N. T. Wright's book "What it Means to be a Christian" and am writing about what it suggests. I have thought about worship a few times. Wright teaches that when thinking about worship, the clue Revelation chapters 4 and 5. "It is a roar of praise from the creatures, who recognize their Maker and realize the victory of the Lamb, to God the Creator and Savior. This is the worship that is always taking place in heaven, where God is." Worship...
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2024/09/19
Count the number of Lord's grace In the New Hymn 103 (Until hope fades), the following lyrics "Count the Lord's grace, count the Lord's grace, count them one by one, are repeated. While counting the Lord's grace, aren't there people who state negative or pessimistic words instead of praising the Lord for His grace? A teacher's true story is told in the Old Testament edition of "One Chapter a Day" by Professor Yasuo Enomoto. When he was a seminary student, he went out on a roadside evangelism...
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2024/09/19
Worship When we sense God's presence even for a moment, the natural response is to worship Him. If we don't have that feeling, it's clear that we don’t understand who God is and what He has done. The best way to find out what worship is to attend a service and see for yourself. However, even after attending services for a while or even for the rest of our lives, we might get stuck at some point. Questions might rise…, the reason of worship and why we should attend the service. Those who...
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2024/09/19
What is a true worship? When thinking about worship, Revelation chapters 4 and 5 give us some hints. Chapter 4 describes the worship in heaven that John saw while in captivity. Day and night, they cried out, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, who is, and who is to come." Choirs from all sides join in, angels sing, and all join in the praise. They cast their crowns before the throne and offer praise to the one to whom they offer worship, saying, "You are worthy, O Lord our God,...
English Weekly Bulletin Sermon · 2022/09/30
"Invited guests" Luke14:7-14 Let us pray. God the Father of Jesus Christ, you speak through the words of the Bible. I trust that you speak to us. I ask your guidance and help to those who hear the sermon and who preach the sermon. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen Last week, we had our "Memorial Service" and I preached from Psalm 23. Today, I will go back to Luke and continue from the week before last. Two weeks ago we talked about how the Pharisees invited Jesus to dinner. The...