❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Jesus’ Cry (John 12:37-50) Mari Ikeda Today we continue in the Gospel of John, reading the end of chapter 12. This passage actually marks a break in the Gospel of John. Today’s passage concludes the record of Jesus’ public activities, and the next passage begins the record of his message to his disciples. After that, we will read about Jesus’ arrest, execution, and resurrection. As such, today’s passage is both a summary of Jesus’ teaching to date and his final call to a wider audience outside of his disciples. In fact, Jesus “cried out.” Jesus continued to cry out to those who hated and rejected…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Wisdom to avoid making your loved ones sad (Proverbs 5) Andy Nagahara In the series on Proverbs, today we have chapter 5. Let’s read it in three parts. First, we will read up to verse 15. 1. How should we read Proverbs, who are not young men from the era in which it was written? (1-14) 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight,2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;4 but in the end she is bitter as…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23:1) Mari Ikeda After finishing our series on the theology of disability and interdependence last month, I thought I would continue our series on the Gospel of John for a while, but I decided to speak from a different passage specially for today. I have a reason for this: I will be giving a short message to a young audience at a university this Wednesday, and in preparing for this message, I thought I would expand on this story in a little more depth at Your Church. The passage I am going to take up is Psalm 23. It…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Inheritance of wisdom is the inheritance of faith (Proverbs 4) Andy Nagahara Today, we are in chapter 4 of our series on the book of Proverbs, which consists of three sections: verses 1-9, 10-19, and 20-27. So far, we have learned that the “wisdom” found in Proverbs is not merely insight for the purpose of making life comfortable. We also noted that “wisdom” is something God gives us in his good time, and not something that we strive for and accumulate on our own. So, I think you already know that to gain the kind of wisdom recommended in Proverbs and not to let it…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) The One Who Changed History and Changes Our Lives (John12:27-36a) MARI IKEDA Today we continue our series on the Gospel of John by reading 12:27-36. In this passage, Jesus speaks about the time of His death and that it is to signify the beginning of a new era and to change each individual’s life. First, let us read verses 27-33. A. The “time” when history changes （27-33) 27 “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came…