❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Jesus’ Sorrow and Anger John 2:13-25 Mari Ikeda Today we continue to read John’s Gospel. Today’s passage is the second half of chapter 2. I’d like to divide it into three parts, but the main part is the first two parts, as the last part, which is v.23-25, is like a side note. Let’s start with reading the first half, v.13-17. A. Jesus’ anger (13-17) 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) ס（Samekh) Double-Minded Series: Finding the Gospel in Psalm 119ーA Hymn to the Law　15/22 Psalm 119:113-120 Andy Nagahara This is the fifteenth in a series of Psalm 119, which is called a hymn to the Law. Today, we will focus on verses 113-120, in which the fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, “ס（Samekh)” is placed at the beginning of each line of the fifteenth paragraph.Let’s start reading. 1. Double-minded (113, 114) 113 I hate double-minded men,but I love your law.114 You are my refuge and my shield;I have put my hope in your word. The “double-mindedness” that appears at the beginning of this passage is the…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Water for Purification Turned to Wine Mari Ikeda Last month I used two Sundays of my turn to talk about the covenant of the members of this church, I’d like to go back to my series on John’s Gospel. Today’s reading is 2:1-12. It’s a little long, but let’s read the whole passage to start. 1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Woman, why do…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) נ (Nun) A Lamp To My Feet And A Light For My Path Series: Finding the Gospel in Psalm 119ーA Hymn to the Law　14/22 Psalm 119:105-112 Andy Nagahara This is the fourteenth in a series of Psalm 119, which is called a hymn to the Law. Today, we will focus on verses 105-112, in which the fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, “נ　（Nun),” is placed at the beginning of each line of the fourteenth paragraph.Since the last time around, the atmosphere of the psalm has changed a bit. In the last part, there were no words at all like the previously familiar cries for help.…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Make Your Weakness the Source of Your Strength Your church Covenant II Mari Ikeda How are we practicing in the church the second promise of Your Church Covenant, “Love and serve each other”? Whether or not we actually practice it well, what kind of community are we trying to become? Today, I’d like to learn from the conversations between Jesus and Peter, what church is, and how we should be. There are three important points. Let us start with reading the passage of the first encounter of Jesus and Peter in John 1. A. Be yourself 1. Jesus chose you because you were you Andrew,…