❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) If you listen to wisdom (Proverbs 1:20-33) Andy Nagahara Today, in the third time of our Proverbs series, we will read from verse 20 of chapter 1 onward. This part is not written in the form of a father admonishing his son as in the previous passage, but rather as “wisdom” speaking to him.The Japanese Bible does not make it clear what the personified “Wisdom” who speaks is, but the English Bible, the NIV, tells us that she is a woman.As we continue reading Proverbs, we come across another personified woman in chapter 9. This woman also speaks to people just like “Wisdom,” but her…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Resurrection of the Dead? (John 11:1-44) Mari Ikeda Today we will continue our series on the Gospel of John by reading chapter 11. This chapter is the story of Jesus raising a man named Lazarus from the dead, and it is a long passage that goes from verse 1 to verse 44, so today I will skip some parts of it. The resurrection of the dead is something that is scientifically impossible, and there is no scientific proof that it actually happened. However, the heart of the Christian faith lies in the death and resurrection of Jesus, and we cannot talk about faith in Jesus…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Who will you walk with? (Proverbs 1:8-19) Andy Nagahara Last time we read the introduction to Proverbs, which introduced its characteristics, its purpose, and its central theme.　Today we will read the next verses, from verse 8 to verse 19.Although not all Bibles are like this, both the NIV and the Joint Inter confessional Translation (JBSIV), which we use, have headings in units smaller than chapters. In today’s part, the NIV says “Exhortations to embrace wisdom,” while the JBSIV says “A Father’s admonition.” The NIV’s are headings that describe the content, while the JBSIV’s are headings that describe the format. Taking both together, today’s text is…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Faith That Breaks Down Social Barriers Series “Theology of Interdependence and Disability,” Part 6 (Mark 2:1-12) Mari Ikeda Since last summer, once a month, I have been doing a series on “Theology of Disability and Interdependence,” an attempt to re-read the Bible from the perspective of people with disabilities, based on Kathy Black’s book. Today is the sixth in the series. Following the order of the book, today we will read Mark 2:1-12. We will read the first half and the second half separately. First, verses 1-5. A. The model shown by Jesus (1-5) 1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge (Proverbs 1:1-7) Andy Nagahara After finishing the series of Psalms that I had been reading over the course of several years, I thought over the New Year holidays about what to read next, and I decided to continue with Proverbs, which come after Psalms in the Old Testament, and then Ecclesiastes, which comes after them.Today I would like to start with the first part of Proverbs, talk about what kind of book it is and how we should read it. 1. About Proverbs (1) Let me read the first verse. The proverbs of Solomon son…