❖ Video ❖ Audio Truly Loving Jesus Mark 14:1-11 Mari Ikeda A. What it means to truly love Jesus (3-9) 3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. 4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly. 6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why…

❖ Video ❖ Audio We’re (No) Angels Psalm 82 Andy Nagahara A. God is not satisfied with the world as it is 1) The world that God desires (0-2) 0 A psalm of Asaph.1 God presides in the great assembly; he gives judgment among the “gods”: 2 “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? <Selah>  2) What God desires from his children (3, 4) 3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.4 Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. B. Who are the “sons of the Most High”? 1) Who are…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The End of the World is Definitely Coming Mari Ikeda A. Jesus will return to this world (24-27) 24 “But in those days, following that distress,“‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ 26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. B. Your Church during coronavirus 28 “Now…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Your Church Post-Coronavirus Andy Nagahara A. Your Church before coronavirus 1. Did we take our blessings for granted? (1Corinthians 1:10, 27-29) I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things–and the things that are not–to…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The End is Still to Come (Mark 13:1-23) Mari Ikeda A. The temple that must be destroyed (1-2) 1 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!” 2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” B. “The end is still to come.” 1. Social unrest, war, natural disaster (3-8) 3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, 4 “Tell us, when will these…