The Greatest Thing(s)

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Greatest Thing(s) (Mark 12:28-34) Mari Ikeda A.  The limitation of knowledge (32-34) 32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions. B.  What only Jesus could teach 1. Love for…

Getting Back at Our True Enemy “Seven Times”

❖ Video ❖ Audio Getting Back at Our True Enemy “Seven Times” (Psalm 79) Andy Nagahara A.  Everyone is suffering (1-7) A psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. We are objects of reproach to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us. (1-4) B.…

To Die, To Rise Again, To Live

❖ Video ❖ Audio To Die, To Rise Again, To Live (Mark 12:18-27) Mari Ikeda A.  The resurrected body (18-25, I Corinthians 15) 18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. 21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third.…

“Peace Be With You” x2

❖ Video ❖ Audio “Peace Be With You” x2 The Message for Easter Sunday (John 20:19-23) Mari Ikeda A.  Peace between us and Jesus 1. Peace in the midst of fear (19) On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”    2. The one who conquered death (20a) After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.  3. The one who offers love and forgiveness of sins (20b) The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.  B.  Peace between us and other people…

Passover 2020

❖ Video ❖ Audio Passover 2020 Isaiah 53:4-12 Andy Nagahara A.  The road to the cross 1. Jesus who bears our sickness (4) 4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.   2. Jesus who bears our mistakes (5) 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. 3. Why we make mistakes (6) 6 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was…