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Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 15: 21-28
Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 15:21-28 Last Sunday we talked about dreams for our children and grand children. We want them to live abundant lives. We do not want them to die under pressure of keeping all the rules and traditions. We want them to have living spirits that keep them alive. Many of them…
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Catch Fire Day 36
Catch Fire Day 36 “Holy Spirit” John 14:15-21 I visited a church member who is in a housing complex for the retirees. I go there once a month to serve a communion. She loves it and wait for the date always. I am also waiting for the appointed time because she received the communion as…
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Catch Fire Day 35
Catch Fire Day 35 Justice and Holiness 1 Peter 2:11-25 When I was in college, we were in “war” against our own government (in the form of student demonstration). The catch phrase was “justice.” At that time the advice of the 1 Peter 2:13, “Accept the authority of every human institution,” bothered me. That could…
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Catch Fire Day 34
Catch Fire Day 34 “Islam Seminar” Acts 8:26-40 We had Islam seminar on Wednesday. One of the Muslim leaders in our area came to our church with the invitation from the chair of our Religion and Race committee. He shared what the Muslims believed and what Islam was. The fundamental difference between Islam and…
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Catch Fire Day 33
Catch Fire Day 33 “Pure motive and clean heart” Acts 8:4-25 I visited one of my church members this morning. He signed for the DNR (Do not resuscitate) paper long ago. However, this morning, his doctor ordered to put a wrist band on him. When he saw the wrist band which showed clearly the…
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Catch Fire Day 32
Catch Fire Day 32 “God’s gift in the time of crisis” Acts 8:1-3 I was invited to the graduation ceremony of the PSR (Pacific School of Religion). Jose Ramos, one of our church attendee, is graduating this year. He came to our church as God’s gift to our church! Last year, after the Korean…
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Catch Fire Day 31
Catch Fire Day 31 “What would you see when you die?” Acts 7:54-60 The Bible passage for today says that when Stephen died he was full of the Holy Spirit and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God (Acts 7:56). I want to see God’s glory and…
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Catch Fire Day 30
Catch Fire Day 30 “Accepting our sins” Acts 7:1-53 I met a boy. He used drug and wasted his life for a few years. I asked him, “Why did you use drug?” He said, “Well, a well known person said that he also used drug when he was young. So, I wanted to know…
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Catch Fire Day 29
Catch Fire Day 29 “What do you want?” John 14:1-14 We have a wonderful promise. Jesus said, “You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it” (John 14:14). However, when we actually think about it we face serious dilemma because we do not know what we want to ask.…
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Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 15:1-20
Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 15:1-20 Our church is going to perform celebration music in Todos Santos Park on July 4th this year after the July 4th parade. Our choir and orchestra will be there but our church members will be there too. I am picturing that all our church members wear our church T-shirt…
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