Tag Archives: Faith

Fervent (February 4, 2024)

You know, family stories are always really interesting. How often do we look back at things that happened in our families and laugh about how stupid we all were. Being the youngest child in my family, it seems that there’s … Continue reading

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Jesus said what? (February 26, 2023)

Have you ever read the Bible and wondered, “What in the world is going on here?” I mean, in the Bible, even some of the “good” people make some pretty horrific decisions at times. If you’ve been going through the … Continue reading

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Don’t stop believin’! (September 25, 2022)

A lot of times as I’m preparing messages, songs will start to pop up in my mind, songs that somehow connect to the theme of the message I’m preaching that week. For the most part, they are Christian songs that … Continue reading

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Walking with God (August 28, 2022)

I don’t know about you, but there are certain parts of the Bible that I really struggle to get through. Not because they’re hard to understand, but because they seem so boring. Take all the genealogies we see in the … Continue reading

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Back to basics (March 6, 2022)

It’s really interesting to me how English was taught in Japanese schools in the past. For many of you my age, one of the first things you were taught was, “This is a pen.” Now of all the ridiculous things … Continue reading

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Faith injections (February 13, 2022)

I don’t know about you, but I hate going to doctors. And for most of my life, I was able to avoid them. But then I got diabetes. One of the worst thing about diabetes is the needles. Now, I’m … Continue reading

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Believe: Learning from family history

When I was growing up, my father was kind of a mystery to me. And what I mean is that I didn’t really know a lot about him. He was a second generation Japanese man, but in a lot of … Continue reading

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Believe (January 23, 2022)

How many of you have ever seen the movie, The Matrix? Recently, a new Matrix movie has come out. I haven’t seen it yet, but partly because it came out, I decided to rewatch all the Matrix movies over the … Continue reading

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Walking…Running by faith

We’ve been talking the last several weeks about walking with God. And as we wrap up this series, I want us to really think today, what does it mean to walk with God? I became a Christian when I was … Continue reading

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To walk by faith (March 2008)

I want to start today by doing a short survey.  We’re talking about trust.  How many of you trust pastors, please raise your hand.  How many of you trust doctors?  How many of you trust school teachers?  How many of … Continue reading

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