As participants of an emergency meeting a few days ago of Christians from inside and outside Japan inNagoya, we would like to invite you all to join our brothers and sisters in Japan with our prayers andintercession this Sunday. They will meet in several locations in Japan (2 PM Japanese time) to bring the current [...]

Pharisees neglect their family responsibilities in the name of religion “Why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, `Honor your father and mother’….But you say, `Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,” he is [...]

The Answer for Weak Christian Commitment Is to Rededicate Your Life to Christ During my time of legalistic preaching in the church, perhaps more often than anything else, I challenged people to rededicate themselves to Christ. I believed we all needed to try harder and be more sincere and zealous in our efforts to live [...]

Pharisees are suspicious and assume the worst about other people “The Pharisees said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.” (Matt.12:24). When Jesus cast out a demon, the crowds said, “This must be the Son of David (the promised Messiah)”(Mt.12:23). But the Pharisees were disturbed by the fact that [...]

Pharisees are motivated by jealousy and hatred “The Pharisees went out and conspired against Jesus, as to how they might destroy Him” (Matt.12:14) Your jealousy of someone may not reach the point where you kill him. But you must remember that jealousy and hatred are the first steps to murder. This was how Cain progressed: [...]