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Sermon Title    "I am the Resurrection" Today’s Scripture John 11:20-36 (NIV) 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. 21 "Lord," Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? " 27 "Yes, Lord," she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world." 28 And after she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. "The Teacher is here," she said, "an...

Title : Why does Japan still have less than a 1 % Christian rate? Another fact is that the Japanese Evangelical Church failed to evangelize Japan for the last 6 decades. The main reason why Japan still has a 0.2% Christian rate (240,000 of 125 million) is because Japanese Christian leaders misjudged Emperor Hirohito and the Shinto Ideology. The Emperor never intended to be worshiped as a god . He became a symbol of Japan and being worshipped by the Imperial government of General Hideki Tojo. Gen. Tojo used Emperor Hirohito as a Shinto god in order to motivate the Japanese to fight against Christian nations such as the United States and European countries. Gen. Tojo created emperor worship to unite the Japanese for the war. The Emperor was used as a motivational tool. The Imperial Japanese government tried to control Japan by using the Emperor. That’s why Hirohito denounced his deity after WWII and became a symbol for the nation of Japan. He was never a god to begin with. After ...

知的デザインによる万物の創造 (Ontological Argument) 　　楠　秀樹　著 イントロダクション 偶然で目的のない行き当たりばったりの物質的な過程でできたのが、この宇宙の創造であるとするのが進化論です。日本人は文部科学省のカリキュラムにより進化論以外は学んでいません。命の創造は目的のない偶然でいきあたりばったりのものであると仮定します。それは目的を与える対象の神を認めることができないからです。つまり目的を持ってこの世に命を与えられることにより、進化論との矛盾が生じてしまうのです。目的を持つとは目的を与える創造者（神＝キリスト）がいること示唆します。進化論では偶然でできた命に目的が与えられることはなく、一個人の人生のすべては偶然の積み重ねであると解釈します。日本人は偶然にできた宇宙に偶然にできた地球へ、　偶然にできた生命体で、偶然に２１世紀の日本へ両親を通してランダム（偶然）に選ばれ生まれ、偶然にここで私の説教を聞いている。すべては偶然のチェインリアクションが進化論の根底にある哲学です。   ところがクリスチャンは創造論を基本に人生を見ます。命を含めすべては神によって目的もって造られたと定義します。従って私たち一人一人は現在神の計画に基づいて創られた宇宙に、目的を持って創られた地球（日本、アメリカ）に、目的を持って日本人として生まれ、目的 に向かって 日々の生活をしていると理解します。　もちろんクリスチャンでも目的を見失っている方もおられますが、神と離れることで、自分の造られた目的を見失うことはあります。   　個々の人生を決める生き方は２つです。一つは進化論を信じる人生で、神の存在を否定し毎日を 無目的 に過ごす人生です。もう一つは創造論を信じる人生で神を認め、自分が罪人であることを自覚し、救世主の必要を認めキリストを信じる信仰を持ち、罪からの解放と復活による永遠の命の約束を信じる人生です。どちらの人生哲学が人間にとって必要なことなのかを今私たちは生きている間に問われています。   　すべて偶然でできたのが宇宙であれば、宇宙のデザインをする神の存在は必要なく、また罪を犯す対象の神はいないので、人間は何をしても罪には問われないと考えるのが進化論の概念です。自分の好き勝手に生きて、死...

Atheist VS Evangelical Pastor:  Round 1 The Master’s Seminary had an annual symposium/debate between a Christian apologist and an atheist advocate. While there was some fruitful discussion, the tactic of the atheist was to win the crowd through his friendly disposition. The Christian seemed to return the favor with his disposition. While this is healthy in interpersonal relationships, on stage this tactic backfired. The truth is that atheists really have no good arguments for their worldview, and a Christian in this forum ought to expose this. So when the atheist spouting moralists left and right (despite the fact that atheism has no foundation for morals), the Christian should have boldly exposed the viciousness and lie of atheism. Instead, he seemed content exchanging pleasantries. Finally, a “village atheist” in the crowd had seen enough. He marched up towards the stage, cursed the panel, and said they were all hypocrites for pretending that all is well. While I cannot en...