Sunday, February 9, 2014

Why Japan?

joseph kim blog

Gives a good rundown on social problems in Japan

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Why I am a missionary

生き変えた? He rose?

So, we read this verse: 
Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Me: Well, it's over. We read the story of Jesus. Now he has died for our sins. For your sins and mine.

She: Let's keep reading.

...stone had been removed...

said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb...
t him!”
. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen.

She interrupts her reading....生き変えた? He rose?!!

I was thrilled to be here for this moment, but I was also appalled because she should have already known He was going to rise.

Then I remembered His words on the road:

He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

and to Thomas:

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

THIS IS WHY I AM A MISSIONARY!
One of the reasons...