(Click) Summer Memories is a short YouTube photo-slide presentation of our trip to Alaska and Washington states this past summer where we visited family, friends, and churches. The background music, “I Lift My Heart,” is sung by New Zealand’s 1970s blues singer-turned-preacher, Evan Silva.
Click “Play in pop-up” to listen and read along with this eleven-minute audio clip to see how suddenly things in the world can change. Don’t be surprised when you read or hear tomorrow’s headlines. They were prophesied thousands of years ago by the prophets of old, and Jesus Himself.
With things going on in [...]WHO ARE THE JAPANESE? Their Ethnic Mixture and Future as a World-power by CHARLES DE KAY Source: The New York Times, published August 18, 1901, Copyright © The New York Times. Download this article here in PDF FORMAT.
The love, joy, peace, and power of praising God! Sunday, May 10th was a powerful day at Munakata Bethel Christian Center here in Japan. We celebrated our 2nd Annual Praise Festival in the afternoon with people from eight or nine different churches around Fukuoka Prefecture. Noah’s three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, were represented by [...]
Have you ever gone for a drive and come around a corner to be astounded by an awesome sight? That’s what happened early last week. We rounded a corner and this field of rape flowers backdropped with an azure-blue sky, green trees, white clouds and a strong invisible wind greeted us. After suddenly stopping the car, getting out with my camera, [...]
He Is Risen! Easter is the greatest of Christian holidays. But what does the word Easter mean? Where and when was it first celebrated? The origin of the word Easter is uncertain, but the Venerable Bede claimed that the Christian resurrection festival displaced ancient pagan celebrations involving the Anglo-Saxon spring goddess “Eostre.” That, he said, [...]
Police protection – Today is officially the first day of spring, and a national holiday here in Japan. People will be taking advantage of the three-day weekend to go and view the cherry blossoms. They will travel to near and faraway places with their families, picnic baskets, cameras and probably even pets to sit beneath the awesome, flowering trees that [...]
“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober (alert), and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity (love) among yourselves: for charity (love) shall cover a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:7-8 “But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” Matthew 24:13 – Photo of a clinging [...]
Made In Japan – Meet Yosuke-kun, born last Monday, 3/9/2009. In Japanese 3 (for March) is pronounced “san,” and 9 (for the 9th) is pronounced “kyu.” Put them together and we get “san-kyu,” which, when spoken, sounds like the English phrase “thank-you!” The Japanese word “kun” is a familiar suffix added to a boy’s name. The English equivalent means “master.” About two years ago we introduced Yosuke-kun’s [...]
SMILE! It’s a muscle builder! – “The joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10. The calligraphy card was made by Eiko Kimura of Kumamoto, Japan. The doll? It’s an original hand-made creation by Ruth McGibboney, a co-worker and friend of Nils’ mother, almost thirty years ago. We call this little guy by the name of Mad Manny, and he always brings us a [...]
