Helping pastors and congregations deal with suicidal struggles....

Please read Why Pastors Are Committing Suicide

“Anybody will say all the disciples were screwed up but Jesus used them. And look at all the Old Testament heroes—they were a mess. And yet somehow, we subtly think that only applied to them, not us.”

“I began begging God for somebody who could speak a vocabulary that preached to my soul, and I couldn’t find anybody in the contemporary Christian world. Then I stumbled onto the Puritans. And they’re known for a lot of things, but very few people actually read their writing on pastoral care. My hope started to build while reading John Bunyan’s account in Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.”

美女と野獣たち

The Beauty (my wife Naho) ＆ the Beasts (Bros. Sato, Kumagai, myself and Yamada) just visited bro. Taguchi ( Parkinsons). 美女（家内の奈帆）＆　野獣たち（佐藤、熊谷、わし、山田兄貴たち）が田口兄（パーキンソン病）を訪ねる。

Accepting the Judge

Please listen to Tim Keller's sermon on Accepting the Judge.

A quote from the Heidelberg Catechism in his sermon.

Q. How does Christ’s return “to judge the living and the dead” comfort you?

A. In all distress and persecution, with uplifted head, I confidently await the very judge who has already offered himself to the judgment of God in my place and removed the whole curse from me.

Redeemed

This is great! Please listen.これはすごい！聞いてください。（日本語の訳は下）Big Daddy Weave - "Redeemed" (Official Music Video)

by Big Daddy Weave

 Redeemed

Seems like all I can see was the struggle 

Haunted by ghosts that lived in my past 

Bound up in shackles of all my failures 

Wondering how long is this gonna last 

Then you look at this prisoner and say to me 

"son stop fighting a fight that's already been won" 

I am redeemed, you set me free 

So I'll shake off these heavy chains 

Wipe away every stain 

Now I'm not who I used to be 

I am redeemed... I'm redeemed 

All my life I have been called unworthy 

Named by the voice of my shame and regret 

But when I hear you whisper "child lift up your head" 

I remember oh God you're not done with me yet 

I am redeemed, you set me free 

So I'll shake off these heavy chains 

Wipe away every stain 

Now I'm not who I used to be 

Because I don't have to be the old man inside of me 

'cause his day is long dead and gone because 

I've got a new name, a new life I'm not the same 

and a hope that will carry me home 

I am redeemed, you set me free 

So I'll shake off these heavy chains and 

Wipe away every stain 

Now I'm not who I used to be 

I am redeemed you set me free 

So I'll shake off these heavy chains and 

And wipe away every stain 

Now I'm not who I used to be 

Oh God I'm not who I used to be 

Jesus I'm not who I used to be 

'Cause I am redeemed 

Thank God redeemed

日本語訳：
私は戦いしか見えなかった
過去の幽霊に脅かされて
すべての失敗の束縛に縛られて
これどれぐらい続くのだろうか、と思いながら
それからあなた（神様）はこの囚人を見て、「息子」と言って
「すでに勝ち取ったので、戦いをもう止めよ」と

私は贖がわれた、あなたは私を自由にした
だから私はこの重い鎖を振り払い
そして今全ての汚れを拭き取って下さい、私は前と違うから
なぜなら、古い自分は、自分の中にない
彼の時は、死に過ぎ去った
なぜなら、私は新しい名をもらって、新しい人生はもう違う
そして希望が私を故郷に連れ戻す

私は贖がわれた、あなたは私を自由にした
私はこれからの重い鎖を振り払います
そして、全ての汚れを拭き取って下さい、私は前と違う

私は贖がわれた、あなたは私を自由にした
私はこれからの重い鎖を振り払います
そして、全ての汚れを拭き取って下さい、私は前と違う

ああ神よ、私は覚える、あなたはまだ私で終わっていない
イエス、私は前と違う

なぜなら、私は贖われた
神に感謝します、贖がわれた