An index on video sermons that I've preached over the years that I keep on hand for when someone asks me a theological question, and I want to quickly share a link to a presentation I've done on the topic.
Date: May 3, 2025
Location: Camarillo SDA Church
Summary:This sermon addresses the so-called "Classical Problem of Intercessory Prayer," i.e., why does an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient God say that He needs us to pray in order to do certain things?.
Date: March 29, 2025
Location: Camarillo SDA Church
Summary:Throughout Jesus' trial process, He could have walked any time He wanted. He had to explicitly give permission to His captors to put Him to death.
Date:August 24, 2024
Location:The Place SDA Church, Newbury Park
Summary:A detailed narration of Exodus 17. Why did God only support Israel when Moses' arms were raised? My first real foray into using large 3D rendered animations and pixel art in a sermon.
Date:May 11, 2024
Location:The Place SDA Church, Newbury Park
Summary:Jesus waited until "the fullness of time," because the 1st century AD was the first time that a culture would allow women could participate in the spreading of the gospel.
Date:February 10, 2024
Location:The Place SDA Church, Newbury Park
Summary:The context of Jesus's "I AM the door" statement, and the personal experience of the man born blind.
Date:November 4, 2023
Location:The Place SDA Church, Newbury Park
Summary:The story of my wife's recent near-fatal car accident, and the story of How God saved Paul from a shipwreck. God uses all situations to work together for good.
Date:October 7, 2023
Location:The Place SDA Church, Newbury Park
Summary:Noah couldn't see it, but there likely always was a rainbow around His ark during the long year's wait after the flood. He had to trust that God was there, protecting Him. First time exploring writing original songs to finish my sermon. Also made use of a number of 3D animations I did in Blender.
Date:June 21, 2023
Location:The Place SDA Church, Newbury Park
Summary:Boaz was a type of Christ. Reading through the Old Testament's account of the moabites shows how "unredeemable" Ruth was. But Boaz was willing to become a nobody to save her.
Date:March 25, 2023
Location:The Place SDA Church, Newbury Park
Summary:Jesus didn't ask for something to drink because He needed water to continue living. He asked for something to drink to show that He was still very much alive. It was also an invitation to us to respond to the needs of others.
Date:February 11, 2023
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:The Ten Commandments are a natural consequence of our salvation, not a requirement.
Date:March 19, 2022
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:Salvation requires blood, sweat, and tears--but not ours. It's God's blood, God's sweat, and God's tears.
Date:January 22, 2022
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:Why did Abraham ask God to spare the city for 50? Why did He stop at 10? It's because Abraham knew dozens of converts in that city.
Date:January 1, 2022
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:Biblical time management tips for the new year.
Date:December 18, 2021
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:What is the point of having membership in a church if it doesn't save you?
Date:December 4, 2021
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:The potential of ministry if we apply our tithes and offerings biblically
Date:November 13, 2021
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:Why do we give offerings on top of the 10% we return in tithe?
Date:September 11, 2021
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:Creative types of ministry in the Old Testament. Everybody has a ministry.
Date:August 28, 2021
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:A study on a challenging chapter in James, that on the surface suggests that faith can't save us unless we work. But the chapter tells us how to correctly read this, by looking at an ancient person who considered human sacrifice and a prostitute
Date:August 7, 2021
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:Jesus' practical counsel on having difficult conversations
Date:June 12, 2021
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:Jesus' love for us doesn't vacillate between favorable and unfavorable. He is always committed to saving us. It is us that walk away.
Date:February 6, 2021
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:A study on the challenging passages at the end of Judges. It's actually a foreshadowing on Christ, and a story of Jesus' persistent efforts to redeem Israel.
Date:August 22, 2020
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:Historical origin of tithes and offerings in the SDA church.
Date:April 4, 2020
Location:Mountain View Japanese SDA Church
Summary:Why I keep Sabbath, pay tithe, and other stories about why I live my life the way I do today.