“The Reign of God” — arrived!
I am thrilled to release my new graphic novel “The Reign of God — A Gospel Story” (Book 1) today! It’s now on sale as beautiful paperback on Amazon and as ebook for iBooks and Kindle. This is 190 pages …
Faith
A Kingdom of Justice in Matthew’s Gospel
[:en] I’m busy with preparing the English editions of “The Reign of God” these days, and while the translation is done, submitting the files to the Amazon publishing services turns out to be tricky… another chance to practice patience, I …
Militant Christian Language
Yesterday I stumbled upon a song titled “Mighty Man of War” by Nigerian singer Jimmy D Psalmist. The delightful silliness of the official music video where he hops around as a crusader betrays the Christian singer’s popularity and how seriously …
Luther’s Reformation… or Jesus’ Revolution?
The 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Reformation — it’s a significant date for Protestants, and for Germans in particular, today. Luther is, after all, a German figure of world-historical significance and tremendous fame. Even here in Japan, I sometimes meet …
The World of Jesus reflected in Iraq?
It was around 2005 when I saw a small video that overturned the way I understood the Bible. It was a 4-minutes trailer to an upcoming documentary film. I must have stumbled upon it through some online news article. The …
Chasing the dream of Jesus
I was twenty when I made a puzzling discovery while reading the Bible. In the Gospels, there was one thing that Jesus always seemed to talk about. One thing he would often try to find a comparison to, or describe …