December 11, 2016 It’s taken us three weeks to get through a rather challenging passage of Scripture in our study of Mark. In fact, one commentator calls it this most obscure passage in Mark’s gospel. It actually started with Jesus giving His second passion prediction in Mark 9:31. But the disciples didn’t understand what […]
MARK 9:38-41
December 4, 2016 Many of you have been in churches where visitors were singled-out. You know what I mean – the pastor perhaps asks visitors to stand and introduce themselves. Ushers come forward, give them a welcome packet – complete with a little stick-on rose they can put on their shirts so everyone will […]
MARK 9:14-29
November 20, 2016 Mountain-top experiences – we’ve all had them. Times when we experienced the grace and presence of Jesus in remarkable ways. Maybe it was a time of summer camp when we got away from the routines of school and summer vacation and were immersed in spiritual activities. Great music, challenging speakers, compelling […]
MARK 9:9-13
October 30, 2016 If you go up to one of the youth rooms, you’ll find a number of great posters put together by Tim Challies – an author and blogger I really like. This is one of those posters – it’s entitled “The End of the World as We Know It” – emphasis on, […]
MARK 9:1-8
October 16, 2016 We’ve spent the last couple of weeks in our study of Mark talking about suffering – seemingly bad news. First, Jesus said to His disciples, “I know you think you know what the Messiah came to do. But you have no idea. Now that you know I’m the Christ, let me […]
MARK 8:34-38
October 2, 2016 Recently, I noticed a couple had quit coming to Alliance, so I called to follow up. The wife answered the phone and I said, just wanted to check in and see if everything was okay. She said, well, since you asked, I’ll tell you. A few years ago, the tone of […]
NEW BUILDING EDUCATIONAL SPACE OPENING
September 25, 2016 This is an exciting day for us at Alliance – eight years in the making. It was in the Fall of 2008 we launched what was then our Growing for God’s Glory building campaign. God, in His sovereign and gracious purposes, had grown His church. We were out of room, so […]
MARK 8:31-33
September 18, 2016 The story is told of a man who went to see his doctor for his annual physical. After some tests, the next day, the man returned to the doctor, who had somber look on his face. “Well,” the doctor said, “I have some bad news, and some really bad news.” “What’s […]
MARK 8:27-30
September 4, 2016 School has been in for a couple of weeks now – long enough for you to know which classes you like, which ones you don’t. Which ones have lots of homework, which ones don’t. Which ones will be a breeze, which ones won’t. Which teachers you like, which ones you don’t. […]
MARK 8:11-26
August 28, 2016 We’ve been in the Gospel of Mark two weeks shy of a year now. We’re about halfway done – in fact, we reach a major turning point in the book in chapter 8. We know well by now Mark has written his gospel to prove Jesus is the Christ, the Son […]
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