February 28, 2016 It was a Saturday morning when I received the call. I knew it would come, eventually. I had prepared for it the best I could. I had been through school; taken all the pastoral theology, counseling, practicum classes that were supposed to prepare you. But when the call came, I […]
MARK 3:13-19
February 21, 2016 In his book Quiet Talks, S. D. Gordon gives an imaginary account of Jesus’ return to heaven after His ascension. As the angel Gabriel greeted Jesus, he asked, “Master, You died for the world, did you not?” To which Jesus replied, “Yes.” “You must have suffered much,” Gabriel said, and again, […]
WHY DO THE NATIONS RAGE? PSALM 2
February 14, 2016 Acts chapter 4 records the first prayer meeting in the church’s history. We know that the church gathered to pray every day, but in chapter 4, we finally get a glimpse into one of these incredible meetings. Let me set the stage. Peter and John had just been released from […]
MARK 3:7-12
February 7, 2016 You’d have to be asleep to miss that we have entered a particularly raucous political season, eventually leading to the election of the next President of the United States this November. As you likely know, the leading candidates for each party seem to be, for the Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, […]
MARK 3:1-6
January 24, 2016 So let’s review exactly what was getting Jesus into trouble. So far in our study of Mark, He came preaching good news, the gospel of the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is actually here and available – repent and believe in the gospel. The good news that would culminate […]
MARK 2:23-28
January 17, 2016 It was on August 28 that thousands of citizens of Trenton, New Jersey, decided, en masse, to break the law. Their crime? On that Sunday in 1921, 18,000 people spent fifty cents, and went to the movies. The feature presentation that day was The Old Nest, billed as “a picture that presents […]
MARK 2:18-22
January 10, 2015 Well, it’s that time of the year for resolutions, diets and exercise. All three are typically broken rather quickly, but let’s talk about diet for a moment. There are lots of diet fads that surface from year to year – I’ve seen many come and go. For example, it seems like […]
MARK 2:13-17
Sunday, January 3, 2016 As many of you know, from the earliest days of church history, the church began venerating certain people, especially martyrs, as being more holy than others. They were special, and came to be canonized by the church, which means they attained sainthood. Matthew was one of them – St. Matthew. You […]
MARK 2:1-12
Sunday, December 27, 2015 Think about all those really cool miracles in the Bible. Have you ever wished you could see one? I have. Have you ever thought to yourself, “If only I could see one of the miracles Jesus did in person, I think it would help strengthen my faith”? I have. I […]
MARK 1:40-45
December 20, 2015 Transcript Coming Soon