August 31, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 5:21-43)
…Let’s start in 1 John. 1 John 3:8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. What are the works of the devil? Sin. And sin leads to death. So Satan, sin, and…
August 24, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 5:1-20)
…Well, please turn in your bibles to Mark 5:1-20. Anyone follow any sort of sport? I’ve heard this term “marquee matchup” used by promoters and commentators. They speak of a “marquee matchup” when two premier boxers, or fighters, or teams finally meet. A “clash of the champions.” Winner takes…
August 17, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 4:35-41)
…Did you know that this story is the only time in the entire Bible that Jesus is mentioned as sleeping? I learned that this week. The only time God cared to tell us that Jesus slept was during a massive storm, on a fishing boat, that was flooding. I think Jesus slept because he trusted his…
July 13, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 4:1-20)
…Mark 4:3-9 “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. 6 And when the sun…
June 29, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 3:7-19)
…Mark 3:13-15 And [Jesus] went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach 15 and have authority to cast out demons. So Jesus…
June 22, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 2:23-3:6)
…Mark 2:27-28 And [Jesus] said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.” How is Jesus the lord of the Sabbath? The lord of the Sabbath is the one who creates and rules over the Sabbath. Before his…
June 8, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 2:18-22)
Teaching through entire books of the bible is the most profitable manner of reading and studying the Scriptures. God passed down these Scriptures to us as a unified, comprehensible story. The whole story God tells is made up of 66 different books. And each book tells part of the whole. Each book…
May 25, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 2:1-12)
What an amazing thing that we can read God’s own story in God’s own words. People like to associate with “remnants of the past.” 600K people still visit Elvis Presley’s home each year, even though he died over 40 years ago. Some 20M people visit the most visited historical site each year, the…
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April 27, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 1:21-28)
“Turn in your bibles to Mark 1:21-28. And what God presents to us in this passage is the authority of Jesus. What authority does Jesus possess? And what does the authority of Jesus compel? When Jesus speaks, what happens? Mark 1:21-22 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on…
