Discover The Book MinistriesKGD-24 XAS-37 970924WE I find my Lord in the Book, Wherever I chance to Look He’s the theme of the Bible The center and heart of the Book. He’s the Rose of Sharon, He’s the Lilly fair, Wherever I open my Bible, The Lord of the Book is there. He is at the Book’s […]
Christ-in All the Book of Acts
KGD-21 XAS-34 990908WE This is the scene. We are at the gate on Saturday morning with literally hundreds of others many of them unsaved residents of the area around the church. The gate opened and people rushed in to grab their treasures to buy. Along one side a whole bank of electrical outlets had been […]
Christ-in All the Book of John
KGD-20 XAS-33 980520WE John notes the ministry of Christ in light of its impact on the hearts of those who saw these signs. What were the signs Christ performed to bring those who saw His ministry to belief? You know them — 1. Sign #1 Start in John 2:1-11. WATER TO WINE; […]
Finding Christ in ALL the Gospels
KGD-14 XAS-32 970910WE These two facts, that we have in the four Gospels a complete Personality, but not a complete biography, indicate the spirit and intent in which we should approach them. What is important is that through these narratives we should come to see and know Him whom they reveal. The twenty-nine formative […]
Christ-in All the Book of Luke
KGD-19 XAS-31 980422WE ð Matthew speaks to the Jews and the deeply religious of our day.The Jews who loved the Scriptures and the prophecies of God. They would only listen to one of their own. ð Mark spoke to the Romans. These were the leaders and leadership and action impressed them. They knew nothing of Scriptures but […]
Seeing Christ in the Gospel by Mark
KGD-18 XAS-30 980225WE Outline: The Birth and Preparation of Servant Jesus 1:1 – 13; Servant Jesus Speaks and Serves 1:14 – 13:37; Servant Jesus Suffers and Triumphs in Passion Week 14:1 – 16:20. In a gospel written from Peter’s words to the fast paced Roman Empire, Jesus is constantly in action! Mark, […]
Christ -in All the Book of Matthew
KGD-17 XAS-29 971119WE One Bible scholar who spent an entire decade studying every word of Matthew’s Gospel over and over wrote this summary: Jesus is painted in royal colors in this gospel as in none of the others. His ancestry is traced from the royal line of Israel; his birth is dreaded by a […]
Seven Days from the Life of Christ
KGD-15 XAS-28 970409WE If you read closely the New Testament record you find a reference to specific days in the ministry of Jesus. By comparing the four gospel accounts we find there are 52 “days” chronicled in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will study just seven of them tonight. The first one […]
The Scriptures – Christ-Centered
KGD-25 XAS-22 951108WE Each book of the Bible reveal some truths about our beautiful Lord Jesus. And, there is one that has as its theme and central purpose to unveil and reveal JESUS CHRIST THE LORD. To see the central theme of Christ in all the Scriptures look at these verses: Revelation 19:10, […]
Worshipping Christ in All the Books of History
KGD-09 OTI-39B XAS-21 970205WE The Bible is Unique There is no other book like the Bible: The Bible contains.. 3,566,480 letters; 810,697 words; 31,175 verses; 1,189 chapters and 66 books. It is, therefore, a “divine library,” and demands not only spiritual illumination, but also the practical application of reverent and diligent study methods in […]
Walking on Holy Ground
KGD-05 TAB-20 XAS-18 020804PM I would like to invite you to walk with me on holy ground. That Holy Ground is the verses in which we find our Lord Jesus Christ in all His glory. Our goal is to have a strategic grasp of the Bible. That strategic grasp comes as we find that ALL […]
Seeing the Bible as Whole in Christ
KGD-02 NR3-11 TAB-29 XAS-15 020602PM Now look at Exodus 25:9 where God showed Moses a pattern in the Heavenly Tabernacle, and then starts with the furniture. Most people fit furniture into the house; God built the tent around the furniture! Note from Ark outward is how God thinks of the Tabernacle. Now note […]
Christ-the Key to Scripture
KGD-01 NR3-09 TAB-28 XAS-13 020407PM If you want to understand the Bible become a Christ tracker, one who sights and marks the trail for finding Him from cover to cover. That is what we are doing this evening as we continue this quest to get a strategic grasp on the Bible. We are finding Christ […]
Do You See Christ – in Exodus?
KGD-26 NR3-08 TAB-08 XAS-12 020331PM TONIGHT WE SEE THAT PASSOVER SEASON WAS PROPHETIC The Gospels record Christ fulfilled the three prophecies of the Passover season. The Feast of Passover[1] prophesied redemption. Jesus the Messiah, the Passover Lamb, was slain for us. The Feast of Unleavened Bread prophesied sanctification. He was set apart. His body would not decay in the […]
Seven Reasons Why I Believe the Bible
KGD-27 NR3-07 TAB-30 WFM-43 XAS-09 020224PM This evening we begin our new study I’m calling a “Strategic Grasp of the Bible”. This is one of the greatest studies we could ever share. Why? Because the Bible is the Revelation of all that God wants us to know about everything we need to know. If […]
The Good Heart Bears Fruit
GHS-13 KGD-36 MMG-29 NR6-42 NR7-35 TAB-25 WWJ-56 040711AM What does God call time in our lives that is harnessed and used and deposited before Him in Heaven? FRUIT. Look at Mark 4.8 and 20. Fruit is what is produced by my life that will last forever – prayers from a clean heart, worship from […]
The Good Heart – Lives for Jesus
GHS-12 KGD-04 MMG-28 NR6-41 NR7-34 TAB-24 WWJ-55 040704AM Are you living the “good life” this morning? For many that idea of the “good life” would evoke financial security, great health, abundant pleasures, and constant freedoms. But sadly most of those pursuing that “good life” never find it, what they thought was lasting fades, what they thought was secure […]
The Good Heart – Accepts the Word
GHS-11 KGD-03 MMG-27 NR6-40 NR7-33 TAB-23 WWJ-54 040627AM The Good Heart – Accepts the Word Mark 4:20 With the death and burial of our 40th President there has been a national resurrection of discussions about the greatness of Ronald Regan’s life. Perhaps the single greatest event he is remembered for is breaking down the walls […]
Four Hearts, One Soil
GHS-06 KGD-31 MMG-20 NR6-39 NR7-28 WWJ-49 040418AM Four Hearts – One Soil Its been a long day. Jesus started the day teaching inside a home (Mark 3.20-21) and was approached by His own family who tried to “arrest” Him and drag Him back to Nazareth so they could ‘take care of Him’. Then He was […]
Athens, Mars Hill and Seekers
021117PM Stones-4 Athens-2 KGD-37 WTB-38 From Philippi to Patmos STONES OF GOD’S WITNESS: ATHENS – KNOWING THE TRUE GOD SLIDE # 1: STONES OF GOD’S WITNESS SLIDE # 2: REAL PLACES, REAL PEOPLE, REAL PROBLEMS SLIDE # 3: MAIN STREET CHRISTIANITY In the market[1] place of every city there stood a […]
What a Wonderful Change Has Been Wrought in Your Life
KGD-22 MMG-16 WFM-44 020303AM There are two books that have been present in Christ’s church since those earliest days. We hear Paul mentioning this when he said “speak to yourselves in Psalms and hymns….” Psalms are of course the Scriptures, God’s Word. Hymns have been traditionally defined as the testimonies of God’s saints in song. […]
Worshiping Jesus through the Prophets
KGD-11 OTI-41 REV-21 NR3-05 XAS-27 970219WE The Scriptures are all about God revealing Himself to His creatures. The ultimate expression of God’snature and character is Christ. Note the words of Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, […]
Survey from Acts to I Thessalonians
KGD-45 990428WE I find my Lord in the Book, Wherever I chance to Look He’s the theme of the Bible The center and heart of the Book. He’s the Rose of Sharon, He’s the Lilly fair, Wherever I open my Bible, The Lord of the Book is there. He at the Book’s beginning gave the […]
Gospel Survey
KGD-44 990421WE ü Read the Bible: Thoughtfully ü Read the Bible: Prayerfully ü Read the Bible: Repeatedly: AT Pierson “never saw til 100th time!” ü Read the Bible: Patiently ü Read the Bible: Selectively: who, what, etc ü Read the Bible: Imaginatively The Gospels record Christ’s ministry to the four groups of people then and […]
Books of Prophecy (OT)
KGD-43 990414WE In the Books of History we see God’s servants Following the Lord Jesus Christ. He was the Creator in the Garden, the Rock in the Wilderness, the Angel of the Lord and so on! In the Books of Poetry we see God’s servants Worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Suffering […]
Books of Poetry
KGD-42 990407WE The Bible is Unique There is no other book like the Bible: The Bible contains.. 3,566,480 letters; 810,697 words; 31,175 verses; 1,189 chapters and 66 books. It is, therefore, a “divine library,” and demands not only spiritual illumination, but also the practical application of reverent and diligent study methods in order to master […]
The Historical Books – Genesis to Esther
KGD-41 990324WE The Bible is Powerful in seven wonderful ways, because it is a : ü REVEALER — It discovers and convicts us of sin in our lives John 16:7-10 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto […]
Ephesus – Keys to a Life of Godly Influence
KGD-40 990324WE The Bible is Powerful in seven wonderful ways, because it is a : ü REVEALER — It discovers and convicts us of sin in our lives John 16:7-10 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto […]
Corinth and the Bema Seat-2
KGD-39 030216PM Tonight Satan wants to poison your thoughts and emotions. Just like in those last hours of World War II in Europe when all thought Hitler was going to let out the poison gas, just like the Saddam factor in the Gulf War… Only, instead of maybe… it’s true. The […]
Corinth and the Bema Seat-1
KGD-38 NR2-12 021124PM Are you ready this evening to appear at Christ’s Throne? When we take pilgrims to Greece, the most moving spot of all is in the city of Ancient Corinth. I have seen travelers who were just tourists the whole trip until they reached that spot. And there beneath the raised stone […]
Finding the Seven Key Days of Christ’s Life
KGD-30 970903WE If you read closely the New Testament record you find a reference to specific days in the ministry of Jesus. By comparing the four gospel accounts we find there are 52 “days” chronicled in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will study just seven of them tonight. The first one was […]
Finding Christ In Genesis
KGD-29 NR3-30 TAB-16 XAS-10 020317PM Luke 24:25-27 Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” 27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to […]
The Power of the Gospel
KGD-28 MMG-12 010318AM This Gospel of Jesus is powerful. Have you shared it this week? As we turn back now to our opening text in Luke 14:15-24 may I illustrate the power of the Gospel? Listen to Christ’s power of salvation from this moving story from World War II.. Remember the Day of […]
Seeing Christ From Acts to Thessalonians
KGD-23 XAS-35 970917WE As we go into the vestibule, the book of Genesis, and find recorded the mighty works of God in creation this vestibule, has access to the law courts. Which, when passing thru come to the picture gallery of the historical books in which hung wall scenes, battles, portraits of men of valor. […]
Hearing Christ’s Voice
KGD-16 MMG-01 NR1-23 WWJ-15 000604AM Mark-15 The Message of Jesus -1 MARK 1:38-39 THE MESSAGE OF JESUS Have you ever wished you could sit in the back of the crowd and listen to the greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ, and hear what He said to the lost and seeking crowds? Have […]
A Jet Tour of the Gospels
KGD-13 970319WE As we go into the vestibule, the book of Genesis, and find recorded the mighty works of God in creation this vestibule, has access to the law courts. Which, when passing thru come to the picture gallery of the historical books in which hung wall scenes, battles, portraits of men of valor. […]
Finding Christ Between the Testaments
KGD-12 970226WE History in Daniel 11 Daniel 11:3 The“mighty king” is none other than Alexander the Great (336-323). Daniel 11:4 The “four winds” correspond to Daniel 7:4-7 (“four heads”). Daniel 11:5 The “king of the South” from history is Ptolemy I Soter (323-285 B.C.) of Egypt. one of his commanders. Seleucus I Nicator (311-280). his own kingdom. Initially Babylonia, to […]
Seeing Christ Through the Books of Poetry
KGD-10 OTI-40 XAS-26 SEEING CHRIST THROUGH THE BOOKS OF HISTORY 970212WE WORSHIPING OUR CHRIST IN ALL THE BOOKS OF POETRY The Scriptures are all about God revealing Himself to His creatures. The ultimate expression of God’s nature and character is Christ. Note the words of Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and […]
Are You In?
KGD-08 MMG-11 010311AM Mark-47 Masters Message in Luke-7 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE SERIES LUKE-7 “ARE YOU IN?” Do you know if you are “in” yet? Are you assured of eternal life? Who is really going to Heaven? Those may well be the most urgent question of our earthly existence. We live is a religious world […]
Do You Believe and Have This Life?
KGD-07 MMG-15 NR6-45 020224AM Masters Message in John-1 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE SERIES JOHN-1 DO YOU BELIEVE AND HAVE THIS LIFE? What happens when you preach the gospel from the Gospels to lost sinners? Does it work any more? I mean does the gospel impact lives like it did in the world of Christ and the […]
Believers are Word Receiving
KGD-06 MMG-13 010325AM Mark-49 Masters Message in Luke-9 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE SERIES LUKE-9 RECEIVING THE WORD This morning we are looking at one of the foundational truths of our salvation. True Christians are those who have received God’s Word. Think of the verses you know so well: John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to […]
The Good Heart
GHS-10 KGD-35 MMG-26 NR7-32 WWJ-53 The Good Heart 040523AM The Good Heart Mark 4.1-20 One day, in one verse — Jesus describes everyone in the world that will go to Heaven. And in five other verses He describes those who will not. Have you ever reflected on His descriptions? Jesus said the words we are […]
The Crowded Heart
GHS-09 KGD-34 MMG-25 NR7-31 WJ-52 The Crowded Heart 040516AM The Crowded Heart Mark 4:7, 18-29 One day Jesus compared life to a field, people to soil, the Gospel to seed, and eternal life to a crop of harvested righteousness. Jesus also classified everyone on Earth as either – “Wayside” or The Hard Heart, […]
The Shallow Heart
GHS-08 KGD-33 MMG-22 NR7-30 WWJ-51 Shallow Lives 040509AM Shallow Lives Mark 4.1-20 Today we come to the second soil in Christ’s parable. This second soil illustrates a second heart. Last time we saw the wayside or hardened heart. This time we will examine the stony or shallow heart. Please open your Bibles with me to […]
The Hard Heart
GHS-07 KGD-32 MMG-21 NR7-29 WWJ-50 The Hard Heart 040425AM Wayside Hearts Today we return to perhaps the greatest story Jesus ever told. The depths of the message of these few words, is astounding. Christ’s insight into human nature is piercing. His analysis of human responsibility is sobering. And His explanation of life around us […]