Discover The Book MinistriesGHS-18 MMG-34 NR6-21 NR7-40 WWJ-61 040822AM Run the Race, Look to Jesus Today we are looking at what God wants from everyone of us who live in the body He made for us. This body is His Temple and what we do with this temple will be the basis for our everlasting reward in His […]
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 […]
Seven Words of Hope and Life
040411AM MMG-41 NR6-38 NR7-27 TAB-22 WWJ-48 Mark -48 Easter Seven Word of Hope and Life SEVEN WONDERFUL WORDS OF HOPE AND LIFE Jesus lives. The Tomb is empty. Death is defeated. The Grave is opened. God is in control. His Word is true. The Devil is destroyed. Death, Hell, and the […]
The 1st Palm Sunday
040404AM ORS-08 WWJ-47 Palm Sunday The 1st Palm Sunday Mark 11.1-11 This morning we celebrate Palm Sunday. What is Palm Sunday? We all know that – it is one of the most recognized and celebrated Biblical events. After Christmas and Easter (Resurrection Sunday) it is the number three best known Biblical event. So why […]
Is There Another Way to God?
MMG-19 NR6-03 NR7-26 WWJ-46 040314AM There are really two ultimate questions in life. 1st – “Do you have a personal relationship with God?” And once you answer that, 2nd – “Is there another way to God?” We are in the Gospel by Mark 3.31-35. Jesus stops and looks around at those seated at His […]
No Failures are Permanent
WWJ-39 001029AM What Can God do with Failures? Part 39 (040111AM) Return to previous Page | Print Listen: (To download Right-click here and choose “Save As”) Purchase this single sermon on CD “What can God do with me if I have fail Privacy Policy | Contact Us | We Believe | About Us | Support DTBM SEARCH: go HOME BROADCAST PODCASTS VIDEOS SERMONS SERMON SERIES PDF LIBRARY SHOP HOLY […]
Meet The Master’s Men – LOYAL
WWJ-34 001022AM The Master’s Men: LOYAL Part 34 (001022 AM ) Return to previous Page | Print Listen: (To download Rig Privacy Policy | Contact Us | We Believe | About Us | Support DTBM SEARCH: go HOME BROADCAST PODCASTS VIDEOS SERMONS SERMON SERIES PDF LIBRARY SHOP HOLY LAND TRIPS John’s Schedule Subscribe to Living Hope daily devotionals Check out our daily Living Hope devotional message in both print and […]
Meet Mark the Failure
WWJ-33 001001AM Mark the Failure Part 33 (001001 AM ) Return to previous Page | Print Listen: (To download Right-click here and choose “Save As”) Purchase this single sermon on CD This morning as we open our Bibles there is a name linked to the book we are studying. We are in the Gospel by ____ – RIGHT, Mark! For as long as […]
Resting Our Weary Minds
DWM-35 NR1-40 NR7-22 RIG-08 WFF-51 WWJ-32 000917AM As you open to our exposition of Colossians 3:1-17 this morning, may I make one thing perfectly clear: God wants your mind. More than anything else God wants to have the control of your mind. If God has your mind – He has your body, If God has your mind – He […]
How to End the Hurry In My Life
NR1-37 NR7-19 RIG-05 DWM-34 WFF-48 WWJ-29 000903AM The Holy Spirit chose eight different Hebrew[1] words to paint the picture of the God who seeks us to come silently before Him and to listen to Him through His Word. A personal Sabbath feeds our patience, strengthens our obedience, focuses our spirit and renews our strength as Isaiah […]
Enjoying a Personal Sabbath Rest
DWM-33 NR1-36 NR7-18 RIG-04 WFF-47 WWJ-28 000827AM Just to feed three million people would take 1300 rail road box cars of food each day, or a daily train 9 1/2 miles long! Can you imagine the deafening buzz of all those people talking, walking, bartering, gathering, cooking, cleaning and caring for their campsites? But […]
How to Slow Life Down
DWM-32 NR1-34 NR7-16 RIG-02 WFF-45 WWJ-26 000820AM Isaiah 58:13-14 Did you notice this morning the pace of your life as you came here to worship God? Perhaps[1] we all need to slow down and reflect on the following… The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; […]
Jesus Defines the Sabbath
NR7-15 RIG-01 WFF-44 WWJ-25 000813AM Jesus is seen transparently in the Gospel by Mark. In the pages of this book we are treated to Jesus weary, Jesus grieved, Jesus sorrowing; in other words we are repeatedly brought face to face with the human emotions of Jesus. And we are witnesses to the astonishment of […]
How to Find Treasure in the Word
NR1-11 WWJ-03 000130PM MINING FOR GOLD IN THE GOSPEL BY MARK Mark’s gospel is the apostle Peter recounting the greatest story ever told. If you will let him, Mark will let you see, feel and experience what it was like to have God in a body, right here on earth. Marks gospel is a […]
Mining for Gold in the Gospels
NR1-10 WWJ-02 000116PM MINING FOR GOLD IN THE GOSPELS Today I would like to go on a treasure hunt with all of you. Most of us have at one time or another read or heard about some of the great treasure finds of history. From the golden treasures of Ancient Pharahonic Egypt, in King […]
Seeing Jesus in Mark
NR1-09 WWJ-01 000102PM WALKING WITH JESUS THROUGH THE GOSPEL BY MARK Today, we begin an incredible new study. You hold today in your hands: The ONLY Book for EVERY person in ANY situation for ALL of Life! We are starting a year-long time of WALKING WITH JESUS. Through the eyes of Peter, from the pen […]
Christ’s Finished Work
MMG-04 NR1-27 NR6-34 WWJ-19 000618PM When Jesus reached the last evening He would share with His beloved disciples, He celebrated Passover with them and transformed it into a special memorial to the FINISHED WORK of His death. He inaugurated the Lord’s Supper as the fulfillment of all Passovers. Communion is for His church to celebrate until He […]
The Message of Jesus-3
MMG-02 NR1-24 NR6-33 WWJ-16 000604PM Twelve men changed the world. Eleven of them ate, slept, sailed, and walked with Jesus. The twelfth man was a latecomer, so he got three years alone in the desert with Jesus. These men were the apostles, the sent ones, those entrusted with the Gospel of God’s grace. Peter and […]
Following Jesus
NR1-28 NR6-35 WWJ-20 000716AM Two words sum up Christianity: FOLLOWING JESUS. These two words also sum up the New Testament Church and the essence of the overcoming, victorious Christian life. Do you know them? As we look at Christ’s call of Matthew in Mark 2:13-17, see if you also are willing to follow Jesus. At […]
Celebrating the Biblical Holidays
NR1-39 NR7-21 RIG-07 WFF-50 WWJ-31 000910PM First, SABBATH PURPOSES: what did Jesus say about the Sabbath? As Lord of Sabbath He said one thing, the Sabbath was made for man to worship God. It was not a prison, a straight jacket, a death squad to hunt Sabbath breakers, no; it was a delightful offer of […]
Our Amazingly Jewish Heritage
NR1-35 NR7-17 RIG-03 WFF-46 WWJ-27 000820PM Our Amazingly Jewish Heritage Tonight we are headed to a city made by God called the New JERUSALEM, It has Twelve Gates named after the 12 JEWISH Apostles, There are Twelve Foundations named after the 12 Tribes of ISRAEL, God sits on a hill called ZION, And […]
How to Get Ready for Sunday
NR1-38 NR7-20 RIG-06 WFF-49 WWJ-30 000910AM A matzah is a thin unleavened bread, pierced through with holes, marked with stripes, broken carefully from One piece into Three, the middle piece or 2nd of the unity is hidden or buried throughout the meal and then found or raised from the hiding place. What […]
When Should I Hunger for God?
HFG-00-04 NR1-32 NR7-14 WFF-43 WWJ-24 000806PM When do we fast? God has not laid down lengths, days, manners, and details. Rather, He says to us that His grace teaches us. Where did the Lord say that? In Titus 2:11-13: “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12. […]
How Should I Hunger for God?
000806AM HFG-00-03 NR1-31 NR7-13 WFF-42 WWJ-23 Mark-23 Hungering for God-Finale 2.20-22 MARK 2:20-22 HOW TO HUNGER FOR GOD One of the key attitudes we find displayed by the 1st Century editions of God’s saints is that they considered themselves exiles on earth, and citizens of Heaven. This produced not a detachment […]
What is Hungering for God?
000730AM HFG-00-02 NR1-30 NR7-12 WFF-41 WWJ-22 Mark-21 Hungering for God-2 2.18-22 MARK 2:18-22 WHAT IS HUNGERING FOR GOD? This morning we are continuing our study a fascinating area of God’s Word—BIBLICAL FASTING. To best understand fasting in God’s Word we may need another way to describe Biblical Fasting, and that would be to ask: “How […]
Why Should I Hunger for God?
000723AM HFG-00-01 NR1-29 NR7-11 WFF-40 WWJ-21 Mark-21 Hungering for God 2.18-22 MARK 2:18-22 WHY HUNGER FOR GOD? This morning we are going to study a fascinating area of God’s Word – BIBLICAL FASTING. How is your appetite this morning? I’m not referring to the consumptive society in which we live where more food is […]
Brought to Jesus
000618AM NR1-26 WWJ-18 Mark-18 Taking a Friend to Jesus 2.1-12 MARK 2:1-12 WHO ARE YOU BRINGING TO JESUS? There are 66 books, 1189 chapters, 31,175 verses and 810,697 words in God’s Word, But only five of those words will determine if you are forever happy in Heaven, or forever horrified in Hell. Jesus spoke […]
Touched by Jesus
000611AM NR1-25 WWJ-17 Mark-17 Touched by Jesus 1.40-45 MARK 1:40-45 HAVE YOU BEEN TOUCHED BY JESUS? This morning we meet a leper. Leprosy was the scourge of the ancient world. Nothing evoked more fear, more dread, or more revulsion than the sight of these walking dead. That is what a leper was called, a walking […]
Alone with God
000528AM NR1-22 WWJ-14 Mark-14 Solitary Place.Alone with God MARK 1:35-39 THE SOLITARY PLACE: ALONE WITH GOD Jesus lived the perfect human life. He lived in a whirlwind of activity. He was constantly eating, walking, talking, and sleeping with twelve men who never seemed to leave Him alone. Vast crowds, and desperate individuals sought him out. […]
Capernaum – The Town of Jesus
000521AM NR1-21 WWJ-13 Mark-13 Capernaum MARK 1:21-34 C APERNAUM: LIVING IN THE TOWN OF JESUS Sitting beside the loveliest lake in the world, is the Town of Jesus. Sitting beside the greatest road of the ancient world, is the Town of Jesus. Witness to the greatest sermons ever preached, is the Town of Jesus. Witness […]
Are You Fishing for Eternal Souls?
000514AM NR1-20 WWJ-12 Mark-12 Fishers of Men MARK 1:16-20 ARE YOU FISHING FOR ETERNAL SOULS Jesus asked His disciples to follow Him and fish for eternal souls at perhaps the loveliest spot on earth, a lake in a land called Galilee. The spot is a blue-green lake called the Sea of Galilee or Kinneret as […]
Three Crosses
000423AM NR1-19 WWJ-11 Mark-11 3 Crosses Easter THE THREE CROSSES OF EASTER Three Crosses stood upon Calvary 2,000 years ago. Those three crosses speak of two destinys, of three men and in what condition they died. This morning you and I are just like one of those crosses. Because those three Crosses portray you […]
God’s Appointed Day
000416AM NR1-18 WWJ-10 ZNA-32 Mark-10 Palm PALM SUNDAY: GOD’S APPOINTED DAY Don’t miss the Perfect Plan of God MARK 11:1-10 Tensions were the highest anyone had ever known. People everywhere were talking about Lazarus who was dead and now he is alive, Bartimaeus who had been a blind fixture by the roadside as predictably […]
The Message of Jesus-1
MMG-03 NR1-17 NR6-31 WWJ-09 000326PM Mark-9 TAPE # 9 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES MARK 1:14-15 “THE MESSAGE OF JESUS” As believers this evening, one of the greatest privileges we have is knowing and sgaring the message of Jesus. What is the message of Jesus? In a moment we will examine it word by […]
The Temptation of Jesus
000319PM NR1-16 WWJ-08 Mark-8 THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST MARK 1:12-13 “RESISTING SATAN’S ATTACKS” The 3rd great event in the earthly life of Christ was His Temptation. This event is perhaps one of the most vital as we seek to love and follow Jesus all our days. Why? Jesus met and defeated Satan as a man. […]
The Baptism of Jesus
000312PM NR1-15 WWJ-07 Mark-7 TAPE # 7 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES “THE BAPTISM OF JESUS” MARK 1:9-11 One of the richest studies for a disciple of Jesus is to follow His days in the Gospels. If you read closely the New Testament record you find a reference to specific days in the ministry of Jesus. […]
Baptism – John’s and Christ’s
000305AM NR1-14 WWJ-06 Mark-6 TAPE # 6 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES “BAPTISM: JOHN’S AND CHRIST’S” MARK 1:4-8 Today, let’s join the crowds trudging out toward the Dead Sea, listen with me at the back of this massive group of people listening as John the Baptist preaches. They have come into the region to the immediate […]
John the Baptist
000227PM NR1-13 WWJ-05 Mark-5 TAPE # 5 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES JOHN THE BAPTIST “HE MUST INCREASE” Tonight may I introduce you to the greatest saint who ever lived? Jesus called him that. Great saints are like giant markers that point the world to God. 9 Abel pointed to God from the altar outside Eden, […]
Who was Mark?
000213PM NR1-12 WWJ-04 Mark-4 TAPE # 4 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES “WHO WAS MARK?” Tonight we are in our 4th stop on this year-long time of WALKING WITH JESUS, Through the eyes of Peter, from the pen of Mark, and under the flawless breath of God’s Spirit the words of the Gospel by Mark […]
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 […]
Growing in God
GHS-27 MMG-40 WWJ-70 041114AM Perhaps the most fruitful servant of the Lord in the New Testament was Paul the Apostle. Perhaps the most afflicted, pressured, troubled man in the New Testament was Paul the Apostle. Perhaps the most useful servant of the Lord in the New Testament was Paul the Apostle. […]
Growing Mark
GHS-26 MMG-39 WWJ-69 041107AM What does God the Father want from each of us believers today? Life long growth in abiding fruitfully in Jesus. When your body stops growing—your abiding fruitfully should not. When your financial worth stops growing– your abiding fruitfully should not. When your power and influence on earth stop growing– your […]
How Does God Help Us Grow?
GHS-25 MMG-38 WWJ-68 041024AM Most of us long to have something from our earthly existence — that will endure. Life is so fragile, time is so fleeting, and things are so temporal. What are you involved with that is bigger than you? What are you doing that will last forever? What are […]
Who Controls You?
GHS-24 MMG-37 WWJ-67 041017AM MARK -67 ABIDING SATISFIED Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Abiding Fruitful “Who controls you?” There in one word that determines everything about your future – control. Who is going to control your life – you or God? Who is going to take up your time – you or the Lord? What […]
The Good Heart From the Inside Out
GHS-23 MMG-36 WWJ-66 041010AM Jesus compared Himself to a grape vine, us to branches growing out of that vine – and God our Father as a Gardener walking up and down the rows of branches growing out of Christ our Vine. What I just said is the heart of Christ’s message to His disciples […]
The Good Heart Grows In Clean Soil
GHS-22 MMG-35 WWJ-65 041003AM How far down the road of life have you walked? Most Americans die at about 75 years old. Are you halfway or more through a normal lifetime yet? How much of last week was deposited in Heaven? How much of your time and energies were used by the Lord for […]
Christ Abides in My Actions
GHS-17 MMG-33 NR6-20 NR7-39 WWJ-60 040815AM Mark -60 Christ wants to Abide in my Actions Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Christ wants to abide in my actions As Paul sat to write the words we will read this morning, he may have glanced out the window of his room along the busy streets of Corinth, […]
God is Faithful
GHS-16 MMG-32 NR6-19 NR7-38 WWJ-59 040808AM Mark-59 God is Faithful Learning God’s Faithfulness Lamentation 3 One of the greatest blessings of life is to know God. Knowing God means that He also knows us. God knowing us means He knows life hurts at times. When ever I go through hard times, sad times, dark […]
Christ Abides in My Attitudes
GHS-15 MMG-31 NR6-18 NR7-37 WWJ-58 040725AM Mark -58 Christ Abiding in my Attitude Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Christ wants to Abide – In my Attitude This morning God expects fruit in the life of His children. That fruit comes from a good heart. That good heart is made good by God in a process called […]
Christ Abides in My Time & Treasures
GHS-14 MMG-30 NR6-17 NR7-36 WWJ-57 040718AM Mark -57 Fruitfulness Explained The Good Life – Bears Fruit Mark 4.8 & 20 Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Christ wants to Abide – In my Time & Treasures God has big plans for you this morning – if you are His child. He wants to “yield a crop” […]
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 […]
Do You Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus?
GHS-05 MMG-18 NR6-37 NR7-25 WWJ-45 Do You Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus 040307AM How is your Relationship with Jesus? Who is in Christ’s Family? Do you have a Personal Relationship with Jesus? Mark 3.31-35 The most important question you will every be asked to answer is the question – “Do you have a […]
All Sins are Forgivable
GHS-04 MMG-17 NR6-30 NR7-24 WWJ-44 040222AM MARK 41.44 ALL SINS FORGIVEN COMPLETELY/ABSOLUTELY FORGIVEN The Miracle of Complete Forgiveness Mark 3.20-30 The New Testament records 37 miracles1 that Jesus performed during His earthly ministry. These include sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, life to the dead, health to the sick – and many other […]
The Unpardonable Sin
GHS-03 MMG-07 NR6-36 NR7-23 WWJ-43 THE UNPARDONABLE SIN 040208AM THE SIN FOR WHICH THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS Mark 3.20-30 As we open to Mark 3 today, we open to Jesus walking on this earth and confronting the Scribes, men of the Word. As we prepare to read the 11 verses that record that event stop […]
The Gospel Explained by Peter
GHS-02 MMG-06 NR6-29 WWJ-42 The Gospel Explained by Peter 040201AM The Gospel According to Peter Was Peter the Pope? People need heroes. Part of life is looking up to someone, being inspired by them, and rising to greater levels of accomplishment in whatever field they represent. There are golfing heroes who inspire; basketball […]
The Experience of Peter
GHS-01 MMG-05 NR6-28 WWJ-41 040125AM The Gospel According to Peter Peter never forgot what Jesus told him at Caesarea Philippi. He knew Christ was the Rock and we are just living stones who are built into His habitation. As we open to the 1st words of the Gospel by Mark – note what they […]
Fruitfulness Explained – Abiding Sanctified
EBG-19 GHS-20 NR6-23 NR7-42 WWJ-63 040912AM We need to do a self-checkup of our spiritual health. Are you distant these days from God? Can you hardly remember the last time your life was fruitful? Do you feel far from joy and peace, victory and blessing? Do you hope that no one gets too close and […]
Fruitfulness Explained – Abiding Satisfied
EBG-18 GHS-21 WWJ-64 040919AM I carry with me a reminder of the incredible plan God has for me, everywhere I go. It is a piece of gold. Most of you here this morning have one too. It is a ring. If you have anything made of gold, silver, or precious gemstones — you have that […]
Unceasing Thanksgiving
EBG-15 WWJ-71 041121AM On this Thanksgiving week, are you thankful? Most of us are thankful for the good things (as we measure them). Think of all many of us have to be thankful for today– like a safe and comfortable home, a secure and providing job, an insured savings account and an assured retirement plan, […]
Fruitfulness Explained – Abiding Crucified
EBG-10 GHS-19 NR6-22 NR7-41 WWJ-62 040829AM This morning the key to all you and I will ever be is summed up by two words “in Christ”. Our identification with Him in His work on the Cross brought us salvation. Our continuing with Him brings everlasting rewards. When we were saved we became born again what? […]
Gallicantu – Peter’s Failures
BIO-06 NR6-27 WWJ-40 040118PM The Gospel by Mark is the premier book of God’s Word about hope – hope for a new start, hope for complete forgiveness, hope in the God of the 2ndchance. And no one knew that better than Peter. There was a man called Peter, who knew Jesus better than any other human […]