Discover The Book MinistriesZNA-334 910630AM Judas & Apostacy Mark 3:16 Open to Mark 3:16 and let me read Peter… now v.19 (slowly) The last Apostle stands out against the background of the others. He is isolated, lonely, and alone. His name?… Judas Iscariot Judas was a horrifying, colossal misfit – the epitome of disaster. His name is mentioned […]
The Unforgivable and Eternal Sin
ZNA-332 910707AM CHRIST’S WARNING OF UNFORGIVEABLE ETERNAL SIN MARK 3:28-30 I. God Forgives Sin 1. God is by His very nature forgiving • Exodus 34:6-7 • Psalm 6:5 • Psalm 103:3 • Daniel 9:9 • Micah 7:18-19 2. God By His Repeated Actions is Forgiving OT – Adam and Eve Patriarchs Moses Israel NT – […]
The Unforgivable Sin Pt 2
ZNA-330 910714AM Eternal Sins (Part 2) Mark 3:28-30 Remember I. God Forgives Sin (Mark 3:28) A. God is by His very nature forgiving • Micah 7:18-19 B. God By His Repeated Example Forgiving • Adam and Eve, Patriarchs, Moses, David, Israel, Peter and Apostles, Paul, The Church C. God By His Infinitely Powerful To Forgive […]
Sins Unto Death Pt 2
ZNA-327 910728AM Sins Unto Death Mark 3:28-30 In the past few weeks nearly 30M Americans have sat and watched the Terminator Part 2. From the newspaper accounts the movie depicts a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who has awesome + powerful destructive ability. Yet Arnie isn’t that fearful in true life…One day in 1984 during the summer […]
Sins Unto Death Pt 3
ZNA-326 910804AM Sins To Death #3 Mark 3:28 -30 41.23 Open to mark 3:28-30. We are focusing our study today on the potential results of sin. Twelve years ago today, I sat behind the wheel of a van loaded with 3,000 bibles in Krakow, Poland. It was just past midnight. We were gliding silently backward […]
Christ’s New Family
ZNA-324 910811AM Christ’s New Family 41.24 Mark 3:31-35 Our scripture portion to feast upon this morning introduces us to the heart of Christ’s ministry. Jesus Christ came to start a brand new family. He came to see men and women, boys and girls, grandmas and grandpas born a second time; this time from God and […]
Seed, Soil, and Salvation
ZNA-322 910818AM See, Sower and Saw Mark 4:1-9 41.25 What is your response when God speaks to you? Genesis 3:8 – Adam and Eve fled Exodus 5:2 – Pharaoh laughed Exodus 20:16 – Israel trembled Numbers 21:8-9 – Dying ones looked Jeremiah 15:16 – Jeremiah fasted Daniel 5:9 – Besshazzam paled Matthew 14:33 – Disc […]
Disciples of Christ Part 2
ZNA-309 920209AM DISCIPLES OF CHRIST – II Mark 8:34-38 Who are Christians? Who are disciples? New Testament says: As World Ware II drew to a close, the allies were driving toward Berlin. Hitler ordered the key prisoners in camps to be terminated. From the stench of death was led a young German pastor who refused […]
Disciples of Christ Part 3
ZNA-308 920216AM DOCTRINE OF CHRIST – III Mark 8:34-37 We come now to the conclusion of our three-part look at who are Christ’s disciples. Born again Christians, what saves them and how. Let’s just briefly review the message Christ gave would be followers… Remember the first four last week? Christ said those who partook of […]
Four Pillars for Spiritual Growth
ZNA-305 920223am FOUR PILLARS OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH MARK 9:1-41 Spiritual growth — that’s what we all long for, isn’t it? Think of the Psalm we read, a tree planted… The mighty sequoias are just a crumb of what once covered the earth before the flood, standing as tall as the high-rises in downtown Providence, mighty, […]
Servanthood
ZNA-301 920308am Mark 9.30-41 SERVANTHOOD MARK 9:30-41 Our Lord Jesus Christ gives His last lesson in His four part series on Spiritual Growth. It’s the most difficult of all for most of us….even the word that titles this lesson hurts…SERVANT- HOOD – That word always brings eight notes of a chorus to my mind (So […]
The Wrath of God
ZNA-300 920315AM The Dire Warning of Hell MARK 9:38-50 God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezek. 18:23) and does not desire that anyone perish (2 Pet. 3:9). The Lord wept over Jerusalem because the people would not come to Him and be saved (Lk. 19:41). He warned about hell, not to […]
The Dire Warning of Hell
ZNA-299 920315AM The Dire Warning of Hell MARK 9:38-50 God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezek. 18:23) and does not desire that anyone perish (2 Pet. 3:9). The Lord wept over Jerusalem because the people would not come to Him and be saved (Lk. 19:41). He warned about hell, not to […]
Jesus and Divorce
ZNA-298 920322AM Mark 10.1-12 JESUS AND DIVORCE MARK 10:1-12 To introduce the teaching of Jesus Christ our Lord on the permanence of marriage, let’s open to John 8 — the woman in adultery. Sounds strange doesn’t it? But it’s the key that unlocks some of the mystery of our text in Mark 10. You see, […]
Impossible Yet Simple
ZNA-294 920329AM Mark 10.13-31 JESUS TEACHES LESSONS ON SAVING FAITH MARK 10:13-31 As we come to Mark 10, Jesus Christ is standing under the cruel shadow of the cross. Ch. 11 triumphal entry Ch. 12 final parables Ch. 13 Olivet Ch. 14 Judas – Gethsemane Ch. 15 Pilate and cross and tomb Ch. 16 resurrection […]
Countdown to the Cross
ZNA-291 920412AM Mark 11.1-10 COUNTDOWN TO THE CROSS 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, Bartimaus who had been a blind fixture by the roadside as predictably as the morning. And now he could see and was he […]
A Symphony of Hope
ZNA-290 920419AM SYMPHONY OF HOPE MARK 16 Saturday was horrible/after a sleepless Thursday night of groping after the arrest of Christ / a horrifying vigil through Friday’s deathly agony… / Saturday lasted forever / doubt, fear, anger, sorrow made one heavy cloud over the eleven who remained / yes, Saturday was horrible for: – Peter, […]
Maundy Thursday-The Sacrifice of Love
ZNA-289 920416TH MARK 14:1-11 THE SACRIFICE OF LOVE: MARY In April of 1992 Chicago was flooded. Two hundred fifty million gallons of water poured into a 60 mile maze of tunnels under central Chicago that week. The result? Nearly a billion dollars lost in goods, services, treasures in subterranean storage. Listen to Jesus (Mt. 6:19) […]
The Emptiness of Fruitlessness
ZNA-288 920503AM THE EMPTINESS OF FRUITLESSNESS MK. 11: 12-14, 19-21 God expects you to produce fruit. Open to John 10: God wants/expects you to have an abundant, fruitful spiritual life. Why did Jesus Christ come? To die. Why did Jesus Christ die? To give us an abundant life that overflows with more ftillness than we […]
Worship that God Hates
ZNA-287 920510AM Worship God Hates Mark 11:15-18 Please join me this morning in a sparkling marble edifice. The Temple and courtyard in Jerusalem. • 1 million square feet of it (that’s 15 football fields or four city blocks). • a 20′ high wall surrounding • there’s a giant of gold in the rising sun, but […]
Worship that God Hates Pt 2
ZNA-286 920510PM WORSHIP THAT GOD HATES MARK 11:15-18 A subtle invasion has taken place across our land in 1992, much like a bizzare event in a huge Tokyo store thieves broke in and took nothing. They just switched price tags. It was a few hours before it was noticed that people were getting steals and […]
Roadblocks to Prayer
ZNA-285 920517AM Mark 11.19-26 Prayer ROADBLOCKS TO PRAYER Mark 11:19-26 Prayer – the monitor of your spiritual life – the heartbeat of your spiritual growth – the circulatory system that feeds the life of Christ in you today How is your prayer life? Or better yet, how is the bloodstream or river of life to […]
Who is He?
ZNA-258 921011AM MARK 12:35-40 WHO IS HE? Our text this morning records the last time Jesus Christ taught in public. The central theme of Christ’s lesson was “Who am I — really”. So, I ask you this morning, “Who is He?” I. First, notice the context. Chapter 12 shows Jesus Christ A. Facing their tricks […]
Who is He? Pt 2
ZNA-257 921018AM WHO IS HE — TODAY? Mark 12:35-40 There is only one lesson that is burned deeply into my heart this morning from this text. It is this: What you think of Jesus Christ today will determine everything for today and forever. If Christ is not divine, Then lay the Book away And every […]
Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is
ZNA-255 921025am Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is MARK 12:41-44 Put your money where your heart is! “There is a disease which is particularly virulent in this part of the twentieth century. It is called cirrhosis of the giver. It was actually discovered about 34 A.D., and ran a terminal course in a couple […]
Peace Through Peril
ZNA-253 921101AM PEACE THROUGH PERIL Mark 13:1-13 – It’s Wednesday of Passion Week. – Thursday nite would bel. the Lord’s table – Jesus Christ is leaving the temple for the last time of his 33rd year earthly life. -Then it happens – a question. v.4 The answer Christ gives is THE KEY, THE SECRET, THE […]
Beware of Religious Deception
ZNA-251 921108AM Mk 13.5-6 MARK 13:5-6 BEWARE OF RELIGIOUS DECEPTION – When Jesus Christ delivered His longest sermon in this gospel, He focused on things to come. Jesus Christ warned His disciples to beware, v. 1-4, of distraction. He said: – watch out for the wrong focus – beware of departing from true spiritual sonship […]
Be Alert to God
ZNA-210 931010AM MARK 13:1-4 “BEWARE OF DISTRACTION” Jesus Christ has longest sermon of His latter year of ministry. It is a two part: 1. Message of peace thru peril in v. 1-13. Remember? Have you jotted His piercing point in your bible? I have. I need these reminders! v.1-4 Beware of distraction (Good for best) […]
Are You Watching?
ZNA-208 931017AM ENEMIES OF EXPECTANCY Mark 13:1-13 A general outline of the chapter: I. v.1-4 = BEWARE OF DISTRACTION = A. MONEY B. PLEASURE C. Church Bldgs. etc. D. Hand to plow II. v.5-6 = BEWARE OF DECEPTION = A. FALSE TEACHERS [Mt. 24:23-28] B. SIGNS AND WONDERS [DT. 13] C. JUDE D. II PETER […]
Beware of Depression
ZNA-206 931024am MARK 13: 7-8 “BEWARE OF DEPRESSION” We all battle with our flesh, our falleness and our feelings. In his closing sermon to the disciples, and to all of us disciples to come, our lord gave some dangers that would rob us of the joy and strength and hope, of expectancy. READ MARK 13:7-8 […]
Overcoming Anxiety
ZNA-204 931031AM Mk 13.7-8.2 MARK 13:7-8 PART II “OVERCOMING ANXIETY” 2. THE DEPRESSION OF ANXIETY OR THE CARES OF LIFE [MT 6:19-34] SOLUTION=FIND YOUR ULTIMATE PEACE IN THE GOD WHO PROVIDES [PHIL 4:6-8,19; I P 5:7] MATTHEW 6:25-33 I. WORRY IS ALWAYS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD v.25-26 Therefore I say unto you, Take […]
Caution Deception Ahead
ZNA-182 940227AM Mk 13.5-6 CAUTION: DECEPTION AHEAD MARK 13:5-6 The Trojan Horse The conquering of the city of Troy is one of the most famous stories of antiquity. Greek soldiers had laid siege to the city for ten years, but were unable to conquer it. In exasperation Ulysses, a brilliant strategist, decided to have a […]
Fingerprints of a False Teacher
ZNA-180 940306AM Mark 13.5-6 THE FINGERPRINTS OF A FALSE TEACHER MARK 13:5-6 On Friday late afternoon I stood with Pastor and Mrs. Huff watching the sun through the large plate glass doors and windows of the Administration building. In the clear and bright light we saw some marks on the glass. Each that could be […]
The Marks of an Apostate
ZNA-178 940313AM Beware of Counterfeits The Marks of an Apostate Mark 13:1-6 In 1888 C. H. Spurgeon said, “Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter the better”.1 Well, only 105 years later the attitude persists in […]
Broken and Poured Out
ZNA-135 941120AM MARK 14:1-11 BROKEN AND POURED OUT Part One: The Setting Mark 14:1-2 After two days was the feast of the Passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast day, […]
The Cross of Christ
ZNA-125 950108AM The Triumph of the Cross Mark 15:22-47 The Cross of Jesus Christ stands at the center of God’s redemptive Plan. Its shadow was across the steps of each day of Jesus’ life. Remember the steps that have lead to this point? Jesus has had six mock trials: 1. Trial of, before Annas 2. […]
The Passion of Christ on the Cross
950115AM ZNA-122 The Passion of Christ on the Cross Mark 15:22-47 The Cross of Jesus Christ stands at the center of God’s redemptive Plan. Read: 1 Corinthians 1:18 Galatians 2:20 Galatians 6:14 Colossians 2: 9-15 Revelations 5: 9; 13: 8 Its shadow was across the steps of each day of Jesus’ life. Our text this […]
The Triumphal Entry
ZNA-93 970323AM Palm Sunday PALM SUNDAY THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY AND EXIT MATTHEW 21 AND MARK 11 You are not an accident (You have Divine ORIGIN) You life is not meaningless (You have Divine PURPOSE) Your death will not come unexpectedly (You have Divine DESTINY) The arrival of Jesus on the 10th of Nissan in AD30 […]
Palm Sunday – God’s Appointed Day Don’t Miss the Perfect Plan of God
ZNA-32 000416AM 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 as the morning. […]
Seeing Christ in the Gospel by Mark
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, perhaps […]
Ceaseless Thanksgiving
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, a […]
How Does God Help Us Grow?
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. Do you see […]
Fruitfulness Explained
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 abiding fruitfully should […]
Growing 101
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 you seeking that […]
Who Controls You?
WWJ-67 041017AM 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 is going to dominate the attention of your mind – your agenda or God’s? […]
The Good Heart From the Inside Out
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 and to us. […]
The Good Heart Grows in Clean Soil
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 His purposes and […]
Abiding – Satisfied
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 today have one too. It is a ring. If you have anything made of gold, silver, or precious gemstones — you have that reminder also. Or […]
Abiding – Sanctified
WWJ-63 040912AM Do you feel far from joy and peace, victory and blessing? Do you hope that no one gets too close and asks you personal questions? Does your Bible feel as heavy as lead when you pick it up? Do my challenges for you to jump in to serve and speak up for Christ […]
Abiding – Crucified
WWJ-62 040822AM Today 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? Christians. A Christian is […]
Run the Race, Look to Jesus
WWJ-61 040822AM 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 Presence. The man that knew more about the Christian […]
Christ Abides in My Actions
WWJ-60 040815AM 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, watching the flow of athletes relentlessly pursuing Greek athletic glory. Each day they devotedly streamed into the Greek gymnasiums to train their minds and bodies […]
God is Faithful
WWJ-59 040808AM 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 times, discouraging times – I can testify with many of you that the greatest […]
Christ Abides in MY Attitudes
WWJ-58 040725AM 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 the new birth. We all were born bearing fruit, only it was bad fruit – that is why God saved us, He wanted to […]
Christ Abides in My Time & Treasures
WWJ-57 040718AM God has big plans for you today – if you are His child. He wants to “yield a crop” in you and in me. There are three words in Mark 4 that forever changed my attitude about what I am here on earth to do. I knew that I was saved and […]
The Good Heart Bears Fruit
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 a consecrated life, time lived under […]
The Good Heart – Lives for Jesus
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 gets lost, what they thought was pleasure […]
The Good Heart – Accepts the Word
WWJ-54 040627AM 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 of Communism and opening freedom to so many. The Iron Curtain enslaved millions largely because […]
The Good Heart
WWJ-53 040523AM 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 about to read as a warning for some (Watch out – you […]
The Crowded Heart
WWJ-52 040516AM 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, “Rocky” or The Shallow Heart, “Thorny” or The Crowded Heart, or “Good” which is the Fruitful […]
The Shallow Heart
WWJ-51 040509AM 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 Christ’s sermon about The Shallow Heart. Mark 4:5-6; 16-17. […]
The Hard Heart
WWJ-50 040425AM 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 should make us pay much closer attention to […]
Four Hearts, One Soil
WWJ-49 040418AM 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 attacked by the religious leaders (Mark 3.22-30) who said He […]
Seven Words of Hope and Life
040411AM 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 Grave are rendered powerless by Christ’s Resurrection. God […]
The 1st Palm Sunday
040404AM 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 do we […]
Is There Another Way?
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 feet one day as He taught. […]
Do You Have a Personal Relationship w/ Jesus?
WWJ-45 040307AM The most important question you will every be asked to answer is the question – “Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?” This week as I stood in line buying food to feed 60 hungry servants working at the church, the man behind the counter looked at the tax-exempt paper […]
All Sins Are Forgivable
WWJ-44 040222AM The New Testament records 37 miracles[1] 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 tremendous miracles supernaturally performed by Christ. Which one was the greatest? If you analyze them they were […]
The Unpardonable Sin
WWJ-43 040208AM 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 and think what I just said. Jesus was face to face with a group of humans. Have […]
The Gospel Explained by Peter
WWJ-42 040201AM 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 and football heroes who inspire; entertainers and authors who become heroes and inspire; political and civic heroes who […]
The Experience of Peter
WWJ-41 040125AM 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 are. “The beginning of the GOSPEL of Jesus”. This whole […]
Peter
WWJ-40 040118AM Meeting Peter the Apostle Part 27 (040118AM) Return to previous Page | Print Listen: (To download Right-click here and choose “Save As”) Purchase this single sermon on CD As we open to the Book of Mark, we open to the words of Mark capturing the experiences of Peter The Gospel by Mark is the premier book of God’s Word about […]
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
WWJ-32 000917AM If God has your mind – He has your body, If God has your mind – He has your emotions, If God has your mind – He has your appetites, If God has your mind – He has your time, If God has your mind – He has your money . . . see the point. The one […]
Celebrating Biblical Holidays
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 spiritual communion with God. […]
How to Get Ready for Sunday
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 does that sound like? The sinless life […]
How to End the Hurry In My Life
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 said “like an eagle” we […]
Enjoying a Personal Sabbath Rest
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 on the Sabbath all the […]
Our Amazingly Jewish Heritage
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 we are heading to […]
How to Slow Life Down
WWJ-26 000820AM 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; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, […]
Jesus Defines the Sabbath
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 the multitudes. […]
When Should I Hunger for God?
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. teaching us (This is an […]
How Do I Hunger for God?
WWJ-23 000806AM This produced not a detachment from earthly life or other people; rather it led to such a lacking of love for things that these early saints actually had abundant and overflowing time to love and seek and win their neighbors. Now for a moment, think of all the time we spend gathering, […]
What is Hungering for God?
WWJ-22 000730AM We are continuing our study of 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 is your Hunger for God?” or “How are you doing in the total yielding of […]
Why Should I Hunger for God?
WWJ-21 000723AM In the Old Testament we see biblical fasting is an urgent call to get serious about knowing God. In the New Testament we see biblical fasting is an ancient spiritual discipline to reschedule one’s life with God at the center instead of dining, relaxing, amusing, accumulating, advancing, securing, and a multitude of other […]
Matthew – Following Jesus
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 the time […]
The Finished Work of Christ
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 returns. In this […]
Brought to Jesus
WWJ-18 000618AM God’s Word contains 66 books, 1189 chapters, 31,175 verses, and 810,697 words—but only five of those words will determine if you are forever happy in Heaven or forever horrified in Hell. The five words that sum up all of Christ’s earthly ministry are: Your sins are forgiven you! Jesus spoke those words to […]
Touches by Jesus
WWJ-17 000611AM In this lesson we meet a leper, a walking dead man. Leprosy was the scourge of the ancient world. Nothing evoked more fear, more dread, or more revulsion than the sight of one of these walking dead. The smell of his decaying flesh declared his coming long before his tattered scraps of clothing […]
Hearing The Message of Jesus
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 the eleven together […]
How to Get Alone with God
WWJ-14 000528AM 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. He was chided, rebuked, and even scoffed at by His own family. He was […]
Capernaum – The Town of Jesus
WWJ-13 000321AM 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 to the greatest miracles ever performed is the town of Jesus. Welcome to […]
Are You Fishing For Eternal Souls?
WWJ-12 000514AM 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 the locals call it. The Sea of Galilee is an oval-shaped body of […]
Three Crosses
WWJ-11 000423AM Three Crosses stood upon Calvary 2,000 years ago. Those three crosses speak of two destinies, of three men and in what condition they died. Today you and I are just like one of those crosses. Because those three Crosses portray you and me. Those three crosses portray all that is important today, in […]
God’s Appointed Day
WWJ-10 000416AM 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 as the morning. And now he could see and was he ever sure how he regained his sight. And […]
The Message of Jesus Christ
WWJ-09 000326PM As believers, 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 word from Mark 1. But before that, think of the wonderful change that the message of Jesus has brought. What a […]
The Temptation of Jesus
WWJ-08 000319PM 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. And against the bleak panorama of the Judean Wilderness we see […]
The Baptism of Jesus
WWJ-07 000312PM 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. By comparing the four gospel accounts we find there are 52 “days” chronicled in the […]
Baptism – John’s and Christ’s
WWJ-06 000305PM 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 W of the Dead Sea—an utterly barren desert. This area was known as the realm […]
Meet John The Baptist
WWJ-05 000227PM Today, 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. Abel pointed to God from the altar outside Eden, and is one of the great saints by faith, but not the greatest. Enoch pointed to […]
Who was Mark?
WWJ-04 000213PM 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 lay before us. First, MARK’S GOSPEL IS EXCITING. Why? Because it is the apostle Peter […]
How to Find Treasure in the Word
WWJ-03 000130PM 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 dramatic, vivid, full of color action packed video that takes […]
Mining for Gold in the Gospels
WWJ-02 000116PM 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 Tut’s tomb to the fabled lost gold of […]
Seeing Jesus in Mark
WWJ-01 000102PM 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 of Mark, and under the flawless breath of God’s […]
The Calvary Road
040314PM WOTB-15 The Calvary Road WTB-15 The Calvary Road TITLE SLIDE: The Calvary Road Tonight we follow the Road to Calvary. The journey that Jesus took from Pilate’s Palace, to the Pavement or Gabbatha in the Fortress of Antonio to Golgotha – was for the sin of the world. Jesus offered Himself there on […]
Gethsemane
031102PM The World of the Bible-05 Gethsemane WTB-05 THE WORLD OF THE BIBLE: GETHSEMANE Matthew 26.36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. Mark 14:32 Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He […]
Decapolis – Power of One Life
031026PM WOTB-4 Decapolis WTB-04 The Power of One Life Mark 5 Probably my favorite spot in the Holy Land is a tiny archaeological ruin called Kursi. It is the spot where I always remember that no matter how weak I am, how little it seems I ever get done—its not about me but the power […]
How to END Hurry in My Life
000903AM WFF-48 Sabbath Thieves-5 RESTING IN GOD SERIES: SABBATH THIEVES Mark 2:23 – 28 This message is one chapter of the book The Joy of a Word Filled Family available in audio and print form free online at www.dtbm.org as well as on Amazon. Waiting on God is a massive theme in God’s Word. A […]
Jesus Defines the Sabbath
WFF-44 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 the multitudes. Jesus […]
Godly Women and Mothers
930516AM WFF-08 GDGW-8 Growing Dads God’s Way-08 FAMILY SERIES: WOMEN MARK 14:3-10 Godly Women and Moms OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO MARK 14:3-10 Its just a day before the end of Christ’s earthly ministry. On this night before that long last supper/betrayal night, one of the most touching scenes from the ministry of Christ occurs. A […]
The Good Heart Bears Fruit
TAB-25 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 a consecrated life, time lived under […]
The Good Heart Accepts the Word
TAB-23 040627AM Open with me to Mark 4:20 where Jesus explains that the Good Heart – Accepts the Word. 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 […]
How to End the Hurry
RH-05 000903AM Mark-29 2.23-28 Sabbath Thieves-5 RESTING IN GOD SERIES: SABBATH THIEVES Mark 2:23 – 28 This message is one chapter of the book The Joy of a Word Filled Family available in audio and print form free online at www.dtbm.org as well as on Amazon. Waiting on God is a massive theme in God’s […]
Enjoying a Personal Sabbath Rest
RIG-04 000827AM Mark-28 2.23-3.6 Sabbath Blessings-4 RESTING IN GOD SERIES: SABBATH BLESSINGS Mark 2:23 – 28 Can you imagine how exasperating it was to camp in tents for 40 years, and to camp in the Wilderness of Sinai 3,500 years ago, and to camp living around perhaps as many as three million plus Israelite also […]
Jesus Defines the Sabbath
RIG-01 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 the multitudes. Jesus is […]
Countdown to the Cross – Christ’s Final Week of Ministry
ORS-28 110417AM Palm Mk 11 The Countdown to the Cross: Christ’s Final Week of Ministry Mark 11 Today is Palm Sunday, which has always marked the countdown to the Cross and to the Empty Tomb, which are the greatest days in the history of the Universe. As we open to Mark 11, my desire is […]
Christ Died According to the Scriptures
ORS-08 040404AM Palm Sunday The 1stPalm 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 do we celebrate […]
Christ Abides in My Time & Treasures
NR7-36 040718AM God has big plans for you this morning – if you are His child. He wants to “yield a crop” in you and in me. There are three words in Mark 4 that forever changed my attitude about what I am here on earth to do. I knew that I was saved and […]
The Good Hearts Bears Fruit
NR7-35 040711AM God has a big plan for you and me; He wants us to make something out of our time. Time, like electricity, flows around us and remains unseen and useless — unless it is captured and harnessed into usefulness. What does God call time in our lives that is harnessed and used and […]
The Good Heart Lives for Jesus
NR7-34 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 gets lost, what they thought was pleasure […]
The Good Heart
NR7-32 040523AM 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 about to read as a warning for some (Watch out – you […]
The Crowded Heart
NR7-31 040516AM 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, “Rocky” or The Shallow Heart, “Thorny” or The Crowded Heart, or “Good” which is the Fruitful […]
Is There Another Way to God–through Mary?
NR7-26 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 feet one day as He taught. […]
Jesus Explains the Gospel
010401AM NR6-44 Mark-50 Masters Message in Luke-10 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE IN LUKE-9 FAITH THAT SAVES IS HUMBLE AND SUBMITTING We come now to the close of our survey of Luke. In these past weeks since Christmas we have seen that Jesus shares the Good News of salvation 23 times, each unique and yet each with […]
Are You In?
010311AM NR6-43 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 that is […]
The Good Heart Bears Fruit
040711AM NR6-42 Mark -56 The Good Heart Bears Fruit For Jesus The Good Life – Bears Fruit Mark 4:8 & 20 God has a big plan for you and me; He wants us to make something out of our time. Time like electricity flows around us and remains unseen and useless — unless it is […]
The Good Heart Lives for Jesus
040704AM NR6-41 Mark -55 The Good Heart Lives For Jesus The Good Life – Accepts the Word Mark 4:8 & 20 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 […]
The Good Heart Accepts the Word
040627AM NR6-40 Mark -54 The Good Heart Accepts The Word The Good Heart – Accepts the Word Mark 4.1-20 Open with me to Mark 4.20 where Jesus explains that the Good Heart – Accepts the Word. With the death and burial of our 40th President there has been a national resurrection of discussions about the […]
Four Hearts–One Soil
NR6-39 GHS-6_Four Hearts – One Soil 040418AM One Soil and Four Hearts! 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 […]
Do You Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus?
NR6-37 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 personal relationship with Jesus Christ?” […]
Christ’s Finished Work
000618PM NR6-34 Mark-19 Forgiveness COMMUNION DECLARES CHRIST’S FINISHED WORK MARK 14:24 Communion declares Christ’s finished work! Jesus has reached the last evening He will share with His beloved Disciples, His plan is to celebrate Passover and transform it into a special memorial to the FINISHED WORK of His death. Communion is for His church to […]
The Message of Jesus
000326PM NR6-31 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 word from Mark 1. But […]
The Gospel Explained by Peter
NR6-29 040201AM 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 and football heroes who inspire; entertainers and authors who become heroes and inspire; political and civic heroes […]
The Experience of Peter
NR6-28 040125AM Remember what we learned about Peter last week? No one ever followed Jesus more closely than Peter. No one ever listened to Jesus more intently than Peter. No one ever knew Jesus better than Peter. And – No one ever wanted to imitate Jesus more completely than Peter. Peter’s life is synonymous with […]
How to Escape the Fires of Hell
010114AM NR6-25 Mark-45 Masters Message in Luke-5 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE SERIES LUKE-5 HOW TO ESCAPE ETERNAL HELL Of all the various type of disasters that befall us as humans, one of the more feared situations is to be trapped in a burning building. Over the past few years there have been several tragic scenes of […]
Hearing Christ’s Voice
010107AM NR6-24 Mark-44 Masters Message in Luke-4 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE SERIES LUKE-4 HEARING CHRIST’S VOICE This morning the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the most wonderful message ever conceived, and the most powerful formula ever devised. What do I mean? Well when someone hears and believes God’s Word their life is revolutionized. What can the […]
Abiding Crucified
040829AM NR6-22 Mark -62 Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Abiding Crucified 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 […]
Mary and the Rosary-Is There Another Way?
040314AM NR6-03 MARK 41.46 IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO GOD Is there Another Way to God? Mark 3:31-35 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 […]
Decapolis – Power of One Life
NR2-33 031026PM WOTB-4 Decapolis The Power of One Life Mark 5 Probably my favorite spot in the Holy Land is a tiny archaeological ruin called Kursi. It is the spot where I always remember that no matter how weak I am, how little it seems I ever get done—its not about me but the power […]
How to End the Hurry
000903AM NR1-37 Mark-29 2.23-28 Sabbath Thieves-5 RESTING IN GOD SERIES: SABBATH THIEVES Mark 2:23 – 28 This message is one chapter of the book The Joy of a Word Filled Family available in audio and print form free online at www.dtbm.org as well as on Amazon. Waiting on God is a massive theme in God’s […]
Enjoying a Personal Sabbath Rest
000827AM NR1-36 Mark-28 2.23-3.6 Sabbath Blessings-4 RESTING IN GOD SERIES: SABBATH BLESSINGS Mark 2:23 – 28 Can you imagine how exasperating it was to camp in tents for 40 years, and to camp in the Wilderness of Sinai 3,500 years ago, and to camp living around perhaps as many as three million plus Israelite also […]
Jesus Defines the Sabbath
000820AM NR1-33 Mark-26 2.23-3.6 Sabbath Promises-2 RESTING IN GOD SERIES: SABBATH PROMISES Isaiah 58:13-14 HOW TO SLOW DOWN AND REST IN THE LORD Jesus lived the perfect life, accomplished more than any human ever did, and yet Jesus was never in a HURRY! He was Purposed but never PUSHED. He was focused but never Frantic. […]
How Should I Hunger for God?
000806AM NR1-31 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 from earthly life or other people, rather it […]
What is Hungering for God?
000730AM NR1-30 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 is your Hunger for […]
Why Should I Hunger for God?
000723AM NR1-29 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 thrown out each day that […]
Brought to Jesus
000618AM NR1-26 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 those words […]
Touched by Jesus
000611AM NR1-25 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 dead […]
Alone with God
000528AM NR1-22 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. He […]
Capernaum – The Town of Jesus
000521AM NR1-21 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 to […]
Are You Fishing?
000514AM NR1-20 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 the […]
Three Crosses
000423AM NR1-19 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 and […]
God’s Appointed Day
000416AM NR1-18 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 as the morning. […]
NR1-17 – The Message of Jesus-1
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 word from Mark 1. But before […]
The Temptation of Jesus
000319PM NR1-16 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. And […]
The Baptism of Jesus
000312PM NR1-15 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. By […]
Baptism – John’s and Christ’s
000305AM NR1-14 Mark-6 TAPE # 6 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES “BAPTISM: JOHN’S AND CHRIST’S” MARK 1:4-8 Tonight 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 W […]
John the Baptist
000227PM NR1-13 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, and […]
Who was Mark?
000213PM NR1-12 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 lay before […]
How To Find Treasure in the Word
000130PM NR1-11 Mark-3 TAPE # 3 MINING FOR GOLD IN THE GOSPEL BY MARK Marks 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 […]
Mining For Gold
000116PM NR1-10 Mark-2 MINING FOR GOLD IN THE GOSPELS This evening 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
000102PM NR1-09 Mark-1 TAPE # 1 WALKING WITH JESUS THROUGH THE GOSPEL BY MARK Tonight we begin an incredible new study in Y2K. You hold this evening in your hands: The ONLY Book for EVERY person in ANY situation for ALL of Life! We start this evening on a year-long time of WALKING WITH JESUS. […]
Growing Mark
MMG-39 041107AM What does God the Father want from each of us believers this morning? Lifelong 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 abiding fruitfully should […]
Christ Abides in My Time & Treasures
MMG-30 040718AM God has big plans for you this morning – if you are His child. He wants to “yield a crop” in you and in me. There are three words in Mark 4 that forever changed my attitude about what I am here on earth to do. I knew that I was saved and […]
The Crowded Heart
MMG-25 040516AM 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, “Rocky” or The Shallow Heart, “Thorny” or The Crowded Heart, or “Good” which is the Fruitful […]
The Hard Heart
MMG-21 040425AM This morning 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 should make us pay much closer attention to our […]
Four Hearts- One Soil
MMG-20 040418AM 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 attacked by the religious leaders (Mark 3.22-30) who said He […]
Is There Another Way to God–through Mary?
MMG-19 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 feet one day as He taught. […]
The Gospel Presentations in Acts
MMG-01 000604AM 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 you ever wondered how Jesus led someone to salvation? We have the records of Nicodemus, the woman […]
The Good Heart Bears Fruit
KGD-36 040711AM Mark -56 The Good Heart Bears Fruit For Jesus The Good Life – Bears Fruit Mark 4.8 & 20 God has a big plan for you and me; He wants us to make something out of our time. Time like electricity flows around us and remains unseen and useless — unless it is […]
The Crowded Heart
KGD-34 GHS-09_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, “Rocky” or The Shallow Heart, “Thorny” […]
Seeing Christ in the Gospel by Mark
KGD-18 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, perhaps the […]
Hearing Christ’s Voice
KGD-16 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 you ever wondered how Jesus […]
The Good Heart Lives for Jesus
KGD-04 040704AM Good Hearts Accept the Word: Part II The Good Life Accepts the Word: Mark 4:8, 20 Are you living the “good life” today? 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 […]
He Must Increase
070311PM GNB-08 Mark 1 Jesus, Humility, and The Greatest Man who Ever Lived.doc The Gospel of the New Beginning Lessons in Humility from John the Baptist Mark 1:1-8; Matthew 11:11 This morning I invited you to consider Jesus, humility—and the greatest man who ever lived up until Christ. The supreme lesson of John the Baptist’s […]
Humility, Jesus, and the Greatest Man Who Ever Lived
GNB-07 070311AM Mark 1 Jesus, Humility, and The Greatest Man who Ever Lived .doc The Gospel of the New Beginning Jesus, Humility, and the Greatest Man who Ever Lived—John the Baptist Mark 1:1-8; Matthew 11:11 Are You HUMBLE? We have been studying the Gospel by Mark now for several weeks. First we saw the human […]
Peter’s Gospel of Changed Lives
GNB-04 070212PM Peter’s Life of New Beginnings .doc The Gospel of the New Beginning Peter’s Life of New Beginnings Mark 14:66-72 Lessons Peter Forgot that We Must Never Forget Peter who fell into temptation and in fear for his own well being denied the Lord of Glory, Jesus Christ his Savior—was so completely restored and […]
Lessons Peter Forgot That We Must Never Forget
GNB-03 070212AM Peter’s Life of New Beginnings .doc The Gospel of the New Beginning Peter’s Life of New Beginnings Mark 14:66-72 Lessons Peter Forgot that We Must Not Forget The Gospel by Mark ends with a reminder of what Jesus left us to do for him here on earth. His parting request is known as […]
The Gospel of the New Beginning by Peter
GNB-02 070128AM The Gospel by Peter through Mark .doc The Gospel of the New Beginning By Peter An Introduction to the Gospel of Mark through Peter I invite you to open your Bible to the second book of the New Testament, that second Gospel called _____. “Mark” is what this book has been called it […]
Mark and the God of The Second Chance
GNB-01 70121AM Mark and the God of New Beginnings .doc THE GOSPEL BY MARK MARK: THE GOSPEL OF NEW BEGINNINGS MARK SERIES – PART 72 I can’t think of anything more wonderful for us this morning than to be— • starting this brand new year together, and • celebrating the New Covenant promises of a […]
Who Controls You?
GHS-24 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 is going to […]
Abides Satisfied
GHS-21 040919AM Mark -64 Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Abiding Satisfied 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 […]
Abides Sanctified
GHS-20 040912am Mark -63 Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Abiding Sanctified 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 […]
Abides Crucified
GHS-19 040829AM Mark -62 Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Abiding Crucified 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 […]
Run the Race, Look to Jesus
GHS-18 040822AM Mark-60 Fruitfulness Explained-3 Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Run the Race, Look to Jesus This morning 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 […]
Christ Abides in My Actions
GHS-17 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, watching the flow of athletes […]
Christ Abides in My Attitudes
GHS-15 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 the new birth. We […]
Christ Abides in My Time & Treasures
GHS-14 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” in you and in me. […]
The Good Heart Bears Fruit
GHS-13 040711AM Mark -56 The Good Heart Bears Fruit For Jesus The Good Life – Bears Fruit Mark 4.8 & 20 God has a big plan for you and me; He wants us to make something out of our time. Time like electricity flows around us and remains unseen and useless — unless it is […]
The Good Heart Accepts the Word
GHS-11 The Good Heart Accepts The Word 040627AM The Good Heart – Accepts the Word Mark 4:20 Open with me to Mark 4.20 where Jesus explains that the Good Heart – Accepts the Word. With the death and burial of our 40th President there has been a national resurrection of discussions about the greatness of […]
The Good Heart
GHS-10 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 about to read as […]
The Crowded Heart
GHS-09 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, “Rocky” or The Shallow Heart, “Thorny” […]
The Shallow Heart
GHS-08 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 Christ’s sermon about The […]
Do You Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus?
GHS-05 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 personal relationship with Jesus Christ?” […]
All Sins are Forgivable
GHS-04 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 tremendous miracles supernaturally performed […]
The Unpardonable Sin
GHS-03 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 and think what I […]
Lessons in Humility From John the Baptist
EBG-29 070311PM I invite you to consider Jesus, humility—and the greatest man who ever lived up until Christ. The supreme lesson of John the Baptist’s life is humility. And there can be no more vital message that we all need to hear than that God HATES pride. God uses John because he was willing to […]
Jesus, Humility, and John the Baptist – the Greatest Man
EBG-28 070311AM Are You HUMBLE? We have been studying the Gospel by Mark now for several weeks. First we saw the human author that captured the words onto paper was Mark. Then we saw the man behind those words, the eyewitness to Christ’s life and ministry, Peter. Now we come to the first mentioned character […]
Lessons Peter Forgot That We Must NEVER Forget
070212PM EBG-25 Peter’s Life of New Beginnings .doc The Gospel of the New Beginning Peter’s Life of New Beginnings Mark 14:66-72 Lessons Peter Forgot that We Must Never Forget Peter who fell into temptation and in fear for his own well being denied the Lord of Glory, Jesus Christ his Savior—was so completely restored and […]
Lessons Peter Forgot That We Must Never Forget
EBG-24 070211AM Peter who fell into temptation and in fear for his own well being denied the Lord of Glory, Jesus Christ his Savior—was so completely restored and given a new beginning, that he stood up in front of thousands of people (many of them witnesses of his own denial and fall) and charged them with […]
An Introduction to the Gospel of Mark through Peter
EBG-23 070128AM I invite you to open your Bible to the second book of the New Testament, that second Gospel called Mark. “Mark” is what this book has been called through the centuries. The Gospel by Mark records of the impact of Christ’s Gospel of the New Beginning. Last time we saw the impact of the Gospel […]
Mark and the God of New Beginnings
EBG-22 070121AM I can’t think of anything more wonderful for us than to be— starting this brand new year together, and celebrating the New Covenant promises of a new heart and a new spirit within us through this communion, and worshiping our God of New Beginnings. You may have had a horrible past year or an […]
Who Was Peter?
An Interview with Peter on the RCC Part 6 (920119AM) BIO-04 Mark 8:27 – 33 We saw last week the necessity of listening to Peter. He was monumental as the chief of the apostles. He confesses Christ in this passage, in stark contrast to the world around him! V. 27 We saw the contrast — […]
Resting Our Weary Minds
000917AM Mark-32 2.23-28 Sabbath Rest-8 RESTING IN GOD SERIES: SABBATH rest Mark 2:23 – 28 The Spiritual Dangers of Internet Surfing, Movies and Television DWM-35 This message is one chapter of the book The Joy of a Word Filled Family available in audio and print form free online at www.dtbm.org as well as on […]
What Does God Say about over-Indulgers and under-Enjoyers? – Part One
Q&A-41 130728PM What does God say about Over-indulgers & Under-enjoyers? Ecclesiastes 5; Mark 10 & 1 Timothy 6 Q&A What does God say about over-indulgers & under-enjoyers? Deny self & live abundantly. No one obscure part of God’s Word ever will negate the clear and powerful passages. God has already clearly said that He desires […]
Who He Was – Discovering Who Jesus Christ Really Was in the Gospel of Mark
Few things fire imaginations like ancient Egypt’s fabled buried treasures, golden tombs and King Tut. That’s why this week the world of ancient history and archaeology was stunned by what is hailed as the greatest discovery of the century. Archaeologists have found two hidden passageways, off the fabled tomb of King Tut.
A Jet Tour Through Christ’s Life in the Gospels
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 those words to a desperate man nearly 2,000 years ago. Do you know them? Have you experienced them? Have these words mapped out your life and taken the Hell out of your future?
Fasting – Hungering For God, Longing For Christ, Denying Our Flesh & Experiencing God’s Grace
As we open to Mark 2:18-22 we are examining the Biblical topic of:
Fasting: Hungering for God, Longing for Christ, Denying Our Flesh & Experiencing God’s Grace.
This is our study because we all need to ask ourselves an honest question. By doing a personal inventory we can see whether we are paddling against the current of our culture or just floating along with the flow of everyone around us in life.
What’s the question? Simply this:
How’s Your Hunger For God Today?