ESH-17 140601AM Short Clip God’s Word teaches us a doctrine called “believer’s baptism” which means that: God has only designed baptism to be applied to believers. Believer’s Baptism started when Jesus Christ said that the way that people were to declare God’s ownership of their lives after they were saved, was when they were baptized […]
ESH-34 141207AM Short Clip We are studying what it means to walk through life in step with the Spirit of God. There is nothing complicated about life as a believer, it is just staying under the direction & control of the Spirit. When we do so we can live the most amazing life possible, the […]
ESH-33 141130AM Short Clip We are looking one-by-one at the Spiritual Living Lessons that new believers need to have personally taught to them by older believers. Saved: We have seen salvation as portrayed across the pages of Acts by those early Apostles & disciples. Scripture-Fed: Then we examined the Scriptures and the link between salvation […]
FTGC-33c 000604PM 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 […]
WFL-11 030316AM And if you read Hebrews carefully — Jesus is still praying. That is an awfully great emphasis on prayer if we stop to notice it! Jesus prayed no matter what was ahead or behind Him. He lived in a whirlwind of activity. He was constantly eating, walking, talking, and sleeping with twelve […]
FTGC-00c 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 Pharaonic Egypt, in King Tut’s tomb to the fabled lost gold of […]
ROK-31a 210102AM Short Clip Satan is Dangerous. Look at what the New Testament has already warned us about Satan’s activities: SATAN MULTIPLIES EVIL DOERS: Matthew 13:25, 38-39 “but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 38 “The field is the World, the good seeds are the […]
ROK-31d 210103AM Short Clip Satan is Dangerous–SATAN’S WORK TODAY–MULTIPLYING FAKE CHRISTIANS! Look at what the New Testament has already warned us about Satan’s activities: SATAN MULTIPLIES EVIL DOERS: Matthew 13:25, 38-39 “but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 38 “The field is the World, […]
America’s Future Q&A-101a 210108PM Short Clip What does God say is along the road for every one of us alive today in America? He has explained what the End of days Church looks like in Revelation. Have you pondered what that means for YOU? Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, […]
ESH-15 140511AM Have you ever wondered how people in the Bible shared the Gospel, and did evangelism way back then? Last week we looked at our Discipline of Discipleship and saw that we have the very same Gospel, the very same Mission, and the very same power source of the Spirit of God. This week […]
ESH-17 140601AM Short Clip God’s Word teaches us a doctrine called “believer’s baptism” which means that: God has only designed baptism to be applied to believers. Believer’s Baptism started when Jesus Christ said that the way that people were to declare God’s ownership of their lives after they were saved, was when they were baptized […]
ESH-33 141130AM We are looking one-by-one at the Spiritual Living Lessons that new believers need to have personally taught to them by older believers. Saved: We have seen salvation as portrayed across the pages of Acts by those early Apostles & disciples. Scripture-Fed: Then we examined the Scriptures and the link between salvation through the […]
ESH-34 141207AM We are studying what it means to walk through life in step with the Spirit of God. There is nothing complicated about life as a believer, it is just staying under the direction & control of the Spirit. When we do so we can live the most amazing life possible, the life God […]
EBP-07e Money, Possessions, & Eternity – How God Measures Our Character By Our Money Usage 201019PM Short Clip Contentment Must Become a Learned Way of Life How do we learn to be content and then model and teach contentment to our families? One of the best ways to start is to do a study of […]
MOI-28 900408AM In fact, in all the Gospels as soon as the dust has settled from the Palm branch strewn road to Jerusalem, Christ is talking about things to come. Note what Matthew records: 1. Matthew 21:41 They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease [his] vineyard to other […]
MOI-21 990404PM So what’s the bottom line? There are seven years of history left for Israel to complete in God’s program. It’s a time like never before – demonic creatures ravage the earth; one-half of the population is horribly murdered; the earth is a wasteland; mankind fiercely fights against God and tries one last […]
ORS-13 040822PM CHRIST’S BURIAL WAS COSTLY: It cost Joseph and Nicodemus — They gave their time to Jesus. • They learned about Jesus. Probably in their studies together during the many months following Nicodemus’ first meeting with Jesus, the two friends spent much time in the 53rd chapter of Isaiah. There especially was the sacrificial […]
ORS-03 980412AM The heart of the Gospel is the Risen Christ. The key to Revelation is the Unveiled Jesus. Meet in Revelation 1:9-18 the gloriously unveiled Risen Jesus in all His glory. But first, let’s start with the Tomb. THE TOMB -IS EMPTY This morning I checked on a few remote cemeteries and […]
ORS-08 040404PM Short Clip The Passion 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 that Cross as the Lamb of God. […]
ORS-06 050327PM Short Clip What did John see? Pencil these in your mind, mark them in your Bibles. He saw Jesus and tells us of it. 1. Christ’s Risen and Glorified: Humanity v. 13a “like a Son of Man”. So He can truly have compassion upon us. 2. Christ’s Risen and Glorified: Priesthood v. 13b-14b […]
From EBP-07d Money, Possessions, & Eternity – How God Measures Our Character By Our Money Usage 201019PM Short Clip Contentment Must Become a Learned Way of Life How do we learn to be content and then model and teach contentment to our families? One of the best ways to start is to do a study […]
Short Clips CLW-24 111009AM THE RAPTURE (HARPADZO)–DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE END? Jesus taught such a comforting, hope-filled message of His return to rescue His Church before the Tribulation, that His disciples went everywhere teaching this same truth. When Paul had only a month in a pagan city where […]
BYT-44 090329AM Understanding How Jesus Used God’s Word. If we look closely at the recorded words of Jesus, and especially in the 1 in every 10 that are quotations from the Old Testament, we can see that the Bible was Christ’s Book that He constantly relied upon. Jesus built His life and ministry upon […]
ORS-28 110417AM Palm Sunday also marks the start of Passion Week, recording the days of Christ’s final earthly ministry before the Cross. The Four Gospels record Christ’s life in 89 chapters, His Final Week fills more than 1/3rd of the chapters of the Gospels: from Matthew 21 on, Mark 11 on, Luke 19 on, and […]
ORS-35 160320AM WHO HE WAS: DISCOVERING WHO JESUS CHRIST REALLY IS THE GOSPEL BY 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 […]
ORS-2016c Christ’s Omniscience: Jesus Can See Me Today Do you remember how the Gospels picture Christ’s ministry to His disciples when He was on earth? He always knew where His disciples were and what they needed. There is a spot, often referred to in the 4 Gospels as “the mountain”. It was the spot Jesus […]
KGD-18 XAS-30 980225WE Outline: The Birth and Preparation of Servant Jesus 1:1 – 13; Servant Jesus Speaks and Serves 1:14 – 13:37; Servant Jesus Suffers and Triumphs in Passion Week 14:1 – 16:20. In a gospel written from Peter’s words to the fast paced Roman Empire, Jesus is constantly in action! Mark, […]
Christ’s Life Gospels Pt2 JET-02 150215PM A Jet Tour Through Christ’s Life in the Gospels – Part 2
Christ’s Life Gospels Pt3 JET-03 150315PM A Jet Tour Through Christ’s Life in the Gospels – Part 3 God’s Word is full of many truths—each of which has countless applications in the lives of believers—but the supreme message God has delivered is that sinful people can be completely cleansed and securely kept in eternal fellowship with […]
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?
ZNA-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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
GHS-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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 has […]
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 […]
DWM-33 NR1-36 NR7-18 RIG-04 WFF-47 WWJ-28 000827AM Just to feed three million people would take 1300 railroad 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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NR2-34 WTB-05 031102PM 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 said to His disciples, “Sit […]
NR2-33 WTB-04 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 […]
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 […]
An Interview with Peter on the RCC Mark 8:27 Part 6 BIO-04 NR6-06 920119AM V. 27 We saw the contrast — it was a pagan cultic shrine area Christ chose to be revealed, where cries of Caesar is Lord rang. Jesus Christ was proclaimed to be God in human flesh. V. 28 introduced us to the confusion that […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
GNB-03 070211AM 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
EBG-29 GNB-08 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 […]
EBG-28 GNB-07 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 […]
070211PM EBG-25 GNB-04 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 […]
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 […]
EBG-23 GNB-02 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 […]
EBG-22 GCM-38 GNB-01 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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?
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