Discover The Book MinistriesKGD-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, […]
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?
Judas the Apostate
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 […]
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 […]
Run the Race, Look to Jesus
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 […]
The Good Heart Bears Fruit
GHS-13 KGD-36 MMG-29 NR6-42 NR7-35 TAB-25 WWJ-56 040711AM What does God call time in our lives that is harnessed and used and deposited before Him in Heaven? FRUIT. Look at Mark 4.8 and 20. Fruit is what is produced by my life that will last forever – prayers from a clean heart, worship from […]
The Good Heart – Lives for Jesus
GHS-12 KGD-04 MMG-28 NR6-41 NR7-34 TAB-24 WWJ-55 040704AM Are you living the “good life” this morning? For many that idea of the “good life” would evoke financial security, great health, abundant pleasures, and constant freedoms. But sadly most of those pursuing that “good life” never find it, what they thought was lasting fades, what they thought was secure […]
The Good Heart – Accepts the Word
GHS-11 KGD-03 MMG-27 NR6-40 NR7-33 TAB-23 WWJ-54 040627AM The Good Heart – Accepts the Word Mark 4:20 With the death and burial of our 40th President there has been a national resurrection of discussions about the greatness of Ronald Regan’s life. Perhaps the single greatest event he is remembered for is breaking down the walls […]
Four Hearts, One Soil
GHS-06 KGD-31 MMG-20 NR6-39 NR7-28 WWJ-49 040418AM Four Hearts – One Soil Its been a long day. Jesus started the day teaching inside a home (Mark 3.20-21) and was approached by His own family who tried to “arrest” Him and drag Him back to Nazareth so they could ‘take care of Him’. Then He was […]
Seven Words of Hope and Life
040411AM MMG-41 NR6-38 NR7-27 TAB-22 WWJ-48 Mark -48 Easter Seven Word of Hope and Life SEVEN WONDERFUL WORDS OF HOPE AND LIFE Jesus lives. The Tomb is empty. Death is defeated. The Grave is opened. God is in control. His Word is true. The Devil is destroyed. Death, Hell, and the […]
The 1st Palm Sunday
040404AM ORS-08 WWJ-47 Palm Sunday The 1st Palm Sunday Mark 11.1-11 This morning we celebrate Palm Sunday. What is Palm Sunday? We all know that – it is one of the most recognized and celebrated Biblical events. After Christmas and Easter (Resurrection Sunday) it is the number three best known Biblical event. So why […]
Is There Another Way to God?
MMG-19 NR6-03 NR7-26 WWJ-46 040314AM There are really two ultimate questions in life. 1st – “Do you have a personal relationship with God?” And once you answer that, 2nd – “Is there another way to God?” We are in the Gospel by Mark 3.31-35. Jesus stops and looks around at those seated at His […]
No Failures are Permanent
WWJ-39 001029AM What Can God do with Failures? Part 39 (040111AM) Return to previous Page | Print Listen: (To download Right-click here and choose “Save As”) Purchase this single sermon on CD “What can God do with me if I have fail Privacy Policy | Contact Us | We Believe | About Us | Support DTBM SEARCH: go HOME BROADCAST PODCASTS VIDEOS SERMONS SERMON SERIES PDF LIBRARY SHOP HOLY […]
Meet The Master’s Men – LOYAL
WWJ-34 001022AM The Master’s Men: LOYAL Part 34 (001022 AM ) Return to previous Page | Print Listen: (To download Rig Privacy Policy | Contact Us | We Believe | About Us | Support DTBM SEARCH: go HOME BROADCAST PODCASTS VIDEOS SERMONS SERMON SERIES PDF LIBRARY SHOP HOLY LAND TRIPS John’s Schedule Subscribe to Living Hope daily devotionals Check out our daily Living Hope devotional message in both print and […]
Meet Mark the Failure
WWJ-33 001001AM Mark the Failure Part 33 (001001 AM ) Return to previous Page | Print Listen: (To download Right-click here and choose “Save As”) Purchase this single sermon on CD This morning as we open our Bibles there is a name linked to the book we are studying. We are in the Gospel by ____ – RIGHT, Mark! For as long as […]
Resting Our Weary Minds
DWM-35 NR1-40 NR7-22 RIG-08 WFF-51 WWJ-32 000917AM As you open to our exposition of Colossians 3:1-17 this morning, may I make one thing perfectly clear: God wants your mind. More than anything else God wants to have the control of your mind. If God has your mind – He has your body, If God has your mind – He […]
How to End the Hurry In My Life
NR1-37 NR7-19 RIG-05 DWM-34 WFF-48 WWJ-29 000903AM The Holy Spirit chose eight different Hebrew[1] words to paint the picture of the God who seeks us to come silently before Him and to listen to Him through His Word. A personal Sabbath feeds our patience, strengthens our obedience, focuses our spirit and renews our strength as Isaiah […]
Enjoying a Personal Sabbath Rest
DWM-33 NR1-36 NR7-18 RIG-04 WFF-47 WWJ-28 000827AM Just to feed three million people would take 1300 rail road box cars of food each day, or a daily train 9 1/2 miles long! Can you imagine the deafening buzz of all those people talking, walking, bartering, gathering, cooking, cleaning and caring for their campsites? But […]
How to Slow Life Down
DWM-32 NR1-34 NR7-16 RIG-02 WFF-45 WWJ-26 000820AM Isaiah 58:13-14 Did you notice this morning the pace of your life as you came here to worship God? Perhaps[1] we all need to slow down and reflect on the following… The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; […]
Jesus Defines the Sabbath
NR7-15 RIG-01 WFF-44 WWJ-25 000813AM Jesus is seen transparently in the Gospel by Mark. In the pages of this book we are treated to Jesus weary, Jesus grieved, Jesus sorrowing; in other words we are repeatedly brought face to face with the human emotions of Jesus. And we are witnesses to the astonishment of […]
How to Find Treasure in the Word
NR1-11 WWJ-03 000130PM MINING FOR GOLD IN THE GOSPEL BY MARK Mark’s gospel is the apostle Peter recounting the greatest story ever told. If you will let him, Mark will let you see, feel and experience what it was like to have God in a body, right here on earth. Marks gospel is a […]
Mining for Gold in the Gospels
NR1-10 WWJ-02 000116PM MINING FOR GOLD IN THE GOSPELS Today I would like to go on a treasure hunt with all of you. Most of us have at one time or another read or heard about some of the great treasure finds of history. From the golden treasures of Ancient Pharahonic Egypt, in King […]
Seeing Jesus in Mark
NR1-09 WWJ-01 000102PM WALKING WITH JESUS THROUGH THE GOSPEL BY MARK Today, we begin an incredible new study. You hold today in your hands: The ONLY Book for EVERY person in ANY situation for ALL of Life! We are starting a year-long time of WALKING WITH JESUS. Through the eyes of Peter, from the pen […]
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
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 […]
Decapolis – Power of One Life
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 […]
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 […]
Who Was Peter?
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 […]
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 HFG-00-03 NR1-31 NR7-13 WFF-42 WWJ-23 Mark-23 Hungering for God-Finale 2.20-22 MARK 2:20-22 HOW TO HUNGER FOR GOD One of the key attitudes we find displayed by the 1st Century editions of God’s saints is that they considered themselves exiles on earth, and citizens of Heaven. This produced not a detachment […]
What is Hungering for God?
000730AM HFG-00-02 NR1-30 NR7-12 WFF-41 WWJ-22 Mark-21 Hungering for God-2 2.18-22 MARK 2:18-22 WHAT IS HUNGERING FOR GOD? This morning we are continuing our study a fascinating area of God’s Word—BIBLICAL FASTING. To best understand fasting in God’s Word we may need another way to describe Biblical Fasting, and that would be to ask: “How […]
Why Should I Hunger for God?
000723AM HFG-00-01 NR1-29 NR7-11 WFF-40 WWJ-21 Mark-21 Hungering for God 2.18-22 MARK 2:18-22 WHY HUNGER FOR GOD? This morning we are going to study a fascinating area of God’s Word – BIBLICAL FASTING. How is your appetite this morning? I’m not referring to the consumptive society in which we live where more food is […]
Brought to Jesus
000618AM NR1-26 WWJ-18 Mark-18 Taking a Friend to Jesus 2.1-12 MARK 2:1-12 WHO ARE YOU BRINGING TO JESUS? There are 66 books, 1189 chapters, 31,175 verses and 810,697 words in God’s Word, But only five of those words will determine if you are forever happy in Heaven, or forever horrified in Hell. Jesus spoke […]
Touched by Jesus
000611AM NR1-25 WWJ-17 Mark-17 Touched by Jesus 1.40-45 MARK 1:40-45 HAVE YOU BEEN TOUCHED BY JESUS? This morning we meet a leper. Leprosy was the scourge of the ancient world. Nothing evoked more fear, more dread, or more revulsion than the sight of these walking dead. That is what a leper was called, a walking […]
Alone with God
000528AM NR1-22 WWJ-14 Mark-14 Solitary Place.Alone with God MARK 1:35-39 THE SOLITARY PLACE: ALONE WITH GOD Jesus lived the perfect human life. He lived in a whirlwind of activity. He was constantly eating, walking, talking, and sleeping with twelve men who never seemed to leave Him alone. Vast crowds, and desperate individuals sought him out. […]
Capernaum – The Town of Jesus
000521AM NR1-21 WWJ-13 Mark-13 Capernaum MARK 1:21-34 C APERNAUM: LIVING IN THE TOWN OF JESUS Sitting beside the loveliest lake in the world, is the Town of Jesus. Sitting beside the greatest road of the ancient world, is the Town of Jesus. Witness to the greatest sermons ever preached, is the Town of Jesus. Witness […]
Are You Fishing for Eternal Souls?
000514AM NR1-20 WWJ-12 Mark-12 Fishers of Men MARK 1:16-20 ARE YOU FISHING FOR ETERNAL SOULS Jesus asked His disciples to follow Him and fish for eternal souls at perhaps the loveliest spot on earth, a lake in a land called Galilee. The spot is a blue-green lake called the Sea of Galilee or Kinneret as […]
Three Crosses
000423AM NR1-19 WWJ-11 Mark-11 3 Crosses Easter THE THREE CROSSES OF EASTER Three Crosses stood upon Calvary 2,000 years ago. Those three crosses speak of two destinys, of three men and in what condition they died. This morning you and I are just like one of those crosses. Because those three Crosses portray you […]
God’s Appointed Day
000416AM NR1-18 WWJ-10 ZNA-32 Mark-10 Palm PALM SUNDAY: GOD’S APPOINTED DAY Don’t miss the Perfect Plan of God MARK 11:1-10 Tensions were the highest anyone had ever known. People everywhere were talking about Lazarus who was dead and now he is alive, Bartimaeus who had been a blind fixture by the roadside as predictably […]
The Message of Jesus-1
MMG-03 NR1-17 NR6-31 WWJ-09 000326PM Mark-9 TAPE # 9 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES MARK 1:14-15 “THE MESSAGE OF JESUS” As believers this evening, one of the greatest privileges we have is knowing and sgaring the message of Jesus. What is the message of Jesus? In a moment we will examine it word by […]
The Temptation of Jesus
000319PM NR1-16 WWJ-08 Mark-8 THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST MARK 1:12-13 “RESISTING SATAN’S ATTACKS” The 3rd great event in the earthly life of Christ was His Temptation. This event is perhaps one of the most vital as we seek to love and follow Jesus all our days. Why? Jesus met and defeated Satan as a man. […]
The Baptism of Jesus
000312PM NR1-15 WWJ-07 Mark-7 TAPE # 7 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES “THE BAPTISM OF JESUS” MARK 1:9-11 One of the richest studies for a disciple of Jesus is to follow His days in the Gospels. If you read closely the New Testament record you find a reference to specific days in the ministry of Jesus. […]
Baptism – John’s and Christ’s
000305AM NR1-14 WWJ-06 Mark-6 TAPE # 6 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES “BAPTISM: JOHN’S AND CHRIST’S” MARK 1:4-8 Today, let’s join the crowds trudging out toward the Dead Sea, listen with me at the back of this massive group of people listening as John the Baptist preaches. They have come into the region to the immediate […]
John the Baptist
000227PM NR1-13 WWJ-05 Mark-5 TAPE # 5 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES JOHN THE BAPTIST “HE MUST INCREASE” Tonight may I introduce you to the greatest saint who ever lived? Jesus called him that. Great saints are like giant markers that point the world to God. 9 Abel pointed to God from the altar outside Eden, […]
Who was Mark?
000213PM NR1-12 WWJ-04 Mark-4 TAPE # 4 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES “WHO WAS MARK?” Tonight we are in our 4th stop on this year-long time of WALKING WITH JESUS, Through the eyes of Peter, from the pen of Mark, and under the flawless breath of God’s Spirit the words of the Gospel by Mark […]
Hearing Christ’s Voice
KGD-16 MMG-01 NR1-23 WWJ-15 000604AM Mark-15 The Message of Jesus -1 MARK 1:38-39 THE MESSAGE OF JESUS Have you ever wished you could sit in the back of the crowd and listen to the greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ, and hear what He said to the lost and seeking crowds? Have […]
Lessons Peter Forgot That We Must Never Forget
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 […]
Who Controls You?
GHS-24 MMG-37 WWJ-67 041017AM MARK -67 ABIDING SATISFIED Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Abiding Fruitful “Who controls you?” There in one word that determines everything about your future – control. Who is going to control your life – you or God? Who is going to take up your time – you or the Lord? What […]
Christ Abides in My Actions
GHS-17 MMG-33 NR6-20 NR7-39 WWJ-60 040815AM Mark -60 Christ wants to Abide in my Actions Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Christ wants to abide in my actions As Paul sat to write the words we will read this morning, he may have glanced out the window of his room along the busy streets of Corinth, […]
Christ Abides in My Attitudes
GHS-15 MMG-31 NR6-18 NR7-37 WWJ-58 040725AM Mark -58 Christ Abiding in my Attitude Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Christ wants to Abide – In my Attitude This morning God expects fruit in the life of His children. That fruit comes from a good heart. That good heart is made good by God in a process called […]
Christ Abides in My Time & Treasures
GHS-14 MMG-30 NR6-17 NR7-36 WWJ-57 040718AM Mark -57 Fruitfulness Explained The Good Life – Bears Fruit Mark 4.8 & 20 Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Christ wants to Abide – In my Time & Treasures God has big plans for you this morning – if you are His child. He wants to “yield a crop” […]
The Good Heart
GHS-10 KGD-35 MMG-26 NR7-32 WWJ-53 The Good Heart 040523AM The Good Heart Mark 4.1-20 One day, in one verse — Jesus describes everyone in the world that will go to Heaven. And in five other verses He describes those who will not. Have you ever reflected on His descriptions? Jesus said the words we are […]
The Crowded Heart
GHS-09 KGD-34 MMG-25 NR7-31 WJ-52 The Crowded Heart 040516AM The Crowded Heart Mark 4:7, 18-29 One day Jesus compared life to a field, people to soil, the Gospel to seed, and eternal life to a crop of harvested righteousness. Jesus also classified everyone on Earth as either – “Wayside” or The Hard Heart, […]
The Shallow Heart
GHS-08 KGD-33 MMG-22 NR7-30 WWJ-51 Shallow Lives 040509AM Shallow Lives Mark 4.1-20 Today we come to the second soil in Christ’s parable. This second soil illustrates a second heart. Last time we saw the wayside or hardened heart. This time we will examine the stony or shallow heart. Please open your Bibles with me to […]
Do You Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus?
GHS-05 MMG-18 NR6-37 NR7-25 WWJ-45 Do You Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus 040307AM How is your Relationship with Jesus? Who is in Christ’s Family? Do you have a Personal Relationship with Jesus? Mark 3.31-35 The most important question you will every be asked to answer is the question – “Do you have a […]
All Sins are Forgivable
GHS-04 MMG-17 NR6-30 NR7-24 WWJ-44 040222AM MARK 41.44 ALL SINS FORGIVEN COMPLETELY/ABSOLUTELY FORGIVEN The Miracle of Complete Forgiveness Mark 3.20-30 The New Testament records 37 miracles1 that Jesus performed during His earthly ministry. These include sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, life to the dead, health to the sick – and many other […]
The Unpardonable Sin
GHS-03 MMG-07 NR6-36 NR7-23 WWJ-43 THE UNPARDONABLE SIN 040208AM THE SIN FOR WHICH THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS Mark 3.20-30 As we open to Mark 3 today, we open to Jesus walking on this earth and confronting the Scribes, men of the Word. As we prepare to read the 11 verses that record that event stop […]
Lessons in Humility From John the Baptist
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 […]
Jesus, Humility, and John the Baptist – the Greatest Man
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 […]
Lessons Peter Forgot That We Must NEVER Forget
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 […]
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 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 […]
Mark and the God of New Beginnings
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 […]
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.
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?