September 4, 2016   School has been in for a couple of weeks now – long enough for you to know which classes you like, which ones you don’t. Which ones have lots of homework, which ones don’t. Which ones will be a breeze, which ones won’t. Which teachers you like, which ones you don’t. […]

August 28, 2016   We’ve been in the Gospel of Mark two weeks shy of a year now. We’re about halfway done – in fact, we reach a major turning point in the book in chapter 8. We know well by now Mark has written his gospel to prove Jesus is the Christ, the Son […]

August 21, 2016   One of the doctrines which we as evangelical believers hold closely is the doctrine of Scriptural inerrancy. What that means is we believe the Bible, as originally written in Hebrew and Greek, was inspired by God in such a way that every word is without error and therefore true, faithful and […]

August 14, 2016   I want to invite you to a party this morning. I do so, because you’re invited – you’re on the guest list. We arrive today at a passage in our study of the book of Mark that, on the surface, is going to look very familiar – perhaps even redundant. The […]

August 7, 2016   Have you ever been reading the Bible and come across a passage you didn’t understand – a really tough one that caused you to say, “Nu-uh! That doesn’t sound right”? The passage before us today is such a text for me. In fact, I have a book in my library entitled, […]

July 31, 2016   Imagine with me two weddings. The first is not just any wedding – it is the wedding, with the bride and the groom. The bride is perfect, in every way. She has the most beautiful wedding dress you’ve ever seen. It’s breathtaking – long, white, flowing. Her makeup is applied perfectly, […]

July 24, 2016   The Broadway musical “Fiddler on the Roof” opened in 1964 and ran for over 3,200 performances at the Imperial Theatre in New York. It didn’t’ close until 1972. It won a Tony for best musical of the year, and, at the time, was the longest-running show in history. The movie version […]

July 17, 2016   There are four gospels in the New Testament – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They all tell the story of Jesus. As a result, since they tell the same story, three of them are quite similar – Matthew, Mark and Luke. In fact, those three are called the synoptic gospels because […]

July 10, 2016   Before us this morning lies one of the most familiar stories in the Bible – the feeding of the five thousand. It’s a story we’ve heard from childhood, in just about every Sunday school we’ve ever attended. The challenge before us is to take this familiar story, and make it fresh. […]

July 3, 2016   There is a cost to being a follower of Jesus Christ.  Well, if we confess we are disciples, and invite others to follow Him, too.  You see, last week, we saw Jesus send out the twelve – to do what He did, and say what He said.  That is, to preach […]