THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK

March 13, 2016   I have great news for you this morning, people of Alliance. To you, it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God. You see, not everyone understands those mysteries. There are insiders, and outsiders. Insiders who believe, and therefore understand. Outsiders, who oppose, who refuse to believe, […]

March 6, 2016   If only I could have seen Jesus walking on the earth – been with Him – then I think I would have believed. If only I could have heard His teaching with my own ears, seen His miracles with my own eyes – I think I would have believed – or, […]

February 28, 2016     It was a Saturday morning when I received the call. I knew it would come, eventually. I had prepared for it the best I could. I had been through school; taken all the pastoral theology, counseling, practicum classes that were supposed to prepare you. But when the call came, I […]

February 21, 2016   In his book Quiet Talks, S. D. Gordon gives an imaginary account of Jesus’ return to heaven after His ascension. As the angel Gabriel greeted Jesus, he asked, “Master, You died for the world, did you not?” To which Jesus replied, “Yes.” “You must have suffered much,” Gabriel said, and again, […]

February 7, 2016 You’d have to be asleep to miss that we have entered a particularly raucous political season, eventually leading to the election of the next President of the United States this November. As you likely know, the leading candidates for each party seem to be, for the Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, […]