THE MARK OF THE BEAST AND THE COMING ECONOMIC CRISIS! Revelation 13:1-18 INTRODUCTION: These are amazing times we are living in. If you are seven-five or older these are some of the things you have experienced in your life time. You have seen the atom split and now we have nuclear devices that can destroy […]
HONORING THEIR SACRlFlCES! 2 Timothy 1:3-15 INTRODUCTION: People are more important than things! We tend to value things and use people. It should be the other way around. We should value people and use things. Luke 12:13-21: Life is more important than things. On this Memorial Day weekend, I want to remind you that people […]
WHAT LIFE WOULD THE LORD HAVE ME LIVE? John 10:1-11 INTRODUCTION: Yet another major question about life is: “Is there life after physical death?” But perhaps an even greater question for many is: “Is there life after physical birth?” When we ask that second question we are not just talking about existence. We mean is […]
LOSING YOUR LIFE TO SAVE IT! Mark 8:31-38 INTRODUCTION: Tents are important, but not nearly as important as the people they protect from the elements on camping trips. Do you know that God has given you a soul and that your body is the tent? Sadly, so often in life we see people far more […]
RELIGION, RULES, AND RITUALS Mark 3:1-6 INTRODUCTION: In our Scripture reading today we come across a group of religious, rule keeping, and ritual keeping people that honestly thought they were the only ones close to God and the only ones obedient to God, and yet they did not even know God. Today we will look […]
JESUS IS OUR PASSOVER LAMB! Exodus 12:1-13 INTRODUCTION: We want to remember and celebrate the death and resurrection of Our Savior as a substitute for us, we want to turn our attention to the snapshot of Jesus Christ as our Passover Lamb! 1 Corinthians 5:7-8. Paul said Christ was our Passover Lamb, but what does […]
PALM SUNDAY! John 12:12-19 INTRODUCTION: The writers of the gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all talk about the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on what we call Palm Sunday. John 12:12-19. The people of Israel, perhaps as many as 2 and ½ million, hailed their King on Sunday and nailed Him to a […]
THE VALUE OF YOUR SOUL! Mark 8:27-38 INTRODUCTION: Banana Flips and an icy cold coke are a delectable desert combination after a hard day’s work. But if we get so caught up in how sloppy that Banana Flip can be we might just miss out on the best of what we so desire. Our God […]
CATCHING UP! Mark 10:13-16 INTRODUCTION: Our Lord Jesus loved children. In fact, on one occasion when Jesus own disciples wanted to stop people from bringing their children to Jesus to have Him bless them Jesus got hot! There is a great eternal lesson we can learn from children: Mark 10:14-16. It is a wonderful blessing […]
WHAT IS TRUTH? John 18:28-40 INTRODUCTION: Our Lord Jesus said: “Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” Pilot’s response was: “What is truth?” Is truth abstract and unknowable or is truth concrete and embraceable? In our culture today, people are still arguing about truth. Today in our congress, our courts and even in […]