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This Week’s Theme: He (Christ) Is Risen! Word of the Week is Resurrection: It is a rising again; chiefly, the revival of the dead of the human race, or their return from the grave, particularly at the general judgment. By the resurrection of Christ, we have the assurance of the future resurrection of…

1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3 His countenance was…

Torah Portion: Exodus 35:1-38:20 Haftarah: 2 Kings 11:17-12:17 Review Two Harlots Hebrew Bitterness Pride Picture of Korah Bold New Moon Picture of Time between New and full moon Picture of New and full moon Top ten songs of the Torah MISHPATIM: Heart Felt Offering Elijah Attributes of Mercy Introduction…

Open your bibles of Mark chapter 9 As a parent of any child knows, there are many things a child must learn as they grow, and so we teach them. We teach them how to use a fork, how to tie their shoes, how to brush their hair, how ride a bike, how to speak politely, how to do pretty much everything positive…

introduction 2 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. 3 His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4 And Elijah appeared to them with…

Intro Back into Mark. Series: Mark(ed) For Action. Marks most recognizable word might be ‘immediately’. Mark takes us on two great movements: From the birth of Jesus (as a baby and in His ministry) to the point of recognition of who He is. This recognition is from Peter “ Mark 8:29 “29 And he asked them,…

Title : The Failure Of Competition Text : Mark 9:30-37 Thesis : Intro : I. Fear of Asking Jesus They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, Prior to His resurrection, this is the last time Mark will reference Galilee. In fact, the next time it is mentioned,…

The Authority to Forgive Sins 1 When he entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word to them. 3 They came to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four…

Trying to Make Sense of What Doesn’t Make Sense For a few weeks we have been teaching from what Jesus taught between the upper room and the Garden of Gethsemane. But before we get to the prayer of Jesus, I want to look at something that is a part of the teaching of Jesus that the Disciples were still…

How many of you have a fence in your yard? What is the purpose of fences? Keep people out Keep animals out Keep animals in Keep people from “looking in” Every culture has sin. Although, sometimes the people in that culture do not see it. How many of you know the song “Amazing Grace?” How many of you…

Introduction Week 3 of Redeeming Your Time. 15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. We are told to make the best use of our time…

How is your soul? I hope that you have taken some time to think about your soul and where you are at with God. DTR Conversations Have you ever had one of those? These are those uncomfortable conversations that we often have when we are dating someone. DTR means Define the Relationship. When we have the…

Here we are at the first Sunday in the New Year of 2022. And often we pledge to make a new start to have a better and more fulfilling life than what we had this past year. And there is nothing wrong in desiring that. But the difference in desire and obtaining a more fulfilling life depends on what we…

G.O.A.T. is a recent addition to our mainstream vernacular. It was first introduce to us by Muhammad Ali but did not become mainstream until the early 2000. According to Wikipedia it is a term used to describe the ultimate incarnation of anything, from and athlete to an automobile. Many Christians might…

Look whose looking at me A Proud young man walked into a room looking for his friend. He passed two blond young women near the door who looked him over then looked at each other and said and the same time ‘NINE’. The prideful young man puffed out his chest and drew a big smile on his face then walked…

In The Freedom of a Christian , Luther asserts that the Christian is a free lord, servant to none, and a bound servant, subject to all (Martin Luther, Christian Freedom: Faith Working through Love [St. Louis: Concordia, 2011]). Today’s sermon text speaks directly to this paradox. Here Jesus proclaims…

Intro: Who is the G.O.A.T.? ( greatest of all time ) - Greatness — it is something we all strive for and sometimes even fight for … correct? Who wouldn’t want to be the GOAT! All throughout life we have had this thing called the pecking order. Life is literally filled with pecking orders and all we want…

2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom…

Who Is Jesus?

Let us pray…Gracious and Loving God, as we come before you this day, our hearts are full of love for you and the life of your Son, our minds are full of the things that we need to do yet today and in this coming week, and our eyes cannot escape all that flashes before them as we scan the TV, computer,…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we come before you today, we pray for hearts focused on you, for ears trained to your still speaking voice, and eyes to see clearly the path you have laid before us, Amen. The Invitation I know in the last year this does not or has not happened much but think back…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we move further away from your Son’s birth, help us in this day to remember the glow, the excitement, and the joy that came from celebrating his birth. As we come before you today in this time of reflection, open our hearts, minds, and spirits to your still speaking…

Prayer Requests Maria Rideout’s father - chest pains/it wasn’t a heart attack Thankful for Lessons Learned Turn to and read Mark 9:30-32 . Pray. About this passage of Scripture, one preacher and Bible teacher wrote: His chief goal now was to teach His disciples as much as possible. As unpromising material…

Verses 21-24 Now crossing over the sea of Galilee to yet another place ruler of the synagogue - A synagogue would have multiple rulers. The roll of the rulers was to perform and oversee various duties such as selecting readings and teachers, to then observe and make sure that what was being taught was…

God created us with a capacity for awe, the ability to stand in absolute wonder at the things that are around us. This awe was created in us to drive us to worship God. But because of sin, our awe get’s kidnapped by the things of this world. This makes the physical things of this world rule over our…