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The gospel is good news about Jesus Christ but what makes Mark's gospel different than the other three? Join Pastor Steve as he introduces the gospel of Mark and verse 1.

Let Jesus provide for the deepest needs of your soul.

Introduction Good Morning. Who in here likes to cook and bake your own stuff? Ok — I knew there were some. Why do you like cooking and baking your own stuff. It could be because it’s fun and enjoyable, especially when it turn into a family affair! When that happens or you turn to your pantry that’s packed…

Obituary Our church was saddened to learn this week of the death of one of our most valued members, “Someone Else.” Someone's passing creates a vacancy that will be difficult to fill. Else has been with us for many years and for every one of those years, Someone did far more than a normal person's share…

Introduction: Ezekiel was a post exile prophet. Many of the people had been exiled away from the southern kingdom and taken into captivity. The last of the Davidic kings has been dethroned at the writing of Ezekiel’s prophetic ministry. And the people lived under Babylonian occupation. This would include…

Text: 2 John 9-13 Introduction Reminder from the whole of 2 John so far: The truth will abide with us, Christians, forever. From the beginning of the church, by the Lord Jesus himself, we are commanded to continue loving each other and God. Love manifests itself in obedience to the teachings of Christ.…

I’m neither a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, but the more I read Scripture, the more some dynamics of how God deals with His people in various seasons shakes me a bit. When I read Ezekiel 46:16-Daniel 1:7 , I see God’s people exiled for their lack of fidelity to God. The sorest point? They were removed…

How to Become Faithful A. Be Faithful in the Small Things B. Be Faithful in the Secret Things C. Be Faithful in the Sacred Things

Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. It continues to be my great privilege to share the Word of God with the saints of Durbin Memorial Baptist Church. One of the great challenges in this life, is gaining the credibility to be able to speak into someone else’s life. There…

Titus 1:10–2:12 (KJV) 10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The…

Unlocking the Power of the Holy Spirit in Your Life “If you love Me, you will keep My commands. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever. He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know…

Tim Challies Quote: False teaching has consequences. “Satan’s greatest ambassadors are not pimps, politicians, or power-brokers, but pastors. His priests do not peddle a different religion, but a deadly perversion of the true one. His troops do not make a full-out frontal assault, but work as agents,…

Intro: This is now week 3 in our study of Genesis. Before we get started, I wanted to take a moment to reiterate how important a thorough study of Genesis is to understanding our faith. It is unfortunate that today there are those even in pulpits that have made ridiculous claims about the Old Testament…

Introduction We’re continuing our study of Deuteronomy through chapter 22, and we’ve found ourselves over the last few weeks working our way through Moses’ pastoral wisdom as he applies the ten commandments to common situations in the life of Israel. By way of reminder, we have seen three consistent…

E.M. Bounds, Power Through Prayer , Baker, 1972 Men of Prayer Needed God’s plan is to make much of the man, far more of him than of anything else. Men are God’s method. The Church is looking for better models; God is looking for better men. 5 Herald There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.…

The office mentioned is three in one. Sometimes denominations distinguish the terms "Elder," "Bishop," and "Pastor," claiming that bishops are different from elders which, in turn, are different from pastors. Consider the evidence from Bible texts. Paul is addressing the elders of the Ephesian church.…

Introduction Please turn with me in your Bibles to the Song of Songs chapter 8. We’re be narrowing our attention to verses 5-7 this evening. This is the Word of the Lord, Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor…

What Is a Church to Do? Rick Blount 31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied. I have been a pastor for awhile now and when God called me as a pastor, I wanted…

God works through good and bad motives to accomplish his will.

Prayer a key essential to spiritual warfare

Intro Begin a new series entitled “Letters From God to The Church We are going to take a close look at the letters to the 7 churches found in I was AIT and our Professor said it would be a great study to look at these 7 churches and develop a church health guide based on it. That has always intrigued…

Something Valued The definition of the word for honour in the New Testament begins with an expression of value, an estimation of a price. It can mean a monetary value, or the price someone has to pay because of something. Matthew 15:4 “For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and,…

What Is a Church to Do? Rick Blount 31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied. I have been a pastor for awhile now and when God called me as a pastor, I wanted…

A pastor's plea for steadfastness of faith