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When a child asks a sibling to do something there isn’t much certainty as to the results. The sibling might simply ignore the request. However, if that same child goes to a brother or sister with “Dad said so,” it’s a very different story! Now the father’s authority is behind the child’s request. As…

We need reminders. We do not always get things right the first time. We must continue to be reminded of what we should know and do know in order to live out our faith well. Life can be exhausting. As a church we know this to be true right now. We have had a long 5 weeks hosting 4 funerals. Church we…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

It’s always a joy to return to a place that was so formative for me. For those who do not know me, I attended and served here during the majority of my college years and was blessed by the teachings, friendships, mentors, discipleship, and everything else that came as being part of this church. I pray…

Your Mission, should you choose to accept it..... That line has become iconic of what was first a TV series, and then eventually the epic film series. The main protagonist is given a mission, one that to ordinary agents would be an impossible mission, but this guy has a way of figuring things out and…

1 Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such…

Leviticus 1:1-6:7 Review TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions So far we have come from Genesis to now Leviticus, and God has been at work Let me summarize it like this: B’Reisheet, in the beginning, God creates Paradise, but we fail to rest. God begins again with Avraham…

Isaiah 63 Jesus echos the words of the prophet Isaiah in: 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where…

Jesus Sent them out with Instructions Mark 6:7–13 (ESV) 7 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— 9 but to wear sandals…

Just too Ordinary Mark 6:1–13 (ESV) Introduction Jesus left Capernaum and travelled southward into the hill country until he came to the village where he had spent his youth and the early years of his maturity. Jesus returned to Nazareth as would a rabbi , accompanied by his disciples. Our Lord returns…

21 They went into Capernaum, and right away he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach. 22 They were astonished at his teaching because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not like the scribes. 23 Just then a man with an unclean spirit was in their synagogue. He cried out,…

Mark 6:7-13 Years ago I read a book entitled “Mark These Men” by J. Sidlow Baxter. In this book were bibliographies of people in the scriptures he had preached upon and their circumstances. Some men were marked as having made bad choices in their lack of faith; The Man who played the Fool, Saul 21 Then…

Contrasting the blessings to doubting people and believing people.

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Immediately after the Civil War, the government appointed administrators to assist in reconstruction of the South. As these men toured their areas of responsibility, one striking and surprising fact made…

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…

Verses 1-3 As Jesus goes to His hometown of Nazareth, some of the the people who have known Him most if not all of His life are blown away at His teaching and display of power that we know is the evidence that His teaching is from God, but that they are rejecting. The people of Nazareth are too familiar…

This morning, we are going to jump right in where we left off last Sunday morning. Turn to and read Mark 6:14 . Pray. King Herod Heard And king Herod heard of him ; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves…

Turn to and read Mark 6:7-14 . Pray. As we continue through Mark chapter 6 on our Journey with Jesus, we have the opportunity to see Christ’s ministry expand and we also see some additional results from His ministry as word about Christ’s ministry continues to spread. This morning we are going to look…

Turn to and read Mark 6:7-14 . Pray. As we continue through Mark chapter 6 on our Journey with Jesus, we have the opportunity to see Christ’s ministry expand and we also see some additional results from His ministry as word about Christ’s ministry continues to spread. This morning we are going to look…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church’s online services. Please open your copy of God’s Word with me to Mark 6 , Mark 6 . As difficult as all of this has been it seems like there may be a light at the end of the tunnel - its dim and its small but it’s there. Please be patient…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…