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Introduction When the ACNA liturgical calendar is followed properly, the first Sunday of Epiphany is a celebration of the Baptism of Jesus, and the last Sunday of Epiphany is the Transfiguration. I say “properly” because we moved the Feast of Epiphany to the first Sunday of Epiphany this year, but in…

Who is Jesus and how should we respond? The One who calls disciples to follow Him does not abandon us for glory, but turns from it to accompany us “on the way” to the cross.

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…

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…

It is my habit when preaching through books of the Bible to begin with the background and overview of a book at the beginning, highlighting key themes, verse, and the overall flow of the book, and then circle back around to that at the end of the study to review what we’ve seen. Usually I’m able to do…

Fear is constant in our world. Fear is not necessarily a bad thing. It can be very beneficial. However, I am observing that fear is becoming greater and greater in our world to the point that others are trying to use it for their own gain. Our fears can reveal our needs. Fear can be a tool that is used…

Based on Sermon Series SRVCC 30 Living With Jesus - New Perspective 15 July 2007 Mark 9:2-13 Scene 1. How would you respond if Jesus took you up on a mountain and shared with you the experience of Peter, James & John in Mark 9: 2-4 . Now round here we might think of Mount Flinders or Mount Barney but…

Transfiguration Used to Jesus stories about teaching, or healing This one's a bit strange Climb up a mountain Visions of long dead heroes of the faith Moses, as we know went up the mountain of God, and in cloud and fire received God’s law for his people. When he came down from the mountain, from the…

What would you do if you could, just for a moment, see the fully glory of Jesus Christ? When I was in high school one of my favorite Christian Music groups was a band called Third Day. They had a song called “Show Me Your Glory”, which was based on Moses’ experience on the mountain with God. As Moses…

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…

Preeminent Domain Last week we saw how the arrival of John the Baptist and Jesus the messiah played out against the backdrop of the divine council passage in Isaiah 40 . While the episodes of John’s appearance and Jesus’ baptism are familiar, the framework provided by Isaiah is easy to miss. The supernatural…

Intro Galadriel, the elf queen in Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings, is at the top echelon of creatures in the Tolkien universe. She is one of the three leaders of the three elven kingdoms in the books. But she stands alone in power and potential. During one scene in the second book (and movie) The Two Towers,…

Title : Jesus As He Is And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses,…

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…

We are reminded that God graciously points us to the ultimate work of Jesus. We are encouraged to keep the big picture in mind.

If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 9. Last week’s sermon was hard. It was hard because Jesus’ words are hard in Mark chapter 8. Jesus shocked his followers in Mark 8:31 . Look with me at Mark 8:31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer…

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and led them up into an high mountain apart by themselves to pray: and he was transfigured before them. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his face did shine as the sun. And his raiment became…

Focus on Jesus, God's Son

I want us to look tonight, deep into the scriptures that we read this morning. There are four main things/subjects I want to consider that we didn’t have time to deal with this morning. Those four things are; Mountains, Moses and Elijah, Peter’s saying, and the Cloud. Text; Mark 9:2-7 2 Now after six…

What is it that keeps a christian going through the trials, tribulations and the temptations in this life? Hope What then is that hope? Heaven, a place of promise , peace, no SIN or suffering and being in the presence of our Savior forever! So then how does a christian maintain that hope in heaven when…

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord . 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing…

Who Is Jesus?

We are in a season of Transfiguration. Last Week: Hanging around hope changes you from the inside out. Hanging around Hope naturally adjusts what is important and real and what is not important any more. Last weeks Challenge: Where or with who do you find hope with? Who has God sent to you to be the…

Lord, today we are thankful. We are thankful to be invited to be in fellowship with you. We are thankful to have technology to be able to share in worship together. We have come to hear from your Holy Word. So God, may we be so bold as to ask you to speak that we might hear; speak that we might understand;…

The disciples don’t understand what is happening. Mark often shows that the disciples do not always understand what is happening. · Jesus and his closest and first disciples went up the mountain together. · Jesus was transfigured in front of them, as a bright figure of light. · Moses and Elijah met and…