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Review Introduction Tanakh Brit Hadoshah 18 According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay. 5 From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language,…

14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who…

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…

Our world is confusing. We live in a very confusing time. We need wisdom to live in our world. This should be one of our most prayed prayers. If we pray for wisdom I guarantee God will answer it. Then we must live wisdom out. We need the Holy Spirit! Jesus says in John 14 about the role of the Holy Spirit…

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…

Present Your Bodies to God 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is…

Salt is good. That’s not just me saying that, I am a fan of salty food in general. Many people like the sweet, I like the salty. Salt has many benefits that have been known to man for literally thousands of years, and we know even more today about the benefits of salt. Historically, the ancients understood…

“You can pick your actions, or you can pick your consequences, but you can never pick both” This was the central idea of a lecture on ethics I heard a while back. You can pick your actions, or you can pick your consequences, bur you can never pick both. The central idea is this: If you are picking your…

38 Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. 40 For he who is…

Salt and Light Matthew 5:13-16 Central Truth: God has M ade me to I mpact the W orld ! John 20:21 , Matt. 28:18 -22, and Matt. 6:33 ----------------- Salt & Light ----------------- - Who am I? Matthew 5:13 &14 – “You Are” A D isciple of C hrist : Matthew 5:1-2 100% A ll I n : Matthew 16:24-26 Different…

Intro What do Wilt Chamberlain, Mohamed Ali, Alexander the Great, and Paul the Apostle all have in common? Each of them are arguably touted as the greatest in their fields. Each worked very hard, held themselves to the highest standard. And they each call, challenged, and motivated others to achieve…

Title : John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.” “Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in my name who can soon afterward speak evil of me. For whoever is not against…

A Good Week In Pennsylvania as Bobbi and I went to mingle with the church on Zion’s Hill, as the campground of the National Association of the Church of God is named, at West Middlesex in NW PA. We shared the greetings of our church with many, and we bring back the greetings of the National Association…

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…

Intro Review Our Focus: What Jesus Did and Taught Mark’s Focus - Jesus as the Royal Servant | Behavior of Disciples Chapters 1-8 Actually might have a heavier emphasis on Servant and 9-16 on Kingdom. Start with Transfiguration in 9, building to an unmissable crescendo in 11 with the Triumphal entry and…

Introduction : If you have your Bible, let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 9. If you do not have a copy of God’s word just slip up your hand and one of our church members will be glad to bring you one. We will begin reading in Mark 9:42-50 here in just a moment. Before we turn…

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…

There is an old saying that goes something like this, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” That word “fury” means rage and anger. A woman scorned is a vindictive, determined woman to get her revenge [ Jezebel after Elijah ]. Though that saying might be true about a woman scorned, it is not accurate…

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…

Pastor Ray Ortlund writes, "The kind of God we really believe in is revealed in how we treat one another. The lovely gospel of Jesus positions us to treat one another like royalty, and every non-gospel positions us to treat one another like dirt. But we will follow through horizontally on whatever we…

Each of these two chapters covers a different offering: the grain offering ( Lev 2 ) and the “peace offering” ( Lev 3 ). This episode focuses on the theological messaging of prohibitions (leaven, honey) and requirements (salt) in the rituals. Well, let’s jump in here. Last time we only covered one chapter,…

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…

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…