Mark 8:13-18 Mk 8: 13 And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side. 14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat. 15 Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and…

March 5, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print, and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org As we open to II Samuel 5, we are continuing our journey through the Life of David. David is one of the monumental personages in the Bible; only God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are discussed…

The Story - Chapter 10 – Standing Tall, Falling Hard Mark Siebert – Five Smooth Stones (IDES) The Story of God is that He made us! He made Adam and from Adam God made Eve! Eve gave birth to Cain, Abel and Seth. She also gave birth to daughters.[i] We simply don’t know their names. Speaking of births…

Theme: No distraction from the focus on the Word of God. The church was increasing in numbers and there was enthusiasm, but an unexpected problem arose. This issue had the potential to distract them from the Word, but the apostles organized and they willingly gave up power and prestige to keep God’s Word central. The sense of the church is that the Word of God continues to be preached.

Introduction We just celebrated the 65th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6th, 1944, around 160,000 Allied troops left England, crossed the English Channel, and landed on the beaches Northern Frances amidst a flurry of bullets. It was one of the largest amphibious assaults in history, and many soldiers…

What has you Distracted for focusing on the word/work of the Lord.

Haggai 2. Last time we had a look at the historical background to the book of Haggai [P] – it is essential to do so because the message relates very much to the situation that was going on. You recall that because of their obdurate idolatry Judah had been exiled to Babylonia. Then יְהוָה, fulfilling…

Haggai 1. Intro: Please turn to Haggai chapter one [P]. For those of you who are newer to this fellowship; I have, over the past few years, been working through the Minor Prophets. In fact, I note that it was in 2007 that I started with the book of Joel. So we have had a fair dose of doom and gloom and…

lass=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>1) 3-8-09…AM…SBC 2)“The Ground of the Gospel” Mark 4:1-20 (Luke 8:4-15; Matthew 13:1-17) Introduction: A little boy who wanted one hundred dollars very much prayed and prayed for two weeks, but nothing happened. The he decided to write a letter to God…

Reasons Why People Miss Christmas People can be: 1) Pre-Occupied eg The Innkeeper (Luke 2:5-7) 2) Comfortable eg The Chief-Priests and Scribes (Matt 2:3-6) 3) Hostile eg Herod (Matt 2:16-17) 4) False Expectations eg The Vast Majority But - the Shepherds responded and worshipped. Challenge: Let us not…

Theme: Keeping focused on what God wants us to do Let us pray. Most holy, Lord God, you made us to take care of this corner of your creation; remind us always to remain focused on what you will have us do, thereby keeping us from temptations that distract us from our mission, through Jesus Christ our…