By Rev. Glenn Pease One of the greatest romance stories of all history is that of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. Elizabeth was a normal active girl up to age 15, but then life ceiling tumbled in for her. She became an invalid, who for the next 20 years was confined to bed in a darkened room.…

Having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but Peter was following at a distance. On the Anvil 3: Now, Don’t Get Carried Away! Max Lucado Peter was sharp. He kept his distance from Jesus. “I’ll stay close enough to see him,” Peter reasoned. “But not too close,…

The Religious World of Jesus Allen Ross, Ph.D. Introduction and Historical Setting Introduction The world that Jesus entered was intensely religious. The beliefs, practices, and institutions of the Jewish people were solidly rooted in the biblical traditions--after all, the Jews were the people of God!…

The Bible contains two great teachings – the Law and the Gospel. If we want to understand the Scriptures we must learn to understand these two teachings without confusing them. The Law is easy enough to understand. It tells us what we are to do and what we are not to do. What does God want from you?…

Introduction At some point, you just have to decide, don’t you? There are certain moments in life and decisions in life in which there is no middle ground position. You have to decide that it’s either going to be this way, or it’s going to be that way. You can date her and date her and date her, but…

According to my research on the great minds, creative imagination is the presence of the Holy Spirit. If you are here this morning feeling beat up by the storms of life, I have a solution for you: exercise your creative imagination. This world is a sea of suffering, and the only way to stay afloat is your positive imagination. I am not talking about wishful thinking. Creative imagination is a gift from God to navigate this life. It is the very Spirit of Jesus Christ that enabled him to forgive when he was suffering from the worst injustice in human history when he was on the cross. It is his imagination of the bright future that allowed him to endure the cross. Lack of imagination will make you become negative, complainful, and resentful which will make the suffering even worse...

Introduction And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch. Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly. And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both…

The Resurrection is real.

This morning we are continuing in our study of the Gospel of Mark. If you’re new to our church, it would be good for you to know we practice a form of preaching called “ Expository Preaching ” . What that means is we believe the Bible is best taught by taking a book of the Bible and then studying it…

What defines you? Paul was defined by not who he was, but who he became in Christ. He positioned his past to advance the kingdom, he used boldness to confront the high priest, and we will see that he used hope to divide and conquer. Paul's main focus was on the world to come and so his defense was centered around that.

Sometimes it is better to answer the premise of the question rather than the question itself.

class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>1) 8-9-09…AM…SBC 2) “Campaigning Against Christ” Mark 12:1-17 Introduction: (from NIV Audio Bible) 1- The Gospel of Mark delivers the good news of Jesus like a reporter 2- Non-Jewish readers needed to know that the facts surrounding His life, death…

Title: Deaf Hearts Text: Mark 7:31-37 Purpose: To consider how we might be blinded by our past, our culture, our family, our church, our education to our own pride Date: 4/14/07-Benson OS: 475 Balm in Gilead CS: 567 Have Thine Own Way, Lord Human birth takes about 9 months from conception and that is…

Signs and wonders do not produce faith.

TEXT: มาระโก 8:15 / As we look at what the Leaven of the Sadducees/Herod was, I want us to ask ourselves 2 main questions Do You practice/accept any of the leaven in your life? Are you practically a Sadducee/Herodian? The sadducees/Herodians had a collection of beliefs and practices that made them distinct…