THE SENSELESSNESS OF STUBBORNNESS

ByDr. Mark October 26, 2024 0 Comments
“Don’t be like some senseless horse or mule, whose movement must be controlled    with a bit and a bridle. Don’t be anything like that!” (Psalm 32:9 Common English Bible) “Preachers, always telling us what to do!” That’s how some people look at it! But perhaps we should express it this way, “Preachers, those who preach the word of God, they are always telling us the right...

WHAT’S UP WITH THAT COLOR?

ByDr. Mark October 25, 2024 0 Comments
For several months I have noticed that certain colors are used in television commercials, a lot of blues, purples, and reds, for sure. But the color that stimulated my thinking was orange. Commercial after commercial, I saw some form of orange. I asked myself, sounding like I was a writer on the Seinfeld show, “What’s Up with that color?” I was curious, so I decided I’d check it out. The...

THE BOOK

ByDr. Mark October 24, 2024 0 Comments
“Always remember what is written in that book of law. Speak about that book and study it day and night. Then you can be sure to obey what is written there. If you do this, you will be wise and successful in everything you do.” (Joshua 1:8 Easy-to-Read Bible) As part of our Tutorial & Mentoring ministry at our church, following a lesson at what we call “The Community Table,” a group...

SCAN!

ByDr. Mark October 23, 2024 0 Comments
“Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, that the Lord your God will put you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings will come to you and reach you if you obey the Lord your God. Blessed will you be in...

WHY ARE YOU STANDING STILL?

ByDr. Mark October 22, 2024 0 Comments
“Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a large crowd from Galilee followed Him; and also people from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon; a vast number of people came to Him because they were hearing about all that He was doing.” (Mark 3:7-8 NASB) A young man referenced the verses above and summarized it this way,...

IT WAS NOT JUST FOR YOU!

ByDr. Mark October 21, 2024 0 Comments
“I write this, dear children, to guide you out of sin. But if anyone does sin, we have a Priest-Friend in the presence of the Father: Jesus Christ, righteous Jesus. When he served as a sacrifice for our sins, he solved the sin problem for good—not only ours, but the whole world’s.” (I John 2:1-2 The Message Bible) The person or person you think the Lord would be the least interested in...

OH, BUT YES, HE DID!

ByDr. Mark October 20, 2024 0 Comments
“Because of the extraordinary greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me. And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in...

YOUR IMPRISONMENT WILL NOT LAST!

ByDr. Mark October 19, 2024 0 Comments
“But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy and resentment. They arrested the apostles and put them in a public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and leading them out, he said, "Go, stand and continue to tell the people in the temple the whole message of...

WHAT IS THIS?

ByDr. Mark October 17, 2024 0 Comments
“You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.” (Romans 8:9 NIV) It was a typical Sunday morning, for the most part, Worship service began after Sunday School, right on time at 11:00 a.m. in those days. A teenage boy...

BE!

ByDr. Mark October 17, 2024 0 Comments
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak, and You are...