Tag: Christ

STAY BACK, LEAN BACK, OR STEP BACK?

ByDr. Mark May 17, 2025 0 Comments
“…so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, ‘You can’t work on the Sabbath! The law doesn’t allow you to carry that sleeping mat!’ But he replied, ‘The man who healed me told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ‘Who said such a thing as that?’ they demanded. The man didn’t know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.” (John 5:10-13 NLT) When we...

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INCARNATION

ByDr. Mark December 10, 2023 0 Comments
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14 NASB) It’s Sunday morning!  How about an important lesson about the Incarnate Christ before you leave for service? My intent is to keep be short, but surely informative, from a theological perspective. In all three Bible Study...

THE GREATEST SUBSTITUTE AWARD

ByDr. Mark August 8, 2023 0 Comments
THE GREATEST SUBSTITUTE AWARD “While we were still helpless , at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a good man someone might even dare to die.  But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for...

DOUBLE CROSSED

ByDr. Mark July 25, 2023 0 Comments
“And he said to them all, “If you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, take up your cross every day, and follow me.” (Luke 9:23 Good News Translation) Immediately, by your natural thought process, you tried to figure out the connection between the title of this meditation and the scripture that follows, a verse I always use to stress going beyond our comfort zones and following...

“AS YOU ARE GOING BY”

ByDr. Mark May 27, 2022 0 Comments
“He came to the outskirts of Jericho.  A blind man was sitting beside the road asking for handouts. When he heard the rustle of the crowd, he asked what was going on.  They told him, “Jesus the Nazarene is going by.”  He yelled, “Jesus! Son of David!  Mercy, have mercy on me!”  Those ahead of Jesus told the man to shut up, but he only yelled all the louder, “Son of David! Mercy,...

OXYMORONS

ByDr. Mark April 3, 2022 0 Comments
“Your old evil desires were nailed to the cross with him; that part of you that loves to sin was crushed and fatally wounded, so that your sin-loving body is no longer under sin’s control, no longer needs to be a slave to sin; for when you are deadened to sin you are freed from all its allure and its power over you.” (Romans 6:6-7 The Living Bible) Dead or alive is an expression that...

REACTING TO A REPLY

ByDr. Mark December 7, 2021 0 Comments
“One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.  But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”  Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?  He went into the house of God (during...

DON’T SCHEDULE JESUS

ByDr. Mark December 6, 2021 0 Comments
“Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.” (Matthew 15:30 NIV) Let’s make the effort not to schedule Jesus this week.  What do I mean by “schedule Jesus?”  I’m glad you asked.  Yesterday, you went to church or viewed church online, and there is no doubt that you...

SCHOOL IS OUT

ByDr. Mark October 8, 2021 0 Comments
“My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given.  You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him.  You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well-constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith.  Now do what you’ve been taught.  School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it!  And let your living spill over into...

COMMONALITY

ByDr. Mark June 12, 2021 0 Comments
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ , he is a new creature ; the old things have passed away. Behold, new things have come .”  (2 Corinthians 5:17 Amplified Bible) What do the following have in common; a couch, a chair set for the dining room, a color coordinated headboard, and a computer desk that matched the color palette of the living room? Was your answer, “They all begin with...