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THE PAST: DON’T ANSWER WHEN IT CALLS!

ByDr. Mark October 29, 2026 2 Comments

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB) Last week, we started our Sunday Share meditation be quoting Pastor, M.R. King as follows, “You have an unmistakable identity; a child of God.” Pastor is preaching a series on our identity as believers. As always, there is something spoken that...

SMALL MEANS NOTHING AT ALL IF YOU ARE ALL-IN

ByDr. Mark May 27, 2026 0 Comments

“Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him, rose early and camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley. The Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, for Israel would become boastful, saying, ‘My own power has...

SCARS

ByDr. Mark August 25, 2025 2 Comments

“He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3 NLT Version) Last Wednesday night, after studying Psalm 149 in Bible Study and focusing on giving God glory and giving God the praise, I entered the bathroom and looked in the mirror, searching my face like a top-notched crime scene investigator, looking for a scar that had been present since I tried to shave at the age of...

THE HEAVENLY P.A. SYSTEM

ByDr. Mark March 10, 2025 0 Comments

This is your Monday Short! Let me be really quick, really. Listen! You will hear really important announcements spoken over the overhead public address system in your school, the inner-office intercom system at your work, or the broadcast “Breaking News” on TV this week. You will hear loud announcements transmitted over the speakers at the various stores and malls that you will shop at this...

DEALING WITH LEAVES OF ABSENCE

ByDr. Mark January 26, 2025 0 Comments

“Demas has deserted me because he loves the things of this life and has gone to Thessalonica.” (2 Timothy 4:10a NLT) It’s Sunday morning, so I will again try to be succinct, yet still supply you with some counsel, three points of emphasis that you will find beneficial. First, let’s be transparent. While we will criticize Demas for deserting the Apostle Paul because he loved the things of...

SET FREE FROM CURIOSITY

ByDr. Mark January 22, 2025 0 Comments

Arriving early for Sunday School with her grandmother and one of her sisters, a saint who is always on time, a young girl, a darling sociable preschooler, after giving hugs and hellos to the adults, came up to me, the senior pastor. Knowing I was approachable. She may have been holding back on this question for a little while, but not Sunday. Noticing one of my canine teeth was missing, she...

CHANGE THE PAGE!

ByDr. Mark July 28, 2023 0 Comments

“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the actual words of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained...

THE BILLBOARD ON 38TH STREET

ByDr. Mark May 28, 2023 0 Comments

In my town, on a busy thoroughfare, West 38th Street to be exact, there once was a cleverly designed billboard that caught the eyes of drivers and passengers in the vehicle. It said, “Don’t make me come down there!” The message was signed at the bottom of the billboard, “God.” Oh I know you know the song that says, “On the stormy sea, Jesus speaks to me, and the billows...

MIRACLES ARE STILL HAPPENING!

ByDr. Mark January 3, 2023 0 Comments

“The earnest prayer of a righteous man has great power and wonderful results.” (James 5:16b) The Living Bible) After being a road runner for over 35 years, an accomplishment that takes determination, dedication, and discipline; after competing in the Indy 600 Mini-Marathon for twenty years; after running the full distance in the Chicago Marathon, after running in countless shorter distance...

“NOT THIS TIME…BUDDY!”

ByDr. Mark June 8, 2022 0 Comments

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105) One of the founding members of our church who has gone home to be with the Lord used to emphasize a stated point by using the word “buddy!” For example, as a co-worker, when I told her about the church that I was being charged to plant on the westside of town, she said, “I’ll be there, and I will be...