When reading the Gospels, think of four different news providers. Matthew, Mark and Luke are like daily newspapers, they tell mostly the same stories with a play by play account of what happened, from slightly different perspectives. But John, which seems to be very different in content from the other gospels, is more like the…
Mark’s take on Jesus
I believe that God speaks through the whole bible – even the hard books like Leviticus and Judges – but I also believe that He speaks MOST CLEARLY through the gospels because He speaks most clearly through Jesus. The four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) are four angles on Jesus – one would not…
a power-full message
SCRIPTURE: Mark 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” [Mark 1:8] First of all, I need to say that there were a number of verses I could have picked to focus on, there is so much I this chapter. I picked this verse because it describes the key…
what is this cartoon suggesting?
Interesting cartoon, what do you think it is suggesting?
finally done with Judges
I have to admit, I am glad we are finishing the book of Judges, and eager to dive into the book of Mark. If it wasn’t for the message about Jesus, I could not survive Judges – or many other books in the bible. As I read Judges 21, I imagine myself sitting with Jesus, and…
surrender to the King!
SCRIPTURE: Judges 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: WARNING – DISTURBING CONTENT!!! In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit. [Judges 21:25] This is in a nutshell what is wrong with our world. We’ve rejected God as King of this world, and we now do as we see fit. And the world as we see it…
oh my…
I don’t think I’ve heard this one used in worship yet… Just what is the message in this song?
shallow repentance
SCRIPTURE: Judges 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: WARNING – DISTURBING CONTENT!!! Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD. [Judges 20:26] How bad things were in Israel those days. It seems like we have…
special request from Tim
Hola, there is a young boy living with us who’s name is Luis Batez. He is 14 years old and has been given an amazing opportunity to go to school. The government has offered him a scholarship in which they will pay for half of the cost of his school. The only problem is his family…
Judges 19 today
The Lord is provoking my spirit through this passage [Judges 19] with the horrors of the sex trade. What happens to the women in the passage has been going on for centuries. Its no wonder that when someone does a documentary on the child sex trade, they end up calling it, “The Day My God Died”….