Pray Like Jesus to the Father
Pastor Mark shares how God is a father, not a master, and that you are a son, not a slave!
Pray Like Jesus #1 – Jesus’ Secret to Prayer
This introduction to the Pray Like Jesus series introduces Jesus’ secret to prayer, healing the father wound, and the idea of God being Father rather than master and that we, as God’s kids, should feel like son rather than slave.
6 Reasons Jesus Was Born: #6 Jesus Was Born to Give the Greatest Gift
What is your favorite Christmas gift you have ever given? What is your favorite Christmas gift you have ever received? At Christmas, we give and receive gifts as a tribute to Jesus Christ who gives us Himself as the greatest gift the world has ever known. The greatest gifts we receive are not things, but … Read more
6 Reasons Jesus Was Born: #5 Jesus Was Born to Connect God and Man
When I was in high school, I really wanted to meet my now wife, Grace. The problem was we did not have any mutual friends who could introduce us. Then, one of her lifelong friends got seated in front of me in one of our classes. Before long, her long-term friend and I got to … Read more
6 Reasons Jesus Was Born: #4 Jesus Came Down to Lift Us Up
We live in a world where it seems everyone wants to go up and get more. We want to go up our class rankings in school to get more awards, we want to go up the organizational chart at work to make more money, we want to go up in income so we can get … Read more
6 Reasons Jesus Was Born: #3 Jesus Was Born to Fulfill Scripture
Every year, as Christmas approaches, an avalanche of marketing rolls out to notify us of the looming holiday. The purpose of the commercials on television, flyers in the mail, notifications on social media, and holiday songs in the stores is to get us ready for the big day. In the days leading up to the … Read more
6 Reasons Jesus Was Born: #2 Jesus Was Born to Identify with Us
When it comes to relationships, we tend to feel closer to people who have similar experiences to ours. Conversely, we tend to find it difficult to feel close to people who have no idea what our life has been like. The God of the Bible is relational as the Father, Son, and Spirit have lived … Read more
6 Reasons Jesus Was Born: #1 Jesus Was Born to Show us God
When God made the world, our first parents lived in God’s presence and had ongoing access to Him. Upon sinning against God, humanity was cast away. The result is that we have a hard time understanding who God is because we are sinners, and He is Spirit. One of the reasons that Jesus came down … Read more
Team Adam vs. Team Jesus
Romans 5:15-19 – But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. … Read more
We Are Worse Than We Fear, and More Loved Than We Hoped
Romans 5:6-11 – For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for … Read more
Why America’s 244-Year Pursuit of Happiness Has Failed
Romans 5:1-2 – Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. The Declaration of Independence for the United States of … Read more
You Are Not Buried, You Are Planted
Romans 4:23-25 – But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. Like milk in … Read more