Proud Men, Humble Men
Proud Men, Humble Men James 4:6 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” We all live on a spectrum from humble to proud Humility is not thinking less of yourself. Humility is thinking of yourself less. Humility lets God be the center of your life, and leaves room for others with you. Humility … Read more
Pride in Us vs. Pride in God
Romans 15:17-18 – In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God…what Christ has accomplished through me. In the culture of the world, pride is oftentimes a bad thing – pride in ourselves and our accomplishments or pride in things that we should grieve. In Romans 15:17-18, Paul talks about … Read more
What can happen when people put themselves in God’s judgment seat?
In this clip from a recent sermon, Pastor Mark tells what can happen in culture when sinful humans try to put themselves in God’s judgment seat.
Religious Trap #3 – Preaching not Practicing
Romans 2:17-23 – But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, an … Read more
How Will God’s Judgment Go for You?
Romans 2:6-11 – He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be … Read more
You Will Not Sit on Jesus’ Lap to Help When He Judges the World
Romans 2:2-5 – We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not … Read more
The Difference Between A Critic and a Coach
Romans 2:1 – Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We’ve all been in a culture of judgment. The nitpicking, mocking, fault-finding, condemning, shaming, and judging is crushing. A culture of … Read more
You Are Part of the Problem, Not the Solution
Romans 2:1 – Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. It seems like everyone is upset about something, and the new favorite American pastime is blaming someone else for all the pains, … Read more
What’s so harmful about works righteousness?
In this clip from a recent sermon, Pastor Mark details how works righteousness can turn into self-righteousness including how humanity tends to think their candidate or cause are more important or righteous than the opposition.
2 Bible Lessons from Vomiting Dogs and Filthy Pigs
2 Peter 2:17-22 –These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, but they themselves are … Read more
Balaam and the Donkey are the Shrek Story of the Old Testament
2 Peter 2:10-16 – Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones, whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which … Read more