Nehemiah 1:3 – And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.” There are two basic theories that guide both practical life and academic study. One, traditional theory … Read more
Nehemiah 1:8-9 – Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, “If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples, but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring … Read more
Genesis 9:13 – I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. In Genesis 9, God puts the rainbow in the sky to signify His covenant with His people. In that time, the main weapon of war was the bow and, when … Read more
Genesis 6:4 – The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. Get out your tinfoil hats for today’s devo as … Read more
Genesis 6:1-2 – When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were bore to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Genesis 6 raises four of the most difficult questions in all of Genesis. Over … Read more
Genesis 3:1 – Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” Ephesians 6 speaks of the full Armor of God, including the “sword of the Spirit”, which is … Read more
Genesis 3:15 – “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” In yesterday’s devo, we started looking at the entrance of the Serpent, that is Satan, in Genesis 3 and humanity’s first deception and separation from … Read more
Genesis 3:15 – “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” One thing that every human being innately feels and knows is that something has gone terribly wrong, and human life on the planet could be … Read more
Genesis 3:4-5 – But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” In Genesis 3, when Satan, dressed as a Serpent, appears to our first parents, he starts by … Read more
In this clip from Romans, Pastor Mark answers the question on how to discern evil people from foolish and wise.
In this sermon, Pastor Mark kicks off a short sermon series to help people determine their spiritual gifts and how God has uniquely designed them to serve His Kingdom. In this sermon, he talks about the Holy Spirit-filled ministry of Jesus as well as the differences between getting a gift vs using a gift, what God creates vs what Satan counterfeits, the physical body vs the church body, Christian ministry vs Christian maturity, and public vs private worship.
In this final sermon in Romans from 16:17-27, Pastor Mark preaches against division and on the difference between wise, foolish, and evil people. Ultimately, the book ends with the admonition to start with God, stay with God, and finish with God.