In this funny clip from Romans, Pastor Mark gets input from those in the crowd on what maternity and childbirth is like and likens it to the suffering we go through in this world and how it’ll all be worth it once Jesus returns.
Do you have an ailment or know someone who has had suffering and hasn’t yet been healed? Have you heard that it’s because they’ve sinned and are being punished by God? In this special bonus conversation from the “Pray Like Jesus” series, Pastor Mark & his daughter Ashley, authors of the book by the same … Read more
Romans 8:22-27 – For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were … Read more
The world is fundamentally broken. Something has gone tragically wrong. We cannot live with it and are constantly longing for the relief, refreshing, and renewal of everyone and everything. The reason we long for more is because we were made for more. When God was done creating the world everything was “good”, and when He … Read more
Romans 8:16-17 – The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. When we are suffering, we can easily rush to the wrong conclusion … Read more
Many people explain why there’s evil and suffering in this world in different ways. In this sermon based in Romans 8:18-30, Pastor Mark tells that, even though humankind ruined the world, there’s ultimate hope in God’s divine plan.
People constantly ask me the same question, “You are so kind, sweet, energetic and joyful, how are you just naturally like that?” The simple answer – Jesus. The more complex answer – no one will ever know the legacy of abuse, the violence the enemy put me through, and the grace the Lord has shown … Read more
Matthew 26:36-46 – Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and … Read more
Matthew 26:36-46 – Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and … Read more
Malachi 4:5-6 – “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” Matthew 27:46 – And about the ninth … Read more
Romans 5:12-14 – Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to … Read more
Romans 5:12-14 – Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even … Read more