Coming to Know the Vine Keeper

Posted on January 9, 2022January 11, 2022 by Pastor Mark

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:00 — 108.5MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 01/09/22 Message – Coming to know the Vine Keeper ***Video is HERE*** Share this: Coming to Know the Vine Keeper We are still in John 15 where we are learning about our relationship with Jesus using the metaphor from the Old Testament which Jesus borrowed in His teaching. As you remember, the idea that Jesus was revealing Himself to be the Vine and we the branches was a revolutionary idea. Israel had always been told THEY were the Vine of God’s planting. Now Jesus is claiming that role as His […]

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Jewish & Gentile misunderstandings of Messiah

Posted on January 5, 2022April 29, 2022 by Pastor Mark

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:26 — 128.9MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 01/05/22 Message – Jewish & Gentile Misunderstandings of Messiah Share this: Jewish & Gentile Misunderstandings of Messiah The last ‘Thru the Bible’ we had was called ‘Debriefing Jeremiah‘ where you all broke into groups and worked through the book facilitated by questions I used to guide the conversation and keep it on track. Teri told me later that she thought it would be beneficial to have me discuss with you the last question offering my insights. The last question was: Discuss how you see the particulars of Jeremiah’s most […]

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Holy Spirit Teach me to Abide

Posted on January 2, 2022January 8, 2022 by Pastor Mark

Podcast: Download (Duration: 58:14 — 98.7MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 01/02/22 Message – Holy Spirit Teach me to Abide ***Video is HERE*** Share this: Holy Spirit Teach me to Abide Our last message before Christmas week was about ‘Remaining in Him’ which are the words Jesus used in our passage in John15. Obviously you cannot remain IN a Vine you were never IN to begin with, and no amount of theological techno-babble can change that. Besides, if it did not mean that not only was Jesus misleading in His choice of words, He was totally off using an illustration of […]

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By your Patience possess your Souls

Posted on December 29, 2021December 31, 2021 by Pastor Mark

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:10 — 117.7MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 12/29/21 Message – By your Patience possess your Souls Share this: By your Patience possess your Souls All that preceeds in these verses occurred during the week of Jesus’s passion. At the beginning of that very week He was lauded as a Savior which is what Hossanna means. By the end of the week, the earnestness of His final teachings and warnings to Israel ostracized Him and made Him the focus of their anger and rage. Luke 20:1-47, “The Builders” question Messiah’s Authority “(1) One day as He was […]

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He emptied Himself by taking

Posted on December 25, 2021December 27, 2021 by Pastor Mark

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:26:12 — 147.2MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 12/26/21 Message – He emptied Himself by taking ***Video is HERE*** Share this: During the Christmas season my mind always seems to turn to the miracle of the Incarnation. Jesus Christ, Co-eternal as part of the Tri-unity of God, become man. Perhaps it is my years of loving the music and rhyme of Michael Card, but I believe the incarnation is something best framed by paradox. The Infinite contained in the finite. The Creator now created. The Owner, Himself now owned. The Cause, becoming the effect. The Life, becoming One […]

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