The Thorny Heart Pt. 3: Darwin’s Thorn

Posted on August 13, 2023November 24, 2023 by Pastor Mark

Series: In Pursuit of Relational Knowledge

The Thorny Heart Pt. 3

When it comes to the Thorny Heart, the thorns were already present before the message of the Kingdom was sown there. These “thorns” choke out and starve the seed of the Kingdom in the human heart so that it bears no fruit unto God.

This week we addressed the desire for other things entering in and choking the Word.

As I was preparing for this lesson my years of teaching Creation and Evolution made me think of Darwin and the “thorns” which led to his eventual agnostic views and rejection of the gospel. It serves as a poignant warning for anyone in the world’s battle for the heart against the inroads of the Kingdom of God.

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The Thorny Heart Pt. 2

Posted on July 30, 2023November 24, 2023 by Pastor Mark

Series: In Pursuit of Relational Knowledge

Parable of the Heart Soils

Thorns represent anxieties, worries, cares, the seduction of wealth and interests in things other than God’s kingdom. All of these choke out and starve the seed of the Kingdom in the human heart so that it bears no fruit unto God.

The thorny heart is also the cowardly heart. It holds on to what it knows, for fear that surrendering control to the Lord will forfeit the good life for a life centered on the mundane.

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The Thorny Heart

Posted on July 23, 2023November 24, 2023 by Pastor Mark

Series: In Pursuit of Relational Knowledge

Parable of the Heart Soils

When it comes to the Thorny Heart, the thorns were already present before the message of the Kingdom was sown there. These represent anxieties, worries, cares, the seduction of wealth and interests in things other than God’s kingdom.

The thorny heart is also the cowardly heart. It holds on to what it knows, for fear that surrendering control to the Lord will forfeit the good life for a life centered on the mundane. The opposite is true of course which is the lie, this heart believes.

We only covered the anxieties, worries and cares of this life in this teaching. We will address the seduction of wealth and the lust of othe things entering in next week.

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The Stony Heart

Posted on July 16, 2023December 31, 2023 by Pastor Mark

Series: In Pursuit of Relational Knowledge

Parable of the Heart Soils

The Stony Heart is the type of Heart Soil which is unable to receive the seed of the word to any meaningful depth due to the abundance of stones riddled throughout the soil.

• WHAT are these stones?
• What kind of heart is shallow?
• What does the sun represent?

The stones are selfish interests in the BENEFITS of the kingdom without any COMMITMENT to the kingdom.

That in itself defines the heart as “shallow” as it would in any relationship.

At the first sign of opposition, affliction or persecution due to their affiliation with Christ Jesus the Stony Heart will forsake the Gospel Message.

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The Father – benefits of being His children

Posted on June 18, 2023July 1, 2023 by Pastor Mark

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:08 — 115.5MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 06/18/23 Message: The Father – benefits of being His children ***Video is HERE*** Share this: The Father – benefits of being His children Today is Father’s day and upon THE Father, is where I am going to focus my teaching this morning. Now you may remember that I did not focus this year on Mothers so you may wonder why, this year, I am choosing to place more focus upon fathers than mothers. Well… First off, let me say that one of the most popular messages on our church […]

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