TaLKING POINTS / WALKING POINTS View the sermon summary or dig deeper into the message during the sermon, in your personal Bible study, or with your family or Community Group in application-driven discussion. TAKE ONE STEP Each week, write down one doable concrete step of obedience, small or large, that you will put into practice…
In this portion of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus announces that the kingdom of God is at hand. He invites all who will repent and believe. But Mark wants us to know that this call to discipleship comes with cost. Persecution is the lot of those who follow Jesus. Are you experiencing pushback from the culture? If not, are you more like the culture than like Jesus? Jesus is still calling people to follow him unreservedly. Have you heeded that summons?
Today there are multiple, urgent calls for justice, for systemic change—even for revolution! As Christians, we want to know how to think biblically about these important issues. According to Micah 6:8, God requires that we “do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly”. What do each of these three concepts involve, how can we apply them…
What Jesus Says to His Church – Pergamum- The Compromised Church – 4 of 8 SERIES STUDY GUIDE This 8-part series uses a comprehensive study guide. Download from the Save PDF button above. SERMON SUMMARY Part 4 of 8 Sermon Summary. APPLICATION / CHALLENGE Follow Pergamum’s good example. No matter how tough it gets, hold…
What Jesus Says to His Church – Ephesus- The Loveless Church – 2 of 8 SERIES STUDY GUIDE This 8-part series uses a comprehensive study guide. Download from the Save PDF button above. SERMON SUMMARY Part 2 of 8 Sermon Summary. APPLICATION / CHALLENGE Only overcomers will eat of the tree of life in the…
SERMON SUMMARY According to the Book of Proverbs there are really only two paths in life: the path of wisdom and the path of folly. If you step away from wisdom, you don’t find yourself on morally neutral ground, but rather on the path of the fool. In Proverbs, Solomon asks 70 times: “Are you…
Sermon Summary Why do Christians sometimes fight, bicker, and quarrel? Who is to blame, and what are we to do about it? James, Jesus’ half-brother, addresses that very question in James 4:1-10. James asserts that quarrels are sourced in wrong desires. We all have desires, many of which are perfectly legitimate. But at times, when…
