Awake Us Now

Luke 10:25-37. Jesus often answered a question with a question. But when asked "Who is my neighbor?," He answered by telling a story - a story that asks the same question of us. Today's study is The Good Samaritan, a 2000 year old parable from Jesus that still speak into our culture today. This story starts with an expert of Jewish law asking Jesus a question. Jesus answered the question with a qu...

In the parable of the sower, Jesus compares the Word of God to seed falling on four different kinds of soil - hardened, shallow, thorny, and productive. Which soil does God's Word find in you? Pastor shows us a picture of a wheat field in Israel that is actually a battlefield, in the Valley of Elah, where David battled Goliath. It's an amazing battle in which God won the victory. The picture of th...

Luke 6:47-49, John 3:16, 1 John 3. Is your life built on a solid foundation, or on a shifting, unstable one? What did Jesus say was a solid foundation? In our continued Two Year Study of the Gospels, we now move from the Gospel of Mark into the Gospel of Luke, specifically taking a look at the Parables of Jesus. The first parable Pastor Dodge examines is the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builder...

Week 30 - Mark 15:40 - 16:8 (including 9-20). Death and burial of Jesus; The Resurrection; Women, the first witnesses to the Resurrection. In this study we finish the final chapter of Mark by taking a closer look at the women at the foot of Jesus' cross when he dies and the women who were on their way to anoint Jesus on Sunday morning and find Him gone and also a look at the woman who was the firs...

Mark 15:22-39. Roman crucifixion; meaning of INRI; Crucifixion in Old Testament prophecy; Sacrifice of Jesus. This study is an in depth look at Jesus' crucifixion on Golgotha (Calvary). Pastor shares pictures of the present area of Golgotha and the archeological discoveries that are happening. He explains the true nature of crucifixion: a most brutal, demeaning, ghastly, immoral, unholy, merciless...

Mark 15:1-21. Unjust accusations and punishment; Crucifixion; The Cross. If you ever doubt God cares, or if in the midst of difficult times you say, "Does God really care what I'm going through," take a look at Mark 15. This chapter is short but it is powerful. It says loud and clear, here's how much He loves us: He stretched out His arms, and He took it all for you and for me. And that is the hea...

Mark 14:63-72. A look at Caiaphas the High Priest. Jesus: charged, tried, convicted and sentenced. Peter's denial. Pastor talks about repentance, and restoration and how God forgives anything and everything when we repent and He welcomes into His kingdom.

Mark 14:27-64. God offers us forgiveness and hope and meets our deepest needs in Jesus our Savior; The Lord's Supper and the "New Covenant in Christ's blood," Blood of the Covenant; Betrayal, arrest and denial of Jesus; Jesus claims He is the Messiah and Son of God.

Mark 14:1-26. Jesus' anointing during the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the significance of this anointing and how it ties into a kingly anointing; observations that point to God being in control of every detail of the plan for Jesus, nothing was by chance and Pastor shows the consistent truth of the Bible; the betrayal of Jesus by Judas is set into place; Passover and its picture of Jesus as the...

Mark 13. Topics: the last days; an overview of each of the views of Jesus' return: Pre-, Post-, and A- Millennialism; the first resurrection; and the second resurrection.

Mark 13:19-31. The Last Days; Tribulation, Rapture, and the Second Coming; Pre-, Post-, and A-Millennialism; Be Awake! We do not need to fear. Jesus has left us warning so that we will be prepared, filled with the Holy Spirit and trusting in His promises.

Mark 13:1-19. Signs of the End; Jesus shares the warnings of the signs of the times not to scare us but to prepare us; the abomination that causes desolation; the Olivet Discourse; false Messiahs and prophets; preaching the Gospel; "Abomination of Desolation."

Mark 12:1-43. Topics: rejecting Jesus; obey God or the state?; resurrection; the greatest commandment; offerings to God.

Mark 11:15-33. God's Temple; temple cleansing; lip service or true worship?; authority of Jesus.

Mark 11:1-14. Topics: Jerusalem; the 7 days from Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem through his resurrection; How does Messiah reveal Himself?

Mark 10:13-53. Topics: child-like (not child-ish) faith; "What must I do?"; difficulty of riches and a deeper study of riches; the healing of the blind man; following Jesus through suffering to glory.

Intercede for America as we confessour rational sins. God is a God who is slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and who is quick to forgive. Pray for healing and restoration of our land and that our hearts areturned. back to Him. Awake U,S.(A.) Now! Come Holy Spirit!  Save US! We encourage you to spend time in prayer for America.

Join Pastor Chris Dodge and Awake US Now in prayer for America.

Join Pastor Chris Dodge and Awake US Now in prayer for America.

Join Pastor Chris Dodge and Awake US Now in prayer for America.

Join Pastor Chris Dodge and Awake US Now in prayer for America.

Join Pastor Chris Dodge and Awake US Now in prayer for America.

Join Pastor Chris Dodge and Awake US Now in prayer for America.

Join Pastor Chris Dodge and Awake US Now in prayer for America.

Pastor does an in-depth study of God's marriage plan for men and women; what a godly relationship between husband and wife looks like; the act of mutual submission between them with Christ as the head, and both modeling the character of God.