Biblical Teaching

Who has God appointed to lead and guard His people --- the church? This message draws from 1 Timothy 3:1-15 to observe the qualifications of leaders in the church that Christ built and bought with His blood.

If the Lord returned today, would your family be ready? This message pulls insights from Genesis 6-9 to see the kind of father that Noah was and how he prepared and saved his family.

Do you grieve your sins? This message draws from David's confession of guilt in Psalm 32:1-5 so that we learn how guilt helps us to seek forgiveness confessing our sins to God the Father.

Please judge what is spoken in this message. This sermon launches from Jesus's teaching to judge righteously in John 7:24. This sermon teaches the judging that is wrong and the judging that all Christians must do.

Do you struggle with anger? This message applies the truth about anger in the Ephesians 4:26-27 so that Christians know what to do with our anger. This sermon draws from the Bible to recognize sinful anger and give it to God.

How important are mothers and mother figures to discipling the next generation? This message draws from the life and words of Mary, the mother of Jesus, to recognize the great influence of Godly women.

The Bible's teachings about the rules of men and women liberates believers from cultural confusion. This message draws from 1 Timothy 2:8-15 to hear God's Word about the roles of men and women in the church especially instruction for women including modest dress and not taking authority over men.

What will it be like when Christ returns? What would you feel about Him returning any day now? This message explores these questions by drawing from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 plus 5:1-11 to see how Jesus's resurrection accomplished the final resurrection.

This message draws from Jesus's burial and appearances of His resurrection in Mark 15:42-16:8 to observe the hope of the Gospel.

This sermon draws from Mark 15 to examine Christ's suffering from trials through His scourging and mockery unto His last breath in the cross.

This message draws from Jesus's institution of His memorial supper from Mark 14:22-26. This sermon notes the extraordinary claims of Christ about the Lord’s Supper and searches how the early church observed this communion under the apostles' oversight.

Jesus was displeased when children were not permitted to come to Him. This message starts from Mark 10:13-16 to learn from Christ's teaching about the safety of children in God's kingdom and then to recognize Jesus's severe warning against those who lead children astray from Him in Mark 9:42-48. To complete this message, we apply Jesus's teaching about marriage and divorce in Mark 10:1-12.

Jesus rebuked Peter saying to him, "Get behind me, Satan!" This message launches from Mark 8:27-33 to tell the story of why this happened and how Peter grew from this to accept fully the purpose of Christ.

This message draws from Jesus's teaching about the heart in Mark 7:14-23 to see what is in the heart of man.

Is there a difference in craving junk food and hungering for nutrient-rich food? This message from Mark 6:32-44 observes how Jesus of Nazareth feeds 5,000 men plus their families with 5 loaves and 2 fish. Who is Jesus of Nazareth that He can feed 5,000 plus with so little?

What did Jesus teach about worship? This message launches from Mark 13:1-13 to see how Christ exposed the "vain" meaningless worship of those teach the commands of men over the commands of God. Jesus revealed that those who add man's traditions to God's Word have hearts that are far from God. This lesson also addresses the traditions through history and today that false teachers are adding to God'...

Does God meet your expectations in seemingly hopeless situations? Should He? This message draws from Mark 5:35-43 to see Christ's power over death when He resurrected Jairus's daughter giving us hope of the resurrection to come on the last day.

This message draws from Jesus's parable of sower in Mark 4:1-20 because Jesus revealed that this parable unlocks the secrets of all other parables. Whatever is influencing your heart is seen by your behavior.

If you want to find everyone a hypocrite, you can. You can even err in judging God and Christ. In Jesus's day, religious leaders did just that. This message launches from Mark 3:1-5 to observe the forced conflict that people infer between God’s commands to allow them room to neglect a command of God. Can you see where this is happening today?

This message launches from Mark 2:18-22 to consider the traditions of men in the light of Jesus's teaching. This lesson explores what has changed and what stays true in the new ways of Christ.

The kingdom of God is near. This was the Gospel that Jesus came proclaiming. This message draws from Mark 1 to see the power of His words and draw humanity to respond.

How does Jesus Christ transform believers? The power is in the Word that commands His followers to take up the cross. This message launches from Romans 12:1-2 to look into a sacrificial life given to God.

This message explores God's gift to humanity --- Jesus Christ. No one can afford God's gift and no one can afford to go without God's gift. This message draws from a list of scriptures to see the compression and grace of God in Jesus Christ.

How does Jesus Christ transform believers? The power is in the Word that commands His followers to take up the cross. This message launches from Romans 12:1-2 to look into a sacrificial life given to God.

This message explores God's gift to humanity --- Jesus Christ. No one can afford God's gift and no one can afford to go without God's gift. This message draws from a list of scriptures to see the compression and grace of God in Jesus Christ.