Come To The Table

In this message, Pastor Mark will draw our attention to the Throne Room of God as described in the book of Revelation. One of the things we can expect is to hear everyone who stands there in God’s presence proclaiming that God is Holy. It’ll be said over and over again, emphasizing just how holy He is. He’s perfect in every way, void of any injustice and full of grace and love. God’s holiness is o...

Worship should completely revolve around the One we’re worshipping. Many of us get distracted by the superficial elements of it. If the songs are old and boring, we can’t worship. Or maybe if the songs are too loud, it’s obnoxious and we can’t worship. Whether or not it’s your style of music or if the lights and visuals fit your taste shouldn’t matter. You’re welcome to have a preference, but ulti...

Where do you devote the majority of your energy? Is it in your career? Your family? Your hobbies? As Pastor Mark will clarify in this message, it’s possible to be saved but not live as a disciple of Jesus. Being a disciple requires your ambition and resources. It takes sacrifice and time as you pursue Jesus’ calling on your life. For many of us, we may only dedicate Sunday morning to God. While th...

Not all cultural trends are harmful. Our God is our Creator, and that creative nature is reflected in us. Because of that, we’re going to write new songs and come up with new styles and ways to worship and serve Him. That’s a beautiful thing. New understandings, when guided by the Holy Spirit, can bring new life and breath into His Church. Not all change is a bad thing. As Pastor Mark will warn in...

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is like a two-edged sword. As Pastor Mark will explain in this teaching, one edge of that sword cuts away the chains of sin and death, freeing people and bringing them into God’s family. It brings life. The other side cuts people away from the grace they’ve been offered, bringing death. God sent Jesus with the desire to save all of mankind. He would love to restore all o...

The size of a church doesn’t always correlate to their health as the body of Christ. There are churches that are huge - they’re bringing in thousands of people, they’re putting on exciting services and maybe even making a positive difference in their community, but their hearts aren’t growing closer to Jesus. As Pastor Mark examines this passage, he’ll examine four of the seven churches that Jesus...

Our God is a perfect Father. In His wisdom, He knows exactly what His children need. As much as He hates sin, He loves us far more. It’s because of that love that He hates sin with such intensity. He knows it destroys us and wants to restore us back to His original design, free from oppression. In this teaching, Pastor Mark will draw our attention to the gracious way that God reacts to our failure...

Do you ever feel that if only things would get easier--if only I was more financially stable or my family life was better or if I had a better boss-- then I could really thrive in my faith and focus on getting to know God and doing great things for Him. In this teaching, Pastor Mark will begin a study of the book of Revelation. Was John on a life-giving, peace-filled retreat on the coast when he w...

Jesus alone can bring the peace and contentment that so many are seeking through wealth and political power. Just like the Israelites before God put King Saul in place, we often desire a king. We want a person to thank for our success or blame for our failures. Many want the government to do what they are ultimately responsible for. As Pastor Mark continues our study of 2nd Thessalonians in this t...

The Church has always been good at making up rules as they go. It’s a tendency for all people. We all want to have control, even over others sometimes. Rules about what you can or can’t wear in church or what type of worship is played aren’t necessarily bad, but all too often, we equate manmade rules with the commandments found in Scripture. As Pastor Mark will point out in this message, Paul enco...

There’s a storm coming. For years now, the waves have been increasingly violent as the headwinds warn of what’s to come. Just like modern satellites warn us of coming storms, God gave us the Bible in part as a warning of what’s to come for this world. It’s not meant to bring hopeless fear but to inspire hope and motivate believers and nonbelievers to action. In this teaching, Pastor Mark will chal...

Do you remember the beginning of COVID? When things started shutting down, stores were selling out of essentials and people were afraid to leave their houses? It felt very much like it could be the beginning of the end. None of us had ever experienced that, and it was a major shock. Fast-forward to now– would you feel the same shock if the same regulations and social behaviors were repeated? As Pa...

Love is much more powerful than fear, but both are effective motivators. As Pastor Mark will point out in this teaching, there are some who will repent and accept Christ largely because they’re afraid of the consequences if they don’t. These people tend to lack the fullness of joy that God desires for them in this life. God’s love is incredible. While all of us should have a fear of Hell, we can h...

Our culture has been very effective at desensitizing us to the vile and extreme wickedness of Satan. We have TV shows that humanize or minimize him greatly. They paint him as a misunderstood, harmless myth, not as the raging, scheming, hate-filled beast that he is. As Pastor Mark will illustrate in this message, our enemy is wreaking havoc in our world right now, but what we’ve seen is just a smal...

In this teaching, Pastor Mark will continue talking about Hell. It’s not a fun subject, but it’s essential for us to understand as believers. It’s what we’ve been saved from, and it’s our calling to save others from it. Through the years, many have approached this by trying to instill fear, but an even more effective tool for reaching the lost should be the glimpse of Heaven they see in our hearts...

All of us would rather that Hell didn’t exist. Especially God. He built it out of necessity to deal with the enemy of all mankind –Satan. He hates what Satan has done to His precious creation, and He’s designed Hell to administer justice and keep this wicked beast away from those who accept Christ’s gift of salvation. In this message, Pastor Mark will address the subject of Hell. It’s a fearful th...

Where does your ultimate loyalty lie? Is it with your political party? Is it with the Church? For far too long, the Church has allowed outside parties and causes to drive how we approach politics in our nation. These political movements are usually motivated by things other than the cause of Christ and will never fully conform to the heart of God’s Kingdom. In this message, Pastor Mark will challe...

The comfort and freedom we enjoy as Christians in our nation are a blessing – but they have had a negative side effect for many. Our enemy may still try to threaten these freedoms, but being as clever as he is, he has also turned them into a weapon for his purposes. He has lulled many believers into a state of sleepiness, and many of us hold tighter to our comforts than we do our faith. This good...

Think about the amazing stories of God’s providence and intervention found in Scripture. For the most part, those events rarely happened in the midst of times of peace, prosperity, and stability. When we’re blessed with those things, we should be grateful and take advantage of the chance to glorify God for His goodness, but it’s often in the hardest times that we experience His greatest work. As P...

The size of a church is not directly connected to God’s favor. You can have a massive church that is doing next to nothing for the Kingdom of God, while the tiny church next door is making a huge impact with few resources. The truth of God has a much deeper impact than any clever program, fog machines, lasers, or loud music. It’s not that those things can’t be used in worshipping God, but ultimate...

There are times for direct, bold confrontation, but generally, that should only happen between close friends and family because they know love motivates it. Usually, when you see a fellow brother or sister in Christ struggling, telling them to put on a brave face is only going to push them further into despair. In this teaching, Pastor Mark will encourage us to offer comfort and encouragement, eve...

God is much better at recognizing and assigning leaders than we are. He’s the one who bestows that calling after all. As Pastor Mark clarifies in this teaching, we need to recognize this and be purposeful about who we place in leadership within the body of Christ. As we all know, the ultimate authority is God, and He administers His leadership through the Holy Spirit and Scripture. Below Him, you’...

It is time for us to wake up as followers of Jesus. Too many of us are in an in-between state, basically sleepwalking through our spiritual walk. We need to be alert and pursuing the Lord diligently. The Scripture tells us to be watchful and to pray without ceasing. In this teaching, Pastor Mark will try to snap us out of a spiritual daze.

God knows the hearts of man, and He has immeasurable compassion and grace for us. Still, knowing our hearts and the future, He also has the knowledge of who will reject Him to the end. He doesn’t force anyone to choose Him. He will give people over to their desires and the consequences that follow. As Pastor Mark will clarify in this teaching, many may question why God allows anyone to go into ete...

Naturally, we focus on our own perspective when we think about rapture and meeting Jesus face to face. Unless you’ve experienced a rare vision of His face, most of us have not seen the Savior we’ve placed so much faith in. As Pastor Mark will explain in this teaching, if you’re filled with longing for Jesus, you can be certain that His longing for us is greater than anything we can feel in our lim...