Gardendale Nazarene Sermons

Sent Acts 1:1-14 "We need a sense of moving toward something, but we can discern that busyness can't provide a destination to anything outside of us. It draws us deep within ourselves. Busyness asks us to run faster, not to go anywhere in particular but just to remain busy so we can feel full..." –Andrew Root The Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Sacred Time Against the Speed of...

The Triumphal Entry Mark 11:1-11, 14:3-9 Mark 11:1-2 1 When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2 and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. 1 Kings 1:32-35 32 King David then said, “Call in the priest Zadok, th...

The End of the Age Mark 13:1-13, 24-37 Apocalypse- the complete final destruction of the world apo - un- kaluptein - to cover apokaluptein - to uncover, to reveal Apocalypse- a revelation, a disclosure, an uncovering that shapes the way in which you see things Mark 13:1-3 1 As he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look! What massive stones! What impressive bui...

From Regulations to Relationships Mark 12:28-44 Mark 12:28  One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all?” "Which command is the most important?" "What matters?" Mark 12:29-31 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.3...

Death to New Life Mark 12:1-17 Mark 12:1-9 1 He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away. 2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from them. 3 But they took him, beat him, and sent him away empt...

“What do you want me to do for you?” Mark 10:32-52 Isaiah 42:18-20 18 “Listen, you deaf! Look, you blind, so that you may see. 19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like my dedicated one, or blind like the servant of the Lord? 20 Though seeing many things, you pay no attention. Though his ears are open, he does not listen.” Isaiah 43:2 2 When you pass...

Walking Away From Transformation Mark 10:17-31 Mark 10:17-22 17  As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18  “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.  19  You know the commandments:  Do not murder;   do not commit adultery;   do not steal;   do not bear false...

Losing One's Life Mark 8:27-9:8 Mark 8:22-26 22  They came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.  23  He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24  He looked up and said, “I see people—they look like trees walking.” 25  Again Jesus placed his h...

The Mission of Proclamation Mark 6:1-29 Basic Outline of the Passage: • Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth • The Commissioning of the Twelve • Herod and the death of John the Baptist Esther 5:3  “What is it, Queen Esther?” the king asked her. “Whatever you want, even to half the kingdom, will be given to you.” Esther 5:6  While drinking the wine, the king asked Esther, “Whatever you ask will be given...

Healing and Saving Mark 5:21-43 Mark 5: 21  When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea. Jesus The sea Jairus Jairus' daughter The bleeding woman The disciples The people at Jairus' home Both Jairus and the woman bleeding have reached the end of their ropes. They are desperate. Desperation: so helpless that the situ...

We are joined this morning by Kristofer Labenske.

The Secret of the Kingdom Mark 4:1-34 Mark 3:20-30 20 Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.” 22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.” 23 So he...

Mark 2:1-22 1 When he entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word to them. 3 They came to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and...

The Beginning of the Good News Mark 1:1-20 Mark 1:1  The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. euangelion - good news, the gospel, an announcement usually pertaining to a victory in battle If Jesus brought the 'good news,' what was the 'bad news?' • Our world is filled with the brokenness of the human condition. • This brokenness has led to great evil and a deep...

Promises Kept Luke 2:1-2 Jeremiah 33:15-16 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a Righteous Branch to sprout up for David, and he will administer justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is what she will be named: The Lord Is Our Righteousness. Jeremiah 33:6  Yet I will certainly bring health and healing to i...

This morning, we are joined by our District Superintendent, Arnie Wilson.

https://www.bible.com/events/49179625 The Promise of Comfort Isaiah 40:1-11 Malachi 4:4-5 4 “Remember the instruction of Moses my servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel. 5 Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. Matthew 3:1-3 1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea...

The Promise of a King Jeremiah 33:10-11; 14-18 Deuteronomy 6:10-15 2 Kings 22:15-17 Jeremiah 33:10-11 In the silence, the brokenness, and/or desolation can we imagine a God who still acts? Jeremiah 33:11 11 a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride, and the voice of those saying, Give thanks to the Lord of Armies, for the Lord is good; his faithful love endures forever as t...

Josiah Finds the Scroll 2 Kings 22:1-10; 23:1-3 Manasseh- 12-years-old, reigned for 55 years Amon- 22-years-old, reigned for 2 years Josiah- 8-years-old, reigned for 31 years 2 Kings 22:1-7 2 Kings 22:8-13 2 Kings 23:1-7 2 Kings 23:3  Next, the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his...

This morning, we have the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Tim Green.

Tonight, we have the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Tim Green.

God's Beloved Children Hosea 11:1-9 Hosea 1:2  When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, he said this to him: Go and marry a woman of promiscuity,and have children of promiscuity,for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuityby abandoning the Lord. Hosea is the story of God's faithful love in spite of Israel's desire for other gods (promiscuity).  Jezreel- son #1, vs. 1:4 Lo-ruhamah-...

Today we are joined by our youth pastor, Rev. James Dolinger.

Notes and Scripture: • Provision • Protection • Power Anytime I look outside of God for provision, protection, and power; I have made that an idol. What do I place between God and myself? 1 Kings 11:43 Solomon rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam became king in his place. 1 Kings 12:1-17 12 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone...

Scripture and Notes: 1 Samuel 8:4-9 1 Samuel 8:19-20 2 Samuel 5:1-5 2 Samuel 6:1-19 6 David again assembled all the fit young men in Israel: thirty thousand. 2 He and all his troops set out to bring the ark of God from Baale-judah. The ark bears the Name, the name of the Lord of Armies who is enthroned between the cherubim. 3 They set the ark of God on a new cart and transported it from Abinadab’s...