Renew Bible Church Podcast

This Is Who He Is - Gospel Of Mark | Whose Authority? | Pastor Chris Heller   Join us this week as we listen to Jesus answer those who confront him about his credentials. Specifically, what authority does he think he possesses to justify what he is doing and saying in the temple? I think his response will both surprise and challenge us.

Gospel Of Mark | Zeal For His House | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 11:12-25 Last week, we saw Jesus approaching Jerusalem among throngs of cheering crowds while harboring a sorrowful secret . . . knowing he would soon suffer his own brutal death.   This week, we’ll look at Jesus’ reaction as he encounters merchants and moneychangers in the temple, having turned it into a bustling marketplace rather...

Gospel of Mark - Part 3 | The Last Ride - Part 1 | Pastor Chris Heller   After a brief departure to focus on our December Christmas series, we are back in the gospel of Mark to finish our study of the entire book. These next weeks will be the third section of the three-part series we began back in April. This Sunday, we will be picking up in Mark 11, with Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. W...

ThanksGiver |  Humility Towards One Another - Part 6 | Pastor Chris Heller   This week, we look forward to opening the rest of our one another boxes. Its been a great Christmas season and we'll put a bow on the ThanksGiver series. We hope you've been blessed by learning from scripture how we should be treating one another.

Christmas Eve 23 | Make Joy | Pastor Chris Heller   We look forward to this weekend with anticipation as we gather to celebrate the birth of our Savior and share the light of Christ’s love with a hurting world. In this season of profound joy and sacred reflection, we come together as a family of faith, in His name, to express our gratitude, love, and hope.   We pray the message of the true meaning...

ThanksGiver | Members Of One Another - Part 4 | Pastor Chris Heller   In Romans 12:5 we read, “ . . . so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” In past weeks of our Thanks Giver series, we’ve examined the 'one another' responsibilities given for the church to carry out when they come together to eat and sing. This Sunday, we will continue our Christmas s...

ThanksGiver | Harmony - Part 3 | Pastor Chris Heller   This Sunday, in part 3 of our "Thanks Giver" Christmas series, we'll explore the concept of being in harmony with one another. As believers, Jesus encourages us to live in harmony -- showing love, compassion and humility towards each other. It's not merely the absence of conflict, but an active pursuit of unity, understanding, forgiveness, emp...

ThanksGiver | Together Dynamics - Part 2 | Pastor Chris Heller Join us this Sunday as we begin our Christmas sermon series, Thanks Giver! We will be focusing on different aspects of conduct as we encounter the "one another's" in our lives. This week, we'll learn what God intended when he told us to 'have the same mind' with one another, and how we can implement that in practical ways. We've been p...

ThanksGiver | Interstate 30 | Pastor Chris Heller This week we celebrated Thanksgiving. Today we learn how we should be treating one another 'as the days draw near'. We can stir one another up by encouraging, loving, and supporting one another instead of tearing one another down. We pray you are blessed this week. #thanksgiver #encourage #oneanother

This Is Who He Is - Gospel Of Mark | Call Him - Part 28 | Pastor Chris Heller   This Sunday will be our last sermon in the book of Mark before taking a break for the holiday season and Christmas series.   We’ve noted that the book of Mark is divided into three sections, each section transitioning with a story of a blind man.   Join us this week as Jesus not only calls for the blind man, but asks H...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel Of Mark | The Great Cupbearer - Part 27 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 10:32-45 This Sunday, two of Jesus’ disciples have a special request -- they asked for a position on His right and left in His coming kingdom. Jesus asks them, “Are you able drink the cup I have to drink?” They replied, “We are able!” With long suffering, He responds, “You do not know what you are asking...

Gospel Of Mark | Go & Come - Part 26 | Pastor Jon Adams   Mark 10:17-31 When’s the last time you stepped back and thought about the story of your life? What have been some of the high and low points? What challenges did you face and overcome? What lesson does your life teach? If someone were making a documentary of your life, what would it be called? This Sunday, we’ll see a man whose entire l...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel Of Mark | Joined Together - Part 25 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week, in an intense discourse about not leading His ‘little ones’ astray, Jesus warned about the unquenchable fire. This Sunday, in another intense discourse, Jesus is tested by the Pharisees on his position concerning divorce. Join us as we gain insight into what Jesus says was the original plan, pursuit,...

Gospel Of Mark | A Great Millstone - Part 24 | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 9:42-50 A warning label is a label attached to a product by the manufacturer in order to warn the user about the potential risks associated if proper action is not taken. This Sunday’s sermon should be viewed as such . . . a warning label for all of those who would take heed about the reality of hell, the terror of hell, and...

Gospel Of Mark | Who Is The Greatest - Part 23 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 9:33-41 We hear that question a lot, especially on sports talk shows. We’re used to hearing dogmatic debates over who someone considers is the ‘greatest’ at their craft. Our passage this week seems to indicate that the choice of Jesus taking only three of His disciples up the mount to witness His transfiguration has stirred...

Gospel Of Mark | Help My Unbelief - Part 22 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 9:14-28 Last week, we followed Jesus up to the top of a mountain where we reflected on the glory of His transfiguration. What a ‘super moment’ that must have been! However, this Sunday we will follow Jesus down the mountain and examine what evil can do in the life of a child being attacked by demons, and what doubt can do in th...

Gospel of Mark | Supermoments - Part 21 | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 9:1-13 Last week, we looked at what we called a "watershed moment" in Mark 8:27-38, when Peter made "the great confession" that Jesus is indeed the Christ. This week, we will follow Peter, James and John up the Mount of Transfiguration and examine one of the most amazing 'super moments' in all of scripture . . . the moment when J...

Gospel of Mark | Who Do You Say...? - Part 20 | Pastor Chris Heller   We define a watershed moment as a turning point, the exact moment that changes the direction of an activity or situation. This week, we will witness just that. Jesus has performed countless miracles before his disciples, and now he demands a response. "Who do you say I am?" Looking forward to this Sunday as we examine our commit...

Gospel Of Mark | Do You See Anything? - Part 19 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 8:22-26 Join us this Sunday as we return to the gospel of Mark for Part 2 of our series, “This is Who He Is!” This second part of our journey through Mark will lead us to a blind man in Bethsaida, where Jesus will once again reveal another aspect of who He is. If you are in a season of life where you’re struggling to see Go...

Gospel of Mark | Be Opened - Part 18 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 7:31-37   Last week, we witnessed how the Syrophoenician woman’s simple request for crumbs led to the healing hand of Jesus upon her daughter. This week, we come to a healing miracle that is only recorded in Mark. We will witness Jesus pulling aside a mute and deaf man, touch him, sigh, and say the unthinkable . . . “BE OPENED!” Do yo...

Gospel Of Mark | Even The Crumbs - Part 17 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week, we looked at Mark 7:1-23 and saw how Jesus responded to the hypocrisy of the Pharisees who were criticizing the disciples for violating the rules of the Sabbath. They “honored God with their lips, but their hearts were far from him.”   This week, we're going to pick up in verse 24, where we encounter Jesus still seeking...

Gospel Of Mark | Part 16 | Pastor Jon Adams   "They honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.” Jesus famously quoted these words in one of his classic rebukes of the Pharisees. The Pharisees were hypocrites. Their entire approach to God was wrong.    While we don’t encounter Pharisees today, the problem of hypocrisy lives on, not just in our world, but in the church as well. It see...

Gospel Of Mark | Wavewalker - Part 15 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week, we witnessed Jesus feed the 5,000 with just five loaves and two fish. We asked ourselves, "What small thing could we give to Jesus that He would want to multiply?" This Sunday, we encounter another one of the more famous passages of scripture -- the time Jesus walked on water. Come as we explore why he did that, what was acco...

Gospel Of Mark | Part 14 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week, we watched a root of bitterness lead to the murder of John the Baptist. This week, weary from the relentless crowds and grieving the death of John the Baptist, Jesus and his disciples try to go into seclusion to rest. But the crowds keep coming. Though exhausted, he doesn’t look away . . . he looks on them, and does so with compassion. Wh...

Gospel Of Mark | Part 13 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week we witnessed what can happen to those whom God has called into the spotlight. This week we will witness what harbored anger, bitterness, and hatred can lead to from the murderous plot of Herod’s wife, Herodias. Join us this Sunday as we learn to cultivate uncommon responses to poor treatment so that we do not allow a grudge to grow a root...