Skyline Church Messages Podcast

Mark 11:1-11. We have heard some incredible stories of past kings, pharaohs, monarchs, or emperors. Many of them struggle with humility in their never-ending pursuit of sovereignty. When we think of a king, many times we think of an egotistical person who wants to control everything even though they can’t. Those are earthly kings. But what kind of King is Jesus and how does He differ from those st...

Mark 10:46-52. It sounds odd to say that we can learn how to truly see Jesus from a blind man, but that’s what happens with blind Bartimaeus. In this scripture text we find so many nuggets of wisdom to help us to truly see Christ for who He is and live for Him as we should. Listen in as we hear the Legend of Blind Bart and his encounter with Jesus of Nazareth. For upcoming events and important ann...

Acts 2:42-47. In life we often want amazing results without putting in the effort it takes to achieve them. We want to be in great shape without eating well and exercising. We want more money without working harder or longer. In Acts 2 we read about an incredible move of the Holy Spirit as it says, “And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.” But what came before tho...

Mark 10:31-45. In the movie Talladega Nights, Ricky Bobby famously says, “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” While hilarious in the context of the movie, it’s a sad truth that many people live only to be first in the eyes of others. But are the eyes of others really what matters most? What does it take to be first in the eyes of God? In this message Pastor Jeff takes a look at what Jesus says is mo...

Mark 10:17-31. What matters most to us is what gets the best of us. What matters most to us is also what we are most passionate about and protective of. So when Jesus tells a rich guy who loves his money to give it all away… Jesus is concerned with more than just money. He’s concerned about the man’s heart. In this message we look in depth at this conversation between Jesus and the Rich Young Rule...

Mark 10:1-12. What is marriage supposed to look like? We have ideas because of how we were raised or what culture says or what the laws are… but what is it supposed to look like? In this text religious leaders are trying to trap Jesus with a question about marriage and divorce. As Jesus replies we see His emphasis is not on what we’ve made marriage, but what God’s original plan for marriage is. Fo...

Mark 9:42-50. Sin is predominant in our world. It lies within each of us and has the ability to distract us, deter us, and destroy us. It can corrupt even the best of us. With that in mind, what should our response to sin be? In this message we look at what Jesus has to say about our response to ourselves and others regarding sin. For more information on Compassion, visit http://compassion.com/sky...

We all desire greatness. We spend so much of our time seeking out people we think are great and trying to model our lives like them so we can become great. But what does it mean to be great. Does it mean being rich or famous or powerful? Or is it defined by service, humility, and compassion? This morning as we continue in the book of Mark, we will hear Jesus’ call for his followers to pursue a dif...

Mark 9:14-29. What is the Lord capable of? We often make statements that indicate we believe God can do big things but how often do we make prayers of faith? Our faith is what ignites that fuse of God’s power. In this message we explore what is possible when we pray in faith and why our prayer life matters to the God of all creation.  For upcoming events and important announcements at Skyline, vis...

Mark 8:31-38. How should we live our life? That is a huge question because the answer to iit dictates the direction of our life. The verses that contained in this message are packed with understanding about both the ways of Christ and the way we should follow Him. It’s not an overstatement to say that the understanding and application of these verses is a necessity for every follower of Christ. Fo...

Mark 8:27-30. Life is full of questions. We answer dozens to hundreds of questions every day but one question stands above them all: who do you say Jesus is? It can be interesting to hear what other people think about Jesus, but at the end of our life all that really matters is your answer to that question. In this message we look at a passage of Scripture in which Jesus asks his disciples this qu...

Mark 8:14-21. Distraction, doubt, and deception are three things that can totally sidetrack us from accomplishing the purposes that God has for us in our life. While we may fight against each of those feelings from time to time, we don’t have to lose those battles. In today’s message Pastor Jeff looks at what Jesus says to His disciples to help them fight against distraction, doubt, and deception...

Mark 7:24-30. Faith and Prayer. Two incredibly important spiritual disciplines for every follower of Christ. That’s not the only thing they have in common though. They are also two areas that many followers believe they need to improve in. In this message Pastor Jeff shares about their connection and how having a “crumby” faith can actually lead to an amazing prayer life. For upcoming events and i...

Mark 7:1-23. It’s hard for us to know the heart of another person. It’s easy to see what they do and hear what they say but to know what they truly feel in their heart can be difficult. For that reason, many religious people have created man-made traditions to judge the spiritual condition of others. In this passage of Scripture we take a look at what Jesus says about that and learn how we can car...

Mark 6:45-52.  Every sermon you hear should have an application for your life, something that the scripture is calling you to know about God, or something that god is calling you to do in your life. As we look at mark 6:45-52 this morning, we have 2 applications. We are first called to pray like Jesus prays, and second, we see that Jesus is with us and leads us through storms In our lives. For upc...

Mark 6:30-44. What happens when sheep don’t have a shepherd. They wander into trouble and make bad decisions. When Jesus saw the crowd in Mark 6 it says he had compassion on them for they were like “sheep without a shepherd.” In this message Pastor Jeff looks at Jesus’ encounter with this multitude and explores what lessons we can apply to our life as we encounter sheep without a shepherd. For upc...

Luke 24:1-12. “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” That was the question posed to the ladies who showed up at Jesus’ tomb on Sunday morning. It’s an important question because it demonstrates that they were looking in the wrong place for their Lord and Savior. That question moved their thinking from death to life and as Pastor Jeff explains in this message, it can do the same for you. For...

John 12:12-26. What does it mean to follow Jesus? Whenever Jesus attracted big crowds, He seemed to share some big, hard to swallow truths. Jesus didn’t want anyone to follow Him without a proper understanding of what that meant. In today’s message Pastor Jeff looks at one of those “big truths” that Jesus shares with those who wish to become His followers. For upcoming events and important announc...

Matthew 15:21-28, Romans 13:1-3. The world is broken. And we have the opportunity as the church to provide healing. The answer is simply to love one another the way that Jesus loved us. How do we do that? Well listen to this episode and you’ll begin to find out. It’s all about following the teaching and the specific examples that Jesus set for us while he was here on this earth. Together, we can c...

Mark 5:21-43. Fear, disease, and death are unfortunate realities of living in this broken, fallen world. Just because we will face them doesn’t mean they lead to a place of destruction. What if I told you that another, more desirable, outcome was possible? In this message Pastor Jeff explains how our fear of disease and death can lead to a faith we wouldn’t have attained otherwise. For upcoming ev...

Mark 5:1-20  We ask so many questions every day. What am I having for dinner? Should I take that job? Did I leave the stove on? Our lives are filled with questions. But the most important question that any of us will have to answer is who do we believe that Jesus is. As we continue our study of Mark this morning, we see Jesus healing a man possessed with thousands of demons. In doing this, Jesus p...

Mark 4:35-41. We’ve all been places in our life that we feel overwhelmed, overcome, or beaten down by the waves of life and it seems… that God is silent. We become frustrated because we believe that if God loved us, he wouldn’t let us go through such trials and pain. In this message Pastor Jeff examines where our focus should be in the storms and how God might use the storms for a greater purpose....

Mark 4:1-20. What if I told you that you could hear the best, most challenging, encouraging, life-changing message ever and it might not change your life a bit? It’s true. It takes more than hearing a life-changing message to change your life. In today’s message Pastor Jeff looks at the parable of the sower as Jesus explains the importance of the soil that receives the seed. For upcoming events an...

Mark 3:20-35. What do you do if your family thinks you're crazy for following Jesus? What if others start calling you names too? It’s hard to be doing what you believe is right and face opposition for it. It heartens us to know that Jesus not only experienced that, but he gave us a plan for how to handle it. In today’s message Pastor Jeff dives into who the family of God really is and how it...

Mark 2:23 - Mark 3:6. What happens when we take what God has called “good” and add to it? In a word: legalism. If we aren’t careful, in our pursuit of holiness we will create an additional list of rules or demands and hold others accountable to them as well. Our pursuit of Christ becomes a pursuit of following rules and we falsely believe that it’s our obedience that saves instead of Christ alone...