Category: 2018
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Impossibly Challenging Conditions
Mark 13:1-13 • Rev. Randy Martin • And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not…
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The Destruction of the Temple
Mark 13:1-4 • Rev. Randy Martin • And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not…
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Whose Temple Are You Building?
Haggai 2:1-23 • Russel Horner • In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet: “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the…
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Religious Hypocrisy and Godly Sacrifice
Mark 12:38-44 • Rev. Randy Martin • And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make…
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Commemorating the Kindness of God
Ephesians 2:6-7 • Rev. Dr. Jerrard Heard • And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived…
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David’s Lord, David’s Son
Mark 12:35-37 • Rev. Randy Martin • And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’…
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The Ten are Really Two
Mark 12:28-34 • Rev. Randy Martin • And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.…
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His Promise and Offers His Grace
I Kings 18:41-46 • Rev. Dr. Jerrard Heard • And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the…
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A Perfect Greeting for Coming Together at Christ’s Table
Ephesians 1:1-2 • Rev. Dr. Jerrard Heard • Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:1-2
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A Diagnostic God Conflict
I Kings 17:1-16 • Rev. Dr. Jerrard Heard • Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” And the word of the LORD came to him: “Depart…