Category: 2018
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What Faith Is, What Faith Does
Mark 10:46-52 • Rev Randy Martin • And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say,…
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The Upside Down
Mark 10:35-45 • Rev Randy Martin • And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” And they said to him,…
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The Good Life is the God Life
Psalms 16:1-11 • Rev. Dr. Jerrard Heard • Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you. As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.2 The sorrows of…
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The Cost of Being Christ
Mark 10:28-34 • Rev Randy Martin Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who…
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Cost of Discipleship, Cost of Salvation
Mark 10:17-31 • Rev Randy Martin And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You…
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Children and Christ
Mark 10:13-16 • Rev Randy Martin And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15…
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Marriage – Defined, Defended, Defiled
Mark 10:1-12 • Rev Randy Martin And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce…
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Supplication: The Privilege of Sonship
Philippians 4:4-20 • Rev Randy Martin “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of…
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Giving Thanks to the Father
Colossians 1:1-14 • Rev Randy Martin “We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you…
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Confession in Light of the Gospel
I John 1:5-2:6 • Rev Randy Martin