Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 8. Do you remember the Judiazers from passages we’ve already read in Acts, Galatians, and Colossians? They were a group of people who called themselves Christians but tried to impose Old Testament ceremonies on the Gentile believers who came to Christ and became part […]
Mark 7
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 7. The Pharisees and teachers of the law were careful to observe the ceremonial washings that other men had created (vv. 1-4) so they were offended when Jesus and his disciples did not follow that ceremony (v. 5). Jesus used their complaint to charge […]
Mark 6
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 6. If you live long enough, at some point someone whose birth and childhood you remember becomes someone important–a judge, a doctor, a professor, your governor, maybe even your pastor. Some people have a hard time respecting the accomplishments of someone they knew as […]
Mark 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 5. At the end of Mark 4 yesterday, Jesus calmed the storm and caused the disciples to ask themselves, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” (Mark 4:41). Here in chapter 5 the answer to that question emerged from […]
Mark 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 4. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not hard to understand. That is the Good News in a few basic bullet points. There is depth behind those bullet points to be learned and explored, but the message is not difficult. So why don’t […]
Mark 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 3. In Mark 2, which we read yesterday, Jesus told the Pharisees that he did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. Jesus’ statement could be read to imply that he believed the Pharisees were righteous. Although nobody seems to have […]
Mark 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 2. In our last devotional, from Mark 1, I wrote, “…the biggest reason why Jesus healed was to demonstrate his power. The healings authenticated his message and gave a taste of the perfections of the kingdom that Jesus proclaimed. ” We see that truth again […]
Mark 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 1. If you had a terminal illness or a permanent, disfiguring, disabling injury, how far would you travel to be healed? Would you travel a long way if the chance of being healed was 50%? 20%? 1%? My guess is that just about […]
Philippians 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Philippians 4. When we read Philippians 1 last week, I described to you the giving track record of the church in Philippi. Thanking the Philippians for their financial support was one of the key reasons that Paul wrote this letter. We saw that in […]
Philippians 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Philippians 3. In many of the places where Paul founded churches, he faced immediate opposition and follow-up opposition. Immediate opposition refers to the persecutions he faced from locals–sometimes Jewish, sometimes Gentile–who were opposed to the growing gospel message. We read about these frequently in the […]