Sermons from April 2021

Sermons from April 2021

A Clean Heart (Mark 7:1-23)

The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;    they do not know what makes them stumble. My son, pay attention to what I say;    turn your ear to my words.Do not let them out of your sight,    keep them within your heart;for they are life to those who find them    and health to one’s whole body.Above all else, guard your heart,    for everything you do flows from it.Keep your…

Their Hearts were Hardened (Mark 6:45-56)

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.  But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.  We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. Hebrews 3:12-14

Sacrifice & Provision (Mark 6:14-44)

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep…My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.  I and the Father are one. John 10:11,27-30

The Importance of the Resurrection (1 Cor. 15-12-20)

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.  They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.  While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.  In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why…