In this sermon from Genesis 16, Pastor Mark preaches on the story of Abraham and Sarah trying to, once again, take matters into their own hands, this time to get a son they believe to be God's promised son. He ends with the good news that, even though faith-filled people have faithless days, God remains faithful when we are faithless.
In this sermon from Genesis 15, Pastor Mark continues Abraham's story, preaching on the dichotomy of having faith in God as well as questions for God. He continues with the good news that God has grace and covenant relationship for His people, especially for those who don't always get things right.
In this sermon from Genesis 14, Pastor Mark shows that there were both battles and blessings happening simultaneously, as we often see in our own lives today. The final portion covers the mysterious, debated figure, Melchizedek, and whether he was a typology, pointing us to Christ, or a Christophony, an actual appearance or manifestation of Christ Himself.
In Genesis 12-13, Pastor Mark preaches that, even though Abraham and Sarah had unbelief and nearly ruined everything, God is faithful and allows many second chances to receive His blessing and promises.
In this sermon from Genesis 11-12, Pastor Mark preaches on the calling of Abraham and Sarah to leave their pagan, wicked upbringing, their home, and all that they knew and start a new legacy for their family. This journey took incredible faith and Abraham is saved to receive his place in the family line and genealogy that ultimately leads to Jesus Christ.
In this sermon from Genesis 10-11, Pastor Mark shows that all nations came from Noah's 3 sons and dives into the topic of the city and Tower of Babel, including what influence the events of Genesis 11 have had on language throughout history and even in modern times.
In this sermon from Genesis 9, Pastor Mark teaches that humanity brings death and chaos but God brings life and covenant. The good news is that, even though earthly fathers and sons fail, God the Father and God the Son never fail.
This sermon from Genesis 7-8 covers one of the most well-known parts of the book as Noah's family enters the ark and the Flood takes place. In this sermon, Pastor Mark preaches on how God saved Noah's family and how Noah's first action upon getting off the ark was to build an altar to worship God. He also covers the differing opinions on the case for a global vs local flood, showing once again that there are many open-handed issues in the book of Genesis that Christians can debate but ultimately...
In this packed sermon covering a large chunk of text (Genesis 5:1-7:1), Pastor Mark preaches on the fact that God is good and people are bad, that human progress is external not internal, and that a faith-filled, yet still sinful, family can be used mightily by God.
In Genesis 4, we start to see the effects of the Fall on Adam & Eve's family and how it negatively impacts generations, starting with their sons Cain & Abel. Ultimately, in this sermon, Pastor Mark concludes that everyone needs Jesus because, though it can be easy to get haughty, in this story, Cain is a picture of humanity and Abel is a picture of Jesus.
After God called everything "good" and "very good" in Genesis 1-2, Adam and Eve make choices in Genesis 3:1-24 that will change the course of humanity forever. In this sermon, Pastor Mark teaches how hell literally came to earth in the form of a serpent and, because of Adam and Eve's choices, creation is now cursed. But, the good news is that Jesus is the dragon slayer who rules and reigns over all creatures and creation then, now, and forever.
After describing what happened each day of creation, the Genesis narrative zooms in on the first man, Adam, and recounts the creation of and his marriage to the first woman, Eve. In this sermon from Genesis 2:4-25, Pastor Mark preaches on how God created us to live physically and spiritually, to work and worship, for a relationship with Him and others, and for marriage and family.
In this sermon from Genesis 1:26-2:4a, Pastor Mark preaches on the creation of man and woman, His most important creation, created in His image, and which He set apart by calling "very good".
In this first sermon in the Genesis series, Pastor Mark preaches on the first six days of creation as detailed in Genesis 1:1-25.
In this final sermon of the Worship the King series, Pastor Mark gets the most practical talking about worshipping in your life and work.
In this special Christmas Eve sermon, Pastor Mark preaches on how Jesus is worshipped as King both in Heaven and on earth.
In this sermon, Pastor Mark teaches how we can worship at home using the example of the first Jewish and Gentile Christians and that generations can be affected, impacted, and changed when we worship at home and church.
In this practical sermon on worship in the church, Pastor Mark teaches on how worship in Heaven comes down to the church and that there are many appropriate ways to worship in church in the way that God commands us to do.
In this first sermon of the series, Pastor Mark preaches from Revelation 4 on how we will worship in Heaven as the people of God in the presence of God giving praise to God.
In this final sermon in the book of James from 5:13-20, Pastor Mark preaches on faith while doing ministry including with those who are suffering, cheerful, sick, sinning, weary, and doubting, and closes the series with the idea of never forgetting to find the lost sheep.
When it comes to suffering, it can be extremely tough to trust God's plan through the pain. In this sermon from Pastor Mark, he preaches from James 5:7-12 on God's harvest and judgment and the fact that we must do what we can do as we wait for God to do what only He can do.
In this sermon from James 5:1-6, Pastor Mark preaches on wealth, money, and finance in the context of selfishness, stealing, and stewardship, ultimately conveying that God desires our hearts to be generous with the money He gives us.
In this incredibly practical sermon from James 4:13-17, Pastor Mark preaches on the fact that life has uncertainty and brevity and, since God has sovereignty, we should have humility and urgency.
In this sermon from James 4:1-12, Pastor Mark preaches that relational conflict is inevitable and not inherently the problem. The problem becomes whether the conflict is Kingdom down or Hell up.
In this sermon from James 3:13-18, Pastor Mark goes through a list of characteristics and attitudes that will bring Kingdom (Heaven) down into your life, family, and ministry and another list that will bring Hell up into your life, family, and ministry.
In this sermon from James 3:1-12, Pastor Mark talks about the power of the tongue and that, in the flesh, it wants to destroy us and we can use it for evil. But, the Holy Spirit can transform our tongue so we can use it for good.
In this sermon from James 2:14-26, Pastor Mark preaches about lazy Christians that prefer lip service over their lifestyle and that, ultimately, good trees bear good fruit and bad trees bear bad fruit.
In this sermon from James 2:1-13, Pastor Mark preaches on looking up to Jesus rather than down on others, that we should look at both the inward and outward of people, and that while the world runs on judgment, the church runs on mercy.
Pastor Mark, in this sermon, tackles the ideas of anger, trial triggers, our behavior, and the result of our behavior when we react in anger to trials, based in James 1:19-27.
In this sermon from James 1:9-18, Pastor Mark preaches on how joy comes from God more than it comes from circumstances of our lives, our stuff, or our sin.
