Seeing Christ Clearly (Mark 8:22-26)

The Gospel of Mark

The blind man is healed and employed as an illustration for the Lord’s disciples to see Christ clearly. Too many of us are distorted, distracted, and delayed from seeing Christ clearly, and as a result are not delighting in Christ. The Lord gives us a new pair of glasses from God’s Word in order to see Christ clearly–a truth that is radically transforming for unsaved and saved as well.

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Giving: A Sure Test of Your Heart

Deadly Pleasures

The final message in the Deadly Pressures series, but this one is for every age–there is nothing for parents to fear having your children hear this message, except that this deadly pressure is the quickest, most certain way to have your heart exposed. In fact, this will be open heart surgery on your spiritual life. Do you battle with materialism, struggle with greed, elevate things, or struggle with loving money? This will help you see your own heart in a way no other truth from God’s Word can expose.

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Pornography: Purity is Possible!

Deadly Pleasures

Did you know that the internet is the crack cocaine of pornography–cheap, accessible and incredibly addictive? If you think that your family is untouched by porn, you are likely mistaken. Very, very few are the exceptions here. The magnitude of this issue in the church today compels us to address this deadly pressure. God’s Word speaks more specifically to porn in the internet age than you may have ever guessed.

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Abortion: Biblical Truth About Worldly Lies

Deadly Pleasures

Sadly, we are so familiar with the murder of the innocents, we sometimes forget that it’s happening every day. Do not be ignorant! God’s Word is unrelentingly clear in confronting the lies of the pro-choice movement. And He tells us how to respond to those so entangled.

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Homosexuality: What Does God Think?

Deadly Pleasures

In this day and age, it is crucial that you understand what God thinks about homosexuality – not what I think, or the media espouses, or denominations teach, but what our God thinks about this issue, as revealed in the Bible.

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Sanctification: Set Apart by God – Part 10

We know it happens, but too often we get there accidentally. Sanctification is a bit like climbing a mountain–there’s up and downs and it can feel exhausting, particularly if you don’t know where you’re headed. Learn when, how and why God is conforming you to the image of His Son. Don’t hike without a map!

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Election: Let God be God – Part 9

In studying Romans 9 on election, I was so captivated by it’s truth and wowed by the argument of the entire chapter I am compelled to teach the entire chapter. As you see Paul’s entire argument, you will be cut and comforted by one of the most difficult chapters in the New Testament. You will be blown away by the awesomeness of our Savior and God as we let God be God.

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The Glory of Adoption – Part 6

We are a church that loves adoption for many reasons–the greatest of which is that our God loves adoption, and every genuine child of God has been adopted. This week we look at the greatness of our adoption by God and how we can reflect His love in the here and now.

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Justification – Part 4

Shawn Farrell will be continuing our summer series on Gospel Greatness by looking at the topic of justification–the legal act of God by which a sinner is declared righteous. This is the crux of the whole Gospel message as it answers the question of how a sinful person can be made right before God.

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