ZNA-298 920322AM Mark 10.1-12 JESUS AND DIVORCE MARK 10:1-12 To introduce the teaching of Jesus Christ our Lord on the permanence of marriage, let’s open to John 8 — the woman in adultery. Sounds strange doesn’t it? But it’s the key that unlocks some of the mystery of our text in Mark 10. You see, [...]

ZNA-296 920318WE Walk Through the Scriptures Book #6 A Study Guide to the book of JOSHUAi The first fourteen chapters of Joshua narrate the conquest of Canaan, about 1406-1400 B.C., whereas 15-24 relate the division of the land among the tribes. Contrary to Numbers, which precedes it, and Judges, which follows it, Joshua emphasizes that [...]

ZNA-294 920329AM Mark 10.13-31 JESUS TEACHES LESSONS ON SAVING FAITH MARK 10:13-31 As we come to Mark 10, Jesus Christ is standing under the cruel shadow of the cross. Ch. 11 triumphal entry Ch. 12 final parables Ch. 13 Olivet Ch. 14 Judas – Gethsemane Ch. 15 Pilate and cross and tomb Ch. 16 resurrection [...]

ZNA-293 920401WE Walk Through the Scriptures Week # 10 A Study Guidei to THE BOOK OF RUTH “THE WOMAN WHO WOULD NOT TURN BACK” “The Woman who would not turn back” The book of Ruth opens during the period of the Judges whwn apostasy, decadence, violence, anarchy and warfare were the norm. Famine strikes Bethlehem [...]

ZNA-292 920408WE DAVID “LIVING ABOVE THE GLOOM” 12/88 sinkholes in Florida … in our lives sink hole “sometimes depression, that cunning serpent of despair, “slithers in through the unguarded back door of our souls…” Dorothy Hsu penned these words in 1979: Depression is Debilitating, defeating, Deepening gloom. Trudging wearily through The grocery store, Unable to [...]

ZNA-291 920412AM Mark 11.1-10 COUNTDOWN TO THE CROSS MARK 11:1-10 Tensions were the highest anyone had ever known. People everywhere were talking about Lazarus who was dead and now he is alive, Bartimaus who had been a blind fixture by the roadside as predictably as the morning. And now he could see and was he [...]

ZNA-290 920419AM SYMPHONY OF HOPE MARK 16 Saturday was horrible/after a sleepless Thursday night of groping after the arrest of Christ / a horrifying vigil through Friday’s deathly agony… / Saturday lasted forever / doubt, fear, anger, sorrow made one heavy cloud over the eleven who remained / yes, Saturday was horrible for: – Peter, [...]

ZNA-289 920416TH MARK 14:1-11 THE SACRIFICE OF LOVE: MARY In April of 1992 Chicago was flooded. Two hundred fifty million gallons of water poured into a 60 mile maze of tunnels under central Chicago that week. The result? Nearly a billion dollars lost in goods, services, treasures in subterranean storage. Listen to Jesus (Mt. 6:19) [...]

ZNA-288 920503AM THE EMPTINESS OF FRUITLESSNESS MK. 11: 12-14, 19-21 God expects you to produce fruit. Open to John 10: God wants/expects you to have an abundant, fruitful spiritual life. Why did Jesus Christ come? To die. Why did Jesus Christ die? To give us an abundant life that overflows with more ftillness than we [...]

ZNA-287 920510AM Worship God Hates Mark 11:15-18 Please join me this morning in a sparkling marble edifice. The Temple and courtyard in Jerusalem. • 1 million square feet of it (that’s 15 football fields or four city blocks). • a 20′ high wall surrounding • there’s a giant of gold in the rising sun, but [...]