This message will help you understand what it means to deny yourself, take up your cross, and lose your life, and will provide practical instruction on how doing those things can help you in your daily battle against sin.

What does it feel like to have God place his hand on your shoulder- ...

This blog has links to messages on anger, judging, true religion, and missions. --- ARE YOU ANGRY WITH SOMEONE- -Is there someone who has hurt you, or who for whatever reason you have some bitterness toward- ...--- WHEN IS JUDGING PLEASING TO GOD, AND WHEN DOES IT CROSS THE LINE INTO SIN--Sermon on Matthew 7-1-2--- -LOGECTOMY- HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE LOG IS REALLY OUT----- -TRUE RELIGION- WE KNOW ABOUT CARING FOR ORPHANS AND WIDOWS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PART---- -JOY TO THE WORLD- HOW TO ENJOY GOD'S JOY IN DIVERSE WORSHIP

Why did Jesus call Peter Satan right after Peter made -The Great Confession--You are the Christ- The question, -Who do you say I am- is important, but it's not everything. Equally important is the question, -Who do your ears say I am-- What does the way you listen to the hard words of Christ say about who you really believe he is-

Do you know what God's majesty is- The first half of this sermon explains how to use not only the most amazing things in the creation to increase your delight in God but also the disappointing things-even disappointing people to increase your joy in God by seeing how your disappointment in them draws lines that point to God's majesty. This has been one of the most helpful principles for my personal worship I've ever learned.

After Jesus' first touch the blind man could see but couldn't understand what he was seeing --I see men like trees-walking--. That is often our experience in reading the Bible-we can't understand what we're seeing. In six-vignettes, Mark teaches how we can improve our spiritual insight and hear more clearly when God speaks to us.