Preacher: Pastor Ray A good heart is someone who has no agenda other than just being with Jesus. Discussion Questions Read Mark 1. – What’s the significance of God saying that Jesus is His beloved Son and that He is well pleased with Him before Jesus did anything? – Do you believe that God loves […]
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Acts 9: Supernatural Christianity?
Stream from mobile phone: [sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://hillcc.org/sermons/SWS022314.mp3″] Stream from PC: [audio:http://hillcc.org/sermons/SWS022314.mp3] Sermon Notes On the beach, you sometimes pick up a crab thinking it’s alive, but realize that it’s just the shell that’s been discarded by birds. Have we removed the substance of Christian life and given only the shell? Have we gutted the Spirit out […]
Feeding of the 5000: Having the Compassion of God (Part 3 of 3)
We all have friends and family and if they have an emergency, we love them so we’d drop everything to do whatever we can for them. When we face emergencies in our lives, that’s when we learn what is important and what really isn’t. A funeral is one of the best classrooms because you see […]
Feeding of the 5000: Having the Compassion of God (Part 2 of 3)
What do you think Jesus wanted to teach his disciples? 34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. ~Mark 6:34 One lesson is to have compassion. In general, I think if you polled most […]
Feeding of the 5000: Having the Compassion of God (Part 1 of 3)
Mark 6:30-44. When I was working in Japan as a salaryman, I was hating life. One hour commute one-way on a train and you are packed in like sardines. And the deodorant market has not penetrated Japan yet because they don’t know what deodorant is in Japan. The first thing we would teach Christians in […]
Mark 6 – Calling and faith partners (Part 3 of 3)
What is the significance of being sent out two by two? God could have sent out each disciple one per region because that would maximize their missionary reach. But why were two sent out together? Have you heard of the Partner Effect experiment where they had a group of people evaluating the length of 3 […]