Turner Christian Church

Introduction Read Mark 6:46-52 Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened. They were surprised when they shouldn’t have been. They wouldn’t have been if they had understood about…

READ MARK 5:1-20 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. Jesus sees the Gerasene cemetery as it really is: JUST a PLACE . v. 1-2 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore,…

Background Jesus ended the last story by saying, Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. How can I "do God’s Will?” Do I have to BE CHOSEN…

READ Mark 3:7-19 There is a huge groundswell of attention on Jesus. He’s doing all these remarkable things, and the movement is growing. Jesus invites the twelve to make a deeper commitment to him--from disciples to THE disciples. The twelve agree, and are probably pretty excited and optimistic. If you…

When the Jews came back from exile, they had high hopes for God to return to them and set everything right. Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to plead for the Lord ’s favor by asking the priests who were at the house of the Lord of Armies as well as the prophets,…

Read Mark 5:21-6:6 These three stories connect faith and healing. Jesus constantly connects faith with healing and power. Faith is essential to following Jesus. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” “ ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything…

They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of…

1 Samuel 1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had…

Genesis 18:1-15 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses…

We spent 5 weeks talking about doing nothing. The basic idea is this: God is the one in charge, who has the plan, who knows when and how to fix things. The logical conclusion: there will be (many) times when I want God to act, but he has not decided to act yet. The right thing to do then is “nothing.”…

BIBLICAL Thanksgiving begins and ends with DOING NOTHING . ( Leviticus 23:33-36 The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord ’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days. The first day is a sacred assembly; do no regular work. For…

The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.” Jesus answered, “It is written:…

Luke 4:1-4 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” The Obstacle: Fixing It We live with the belief that EVERY problem MUST be fixed……

Jesus committed time to doing NOTHING . ( 5:15-16 ; Exodus 16:29 , 20:8-11 ) Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath;…

We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that…

Light vs Darkness (5:1-20) Be light: follow God’s WILL instead of the WAYS of darkness. 3-7 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse…

Congregational Unity ( Eph. 4:1-6 ) Our first calling is to build LOVING , united CONGREGATIONS . 4:1-3 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort…

Sermon Points Christians need to be FAITHFUL to Jesus and rooted in his LOVE to fulfill their mission. 3:14-19 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his…

The Problem Human beings are caught in a cycle of sin, ANXIETY and DEATH . v. 1-3 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, How are we already dead? We think Paul is talking about a spiritual reality, but that’s not it. He’s talking about the fact that mortality works back into our lives…

The Letter from Jesus Imagine you are part of Ephesus Christian Church Rich, prominent city Pastors: Paul, Timothy, John (last apostle) Received three letters that would end up in the Bible Your pastor, who is in jail, sends you a letter What they are doing right: They work hard They cannot tolerate…

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’ ” Why would God lead us into temptation? When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil,…

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’ ” What is Jesus talking about? Why the three terms? The Debts of Israel Deuteronomy 15:1-11 ; Lev. 25:8-13 ; At the end of every seven…

What is our “Daily” bread? Give us today our daily bread. This seems like the easiest part to interpret, except that we don’t actually know what “daily” means. There are three possible interpretations, and they are all Biblical. Give us today the bread we NEED to SURVIVE . The whole Israelite community…

The Prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray: One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give…

your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. What does this passage mean? It doesn’t mean: “God, please take control of the powers of the world to bring peace and justice.” “God, please bail us out of this hopeless world and build us a new one.” “God, we give up trying to do your…

As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves—but Jesus kept sleeping. When Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave the order to go to the other side of the sea. A scribe approached him and said, “Teacher,…

They recognized God’s POWER and ORDER in creation around them. Psalms 93 , 29 , 104; The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, enveloped in strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken. Your throne has been established from the beginning; you are from eternity. The…

Job’s Situation There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil. He had seven sons and three daughters. His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female…

DEATH is a ravenous monster that CONSUMES everyone and everything. Ecclesiastes 1:14 ; 9:2-3 , 11-12 ; Numbers 16:31-33 ; I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. Everything is the same for everyone: There is one fate for the…

The dragon stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns, and on its heads were blasphemous names. The beast I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon…

As I mentioned in the beginning of this series, my original plan had been to preach through the visions of Revelation, but I realized that we need a ton of background in order to understand the imagery. Now that we have studied dragons, we are ready to examine the Great Red Dragon. This will help us…

They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him. God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem. They treated Abimelech deceitfully, so that the crime against…

Pharaoh created ORDER for Egypt by inflicting CHAOS on the Israelites. Ex. 1:8-16 Gen. 4:10-24 A new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are. Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise…

God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden to KEEP (his) ORDER . Gen 1:28 , 2:15-23 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge…

Humans invent dragons to represent the CHAOS in our world that we cannot CONTROL . Examples: Canaanite Mythology: Yam (the sea); Tunnan (sea dragon); Lotan (giant serpent); defeated by Baal Babylonian Mythology: Tiamat (the deep sea/salt water) defeated by Marduk If you keep bogies and goblins away from…

Jesus was not the king that the PEOPLE of Jerusalem wanted. Mark 15:7-12 John 19:13-16 There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion. The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom. Pilate answered them, “Do you want…

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah at the Lord ’s command. He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance…

Josiah took over for his UNFAITHFUL father when he was still a CHILD . 2 Chron. 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. When Josiah became an adult, he launched a campaign to return JUDAH to GOD . 2 Chron. 34:3-13 In the eighth year of his reign,…

Manasseh REVERSED his father’s policies and REBUILT the high places. 2 Chron. 33:1-4 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord ’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed…

Hezekiah REVERSED his father’s policies and REOPENED the Temple. 2 Chron. 29:1-11 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. He did what was right in the Lord ’s sight just as his ancestor…

Uzziah started strong, ruling WELL under good ADVICE . 2 Chronicles 26:3-5 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. He did what was right in the Lord ’s sight just as his father Amaziah had done.…