This week we conclude the series Pray Like Jesus with the second half of Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer in John 17. As I mentioned last week, it is Jesus’ longest prayer recorded in Scripture. The betrayal of Judas and the cross are imminent. After praying for himself and his disciples, Jesus prays for the church, [...]
With the cross approaching, Jesus pauses in John 17 to pray his longest prayer in all of the Scriptures. Therein, we are privileged to listen to the inner dialogue of the Trinity as God the Son speaks to God the Father.
Many Bible commentators have called this prayer the Holy of Holies. Arguably the richest of [...]
Author’s Note: Continuing in the “Pray Like Jesus” sermon series, this week I am preaching about the Gethsemane prayer of Jesus from Matthew 26:36–46. These notes are intended to serve as a supplement for the sermon for those in Mars Hill Community Groups as well as others studying this most amazing insight into the inner [...]
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones once wrote: “Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when, upon his knees, he comes face to face with God” (Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, [Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1979], 45). This week in [...]
This blog is intended to supplement my sermon which is the first in a six part series called Pray Like Jesus. In coming weeks we will examine The Lords Prayer, the Gethsemane Prayer, and the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus.
In its’ broadest definition prayer is communicating with God. This can be done audibly as God [...]
In light of the Raymond Jessop and Yearning For Zion cult, Pastor Mark addressed the question of whether or not polygamy is Biblical.
Various cults, aberrant sects, and perverts make the case that the Bible does mention polygamy and so it is biblically acceptable. However, they fail to acknowledge that the Bible speaks of human sin [...]
Changed By Jesus #54
By a female teenager at the Ballard campus
I was raised going to church every Sunday. I thought I was a Christian because I was really good at following rules and thought I was an expert on Jesus. But the personal, life-changing relationship wasn’t there.
This seemed to work for me in middle school, [...]
