by Steven Baines | Feb 24, 2018 | News
Saturday, February 24 Scripture: Mark 8:31-38 Verse 36 has been a part of my life seemingly forever, but this version is not the way it is in my consciousness. For that version, I had to search my home for a King James Bible with the familiar verse “For what shall it...
by Steven Baines | Feb 21, 2018 | News
Wednesday, February 21 Scripture: Mark 8:31-38 Too many times in the gospels, the disciples are only looking at the most obvious effects of Jesus’ ministry. They don’t want to upset the existing religious order and yet they seem to think that Jesus will...
by Steven Baines | Feb 20, 2018 | News
Tuesday, February 20 Scripture: Mark 8:31-38 If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Mark 8:34. Early one morning my phone rang waking me up from a sound sleep. It was a request for a ride to a doctor’s...
by Steven Baines | Feb 19, 2018 | News
Second Week in Lent Incredible News Monday, February 19 Scripture: Mark 8:31-38 When we think of the gospels as “good news,” we rarely think what it must have been like for Jesus’ followers before they knew about his death and resurrection. How would they have coped...
by Steven Baines | Feb 18, 2018 | News
Sunday, February 18 Note: We asked our writers on Sundays to address the power of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs in their lives. Sing unto the Lord a new song, For the Lord has done marvelous things. Psalm 98:1 When our congregation was celebrating the 500th...
