By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 11:15-19; 12:41-44 In Mark 11, Jesus enters Jerusalem on the back of a donkey with a large crowd cheering for Him and welcoming Him. What were their motives? Were they welcoming the true Messiah or, were they welcoming a miracle worker? Were they welcoming a political deliverer from their current status as citizens of Rome? Jesus then
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Luke 6:27-36 Two brothers were arguing at breakfast over the final pancake. Their mother walked in and said to them, “Boys! Is this how Jesus would act? I think Jesus would say, ‘Let my brother have the last pancake.’ ” At that, the older brother turned to the younger brother and said, “Congratulations Bobby! This morning you get to
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 10:35-45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). Jesus came as a servant. He did not come the first time to be exalted or worshiped. He came to serve. Hebrews 2:9 says we “see Jesus — made lower
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Matthew 19:21-30 Have you ever watched a TV show called “Hoarders?” I did recently and to be honest, I was amazed and astonished at the degree to which some folks will hold on to things (stuff). This one particular lady (the hoarder), had so much stuff that she didn’t even have a place to sleep or sit down in
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 15:27-39 When I see the word “saves” I think of the ninth inning of a baseball game. If the game is close by one or two runs, the team in the lead will typically bring in their closer to try and get the “save.” The closer is in the game to save, or preserve the lead. Jesus
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: John 11:25-27; 20:24-29 John Paton is not a name that we hear very often when we think of great missionaries. Paton served for 10 years as pastor of a growing Scottish congregation, but God burdened his heart for the New Hebrides, a group of Pacific Islands inhabited by unreached people. Moreover, the inhabitants were cannibals. Paton set his heart
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 9:14-27 In Mark 9:14-18, we see the obedience of a demon commanded by Jesus to come out of a man’s son who had sought Jesus but, initially found only his disciples. The disciples could do nothing with the demon. Jesus, however, commanded the demon to come out and it did. This is always the result when Jesus
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Matthew 12:22-32 It has jokingly been said that there are three types of people in this world: Those who can do math and those who can’t. What about the math of sin? How many sins is too many? How many can you commit before forgiveness doesn’t apply to you? Can you count one sin as larger and worse than
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 7:25-37 In the episode recorded in Mark 7:24-30, Jesus encounters a Gentile woman who asks Jesus to cast out a demon from her daughter. Jesus seems to hesitate. His initial response to her seems to indicate the Jews were to take precedence over, and may even be better than, other peoples. She asks for the “crumbs” from
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Ecclesiastes 11:7-10; 12:12-14 There was once an elderly gentleman who loved playing golf. But he was almost 80, and his vision was not very good anymore. He always had partners with him when he went out to play so they could watch his ball and tell him where it went. One day his buddies did not show up. It
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 11:15-19; 12:41-44 In Mark 11, Jesus enters Jerusalem on the back of
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Luke 6:27-36 Two brothers were arguing at breakfast over the final pancake. Their mother
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 10:35-45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Matthew 19:21-30 Have you ever watched a TV show called “Hoarders?” I did recently
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 15:27-39 When I see the word “saves” I think of the ninth
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: John 11:25-27; 20:24-29 John Paton is not a name that we hear very often
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 9:14-27 In Mark 9:14-18, we see the obedience of a demon commanded
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Matthew 12:22-32 It has jokingly been said that there are three types of people
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 7:25-37 In the episode recorded in Mark 7:24-30, Jesus encounters a Gentile
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Ecclesiastes 11:7-10; 12:12-14 There was once an elderly gentleman who loved playing golf. But
