Mark 11:12-25 | “Tearing Down to Build Up”

[display_podcast] Tearing Down to Build Up When a structure is severely damaged, it sometimes must be torn down before it can be rebuilt.  Hundreds of families across our city are still reeling from the tornado that hit Dallas two weeks ago.  Many homes were damaged so bad that they’re beyond repair.  They must be torn down and rebuilt.  It’s no use trying to repair structures that’ve been condemned.  Building onto an unstable and unsafe structure is unwise and unsafe.  Sometimes we have to tear down in order to rebuild.  [...]

By |2020-07-20T19:36:00-06:00November 3rd, 2019|John Sypert, Mark, Sermons|

Mark 9:14-29 | “Frail Faith in a Sufficient Savior”

[display_podcast] The Essence of Christianity Faith is the very essence of what it means to be a Christian.  This is because Christians follow a God, a Christ, and a Holy Spirit that we have not seen.  We trust in a death and resurrection we haven’t seen, a justification we haven’t seen, and hope to live in a heaven we haven’t seen. Faith is the hallmark of every Christian.  Paul says that the “life we now live we live by faith in the Son of God” (Gal. 2:20) and that [...]

By |2020-07-20T19:52:52-06:00August 25th, 2019|John Sypert, Mark, Sermons|

Mark 9:1-13 | “Glory Is On the Other Side of Suffering”

Martin and Katie Luther The great Reformer Martin Luther was an unmarried monk turned theologian turned preacher.  Because of his rediscovery of the gospel of justification through faith alone in Christ alone, the monastery where he lived began to empty as men realized they could not be saved by their religious works.  Across Germany, monasteries and nunneries emptied as they heard of Luther’s discovery.  On one occasion, Luther found out that nuns were being executed when they left a particular nunnery.  He arranged for the escape of nine of these [...]

By |2020-07-20T19:54:28-06:00August 18th, 2019|John Sypert, Mark, Sermons|
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