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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Ten – When Jesus Isn’t There (Elder Chris McCool, July 19, 2020) (Mark 6:45-52)

In this sermon series from the Gospel of Mark, we’ve already asked “What happens when Jesus is asleep in your ship?” The answer: the God of Heaven NEVER sleeps nor slumbers! We’ve also asked, “What happens when Jesus gets there too late?” The answer: Jesus is NEVER too late, but always right on time! In…

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Nine – Nothing is NOTHING With God! (Elder Chris McCool, July 12, 2020) (Mark 6:45-52)

Do we too often evaluate our present circumstances in light of our own limited abilities? Do we look around and say to ourselves, “There’s really nothing here that can help?” The disciples did that: they saw 5000 hungry people, and only five loaves and two fishes to feed them. They told the Savior, “What are…

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Eight – Can You Go Home? (Elder Chris McCool, July 5, 2020) (Mark 6:1-13)

It’s been said that the definition of a “big preacher” is a “little preacher who is 100 miles or more away from home.” Sometimes, we dismiss that with which we are most familiar. In this sermon, Pastor Chris McCool shares with us what happens when Jesus takes His ministry to His hometown. Unfortunately, their familiarity…

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Seven – When Jesus Gets There “Too Late” (Elder Chris McCool, June 21, 2020) (Mark 5:21-43)

Have you ever experienced a tragedy or loss, and felt like Jesus got there too late? Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue, who came to Jesus with the urgent news that his little daughter was dying. Before Jesus and Jairus could get there, a woman with an issue of blood touched Him and was…

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Six – Do You Have a “Pig Story”? (Elder Chris McCool, June 14, 2020) (Mark 5:1-20)

Do you have a “Pig Story?” We all have incidents in our lives where God delivered us in ways we NEVER expected! Meet such a man in this sermon: a wild Gadarene mad-man whose life seemed hopeless until he met the Son of Man. Jesus freed him from the demons who possessed his very life,…

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Five – Are You Taking It Over or Turning It Over? (Elder Chris McCool, May 31, 2020) (Mark 4:35-41)

When the storms of life hit your little boat, there are two ways to handle it: you can try to take over yourself and ride out the storm, or you can turn it over to the One Who has power over the storm! In this account, Jesus was just a sleeping concept on the disciples’…

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The Gospel of Mark, Part Four: The Key to the Kingdom

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/24/2020) In this fourth message in our sermon series on the Gospel of Mark, Pastor Chris McCool expounds upon the parable of the Sower, which Jesus says is the key to understanding ALL parables that He is about to give them. What is the true purpose of the…

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The Gospel of Mark, Part Three – Is Your God in a Box?

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/10/2020) Have you put God into a box of your own making? Have your preconceived notions of Who He is and what He can do caused you to see Him as limited in His power and hindered in His purposes? The Pharisees and other religious leaders of Jesus’…

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The Gospel of Mark, Part Two – When Jesus Broke It Down for Them

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/3/2020) In the second chapter of the Gospel of Mark, Jesus broke it down for all those to whom He preached! The Pharisees and other religious authorities had been interpreting the Law to their advantage, but Jesus brought the divinely correct interpretation to them, which seemed revolutionary at…