In Mark 1:9-13, we see Jesus presented as the perfect Son and Savior: In His Baptism, Jesus is affirmed by the Spirit and the Father to be the beloved Son of God In His Temptation, Jesus proves that He is sinless by triumphing over Satan in the wildern

Mark is the quickest-moving, hardest-hitting of all of the Gospels. He doesnt slow down to give a lot of detail most of the time. This book is what we are beginning to study this time in this week's episode. In this episode, we will see how this Gospel

Hebrews 7:25 assures the believer by revealing that Jesus will save believers to the uttermost because of His present intercession. Jesus intercession matters because He is a better priest. He is a better priest because He was ordained priest by God af

Jesus Christ is presently, actively interceding for His people. In the last two episodes, we looked generally at Christ's present intercession for us. But what does His intercession accomplish? Two Biblical texts (Romans 8:34 and Hebrews 7:25) detail

Jesus Christ is up to something right now by actively, presently interceding for believers. In this mini-series, we are examining a few various angles of this neglected, but life-giving reality of Christ’s intercession. This week, I want to wrap our arms

How often do you hear about what Jesus is up to right now?How many sermons have you heard on the present intercession of Christ?How many books have you seen on the intercession of Christ?How many podcasts have you listened to on what Hes doing righ

The book of Haggai ends, not with a word to the nation, leaders, or group as a whole, but with a message to one man - Zerubbabel.This message is about future triumph and future enthronement. God looks beyond the current temple construction project to th

Sin contaminates everything we do. When we are not right with God, everything we do becomes contaminated and tinged by sin. There are consequences to our sin. The people were still working and sacrificing, but God couldn’t receive any of it because of the

About a month in rebuilding the temple, the people began comparing this new temple to Solomons temple. This new temple was not full of the beauty and splendor of Solomons temple. Their materials were less expensive. Their work was less glorious. They lo

There are two ways we can live - in disobedience or in obedience. Haggai 1 shows how Israel was living in disobedience by not rebuilding the temple. By living this way, they discovered that life wasn't really satisfying. We will see in chapter one tha