Pulpit Power Podcast

People are prone to idolatry and plurality of gods, so it is really a special occasion when you find a ‘diamond in the rough’ who believes and professes that there is only One, True God. This takes a real understanding of God though His Word and a genuine love toward Him with all of our strength. Please take your Bible and turn with me to the Book of Mark beginning in the twelfth chapter as we find out just ‘What is Life All About?’

When we are treated with what we think is, badly, or the immediate feeling when someone has wronged us, how do we react? How should we react? Well, we should believe what the Bible says is the way we should react and it says our response should be one of meekness. This isn’t always easy and we can learn from some of the greats in history such as King Saul, Moses and Jesus the Christ on the right way to resist being proud and act with simple humility. Please take the Word of God and turn to the Book of Numbers starting in the 12th chapter and let’s find out about approaching life’s situations with “The Meekness of Moses.”

Would you die for your spouse? Jesus Christ suffered, died and was buried for the church. Not the building but the grace saved, faithful, God honoring, scripturally baptized member of the church. I hope that includes you, my friend. If it doesn’t, you’ve picked a perfect time to tune in to Pastor Scheving to find out just ‘What the Church Means to Christ.’

Does backtalk, rebellion, murmuring, gossip, contentions or unfriendly rivalry please God? I think we all know the answer to that but what if this is actually taking place in your church? This may bring divisiveness, unheard prayers, or possibly even a church split in some cases. This may not be the intentions of your heart but it is the devils. Tune into Pastor Tony Scheving today and find out “The Importance of Church Unity.”

Our God is a God of second chances. What a wonderful Savior we have and we should all give thanks for His mercy endureth forever. But, is there a time when we run out of chances? I would say that it is not wise to wait long enough to find out but there may come a time when we lose our blessings. At what point does this happen? Tune in today to Pastor Tony Scheving as we jump into Mark chapter 12 to find “The Cost of Rejecting Christ.”

How many times do we look at people in public or in the news and think about their rebellious attitude towards authority? We may think the same for our own children and at some point come to realize that we are exactly the same. It’s because we are all born with a sin nature, but once we’re saved, we should be perfectly obedient to those in authority and especially God, shouldn’t we? Aren’t we? Turn once again to the Book of Mark as it begs the question, “What About Authority?”

It’s said that ‘faith and prayer’ are the dynamic duo of the Bible. Faith is taking God at things that are highly unlikely and prayer is the mightiest weapon that He has given us. It takes much endurance to persevere in prayer and much faith to…well…to have faith. Turn in your Bible to Mark chapter 11 and let’s see what happens when you ‘Have Faith in God.”

Is a church as effective as it could be if the believers are fruitless? Some think ‘you can be as good as a Christian as you want to be. That is not be a Biblical principle and in fact, lowers God’s standard to man’s standard. Let’s open our Bible’s to the book of Mark to gain some insight on what our Lord and Savior thinks about a barren tree and asks, “Where’s the Fruit?”

Sometimes we look for a dignitary to come with crowns, robes or maybe even with armies and weapons to show what we would call, nobility and power. When the people of Jerusalem were waiting for Jesus to make his triumphant entrance into their walled city, did they get what they expected? Well, at first it seems they did, but eventually and evidently, all was not well in the land of David. What would’ve our reaction been if we were there to witness this event? Listen along to Pastor Scheving as we join him once again in the Book of Mark and see that, “The King is Coming!”

Ah, America. We think we have it right, don’t we? We are educated from the beginning to be the top dog. The cream of the crop. Rise to the top. Outshine. Our public schools teach the Darwinian Theory of Evolution which, to sum up, defines survival of the fittest. Was this God’s plan? The Apostle Matthew write that Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” There seems to be quite a contrast between the Lord’s way of thinking and the world. It wouldn’t be the first time nor the last. Turn in your Bible, if you would, to the Book of Matthew beginning in the fifth chapter to see just who are ‘The Blessed Meek.’

Have you ever heard the phrase, “the blind leading the blind?” How can those who don’t know lead others to a place they don’t know? The answer is; they can’t! There are many who will try to make you seem embarrassed for reaching for the truth. But, it may be that they don’t know that they don’t know. The famous songwriter, John Newton, had a hard life to turn from and when he did he penned, Amazing Grace. His testimony will live on and if you haven’t read about it, you should research it out for yourself. For now, turn in your Bible’s once again to the Book of Mark as we joyfully hear of another one of our Lord’s wonderful miracles as Pastor Tony Scheving tells us about a man who was blind, but now can see.

It may be safe to say that all of us, at one time or another, have held onto something longer than we should have. Look around you right now. How much of what we are surrounded by is coming with us when we cross over to the other side? Well, the answer is nothing. So then why are we so saturated with the want to get things and keep them and not let them go? Take you Bible and turn once again to the Book of Mark and let’s find out from Pastor Tony Scheving through today’s message why we are “Possessed by our Possessions.”

There are few in the Bible who are as excited as the rich, young ruler. Imagine being able to run to the Lord himself with heavenly inquisitiveness. I cannot imagine physically doing that but we, as Christians, should run to him every day, asking and receiving in prayer. Are we prepared to listen to His answer and how will we respond? Turn in your Bibles please, once again, to the book of Mark, chapter 10 as Pastor Tony Scheving addresses Meaning Business with God.

Have you ever run into people who are very adamant about baptizing a baby before he dies. Why? They usually think it’s so they get to heaven. This belief isn’t of God or from the bible, though and may be a passed down tradition. So, how do little children get to heaven? Turn in your Bible to the book of Mark starting in the 10th chapter and tune into Pastor Tony Scheving as he studies on a subject that may not be fully understood in today’s Christian churches.