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Veteran missionary Dan Bushy shares about God's heart for world missions.

The angel at the empty tomb gives Mary five words: 1. Do not be afraid 2. He is not here 3. He has risen 4. Come see the place 5. Go quickly and tell His disciples

Jesus presents Himself–humbly riding in to Jerusalem on a donkey in fulfillment of prophecy. #palmsunday

Pastor Dan Finfrock of Intensive Care Ministries teaches an important lesson for the church today.

Are you discouraged? The enemy is sowing discouragement in the culture and in the church. It's important for us to look to the word of God for encouragement.

Today we are looking at one of the most beautiful and lovely stories in the bible. It’s a story that is so vivid that it appeals to all of our senses. It’s a story of worship and devotion. We are going to look at the five main characters and their roles or contributions to the story: ‌ The Work of Martha The Witness of Lazarus The Worship of Mary The Waste of Judas The Word of Jesus

John 11 is one of the most significant chapters in the bible. It’s the beautiful and wonderful story of Jesus’ power to raise the dead, even His friend Lazarus. More than that, it’s the picture of the God who cares, the God of compassion, Who in the person of Christ, came near.

Jesus clarifies His identity to the Jews with boldness for the last time.

Today we are looking at what is describes as the Parable of the Good Shepherd. Actually it’s not really a parable, but an allegory. John does not include the parables of Jesus in His gospel but focuses much more on Jesus’ identity and His unique relationship with the Father.

Today as Jesus continues to minister in Jerusalem, we see Him heal a man who was blind from birth. It is the story of a miracle, but the miracle leads to conversion.

Last week we went over the marks of a true disciple and the benefit of being a true disciple, then we began to look at the three truths that Jesus presented to those He was addressing. The three main truths are these three statements that begin “Truly, truly, I say to you…” they are in verse 34, verse 51, and verse 58. Last week we looked at the first one in verse 34, today we will look at the remaining two in verses 51 and 58.

As we continue in John’s gospel we see Jesus teaching in the temple and in today’s study He gives lessons on what it means to be a true believer or a true Disciple, and it is much more than just an association with Him.

Today as we look at Jesus teaching in the temple we are going to see His word at work. He is going to make a pronouncement, a promise and we will see the process of salvation unfold as His word has it’s effect on the hearers.

The ministry of the word comes in a variety of ways. At times it is simply teaching, at other times it is more personal in the application of it toward others. Today we are going to be looking at two different passages. First we are going to conclude John 7, and then we will look at the first 11 verses of John 8. In both of these sections we see the Word of God at work in Jesus ministry.

We live in a time that is filled with confusion. There are so many voices and none of them agree. This is one of the reasons we need the word of God-we need clarification. As we continue in our study of the Gospel of John, we see this same kind of confusion -too many voices, and in the midst of it we see Jesus raise His voice above the others and clarifying statements and give a clear call to salvation.

As we look at the "Faith of the First Family", we see A faith to follow,; A favor to receive; A fear to overcome; and A future that is eternal.

As we finish the message that Jesus gave about bread, His words to the disciples are different than His words to the crowd and to the Jewish leaders. His interaction with them is more personal and intimate, yet not any less challenging.

Today we are looking at the second part of Jesus sermon on bread. As we study the bible, it is important to understand that context is critical to proper interpretation. The context of this message is the larger narrative of the gospel, but also the miracle of the miraculous provision of food-the feeding of the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish. Jesus is spring-boarding off of this miracle to teach about Himself-both His identity and His purpose.

As we follow along in the word of God, even though we are reading the stories of other men and women, their story speaks to us in our situation. This is one of the supernatural aspects of the word of God. It is timeless truth, and within it are lessons that are transferable. Today’s lesson is really two-part. Part one sees the disciples caught in a storm and part two is Jesus beginning to preach about the bread of life. These events are tied to the previous lesson of the miraculous feeding of the multitudes that we looked at last week.

What we are reading today is one of the most wonderful miracles of provision. Besides the resurrection of Jesus, this is the only miracle that occurs in all four of the gospel accounts–making it one that I think God wants to impress upon us all.

Today’s study reads somewhat like a trial. There is judgement and testimony, witnesses and logical arguments and even a closing argument. Jesus was, and is constantly on trial, as unbelieving individuals question Him. This is the continuation of His defense regarding the implied accusation that He does not have authority to heal on the Sabbath, and that He is blaspheming by making Himself out to be the Son of God.

Jesus claims unity with the Father in purpose, love, power, judgement, worship and salvation.

Today’s lesson is about hope. Hope is described as "a favorable and confident expectation”. As we look at this great miracle that Jesus performed, we also see that hope can be misplaced and sometimes deferred, but in Jesus it is always renewed as we are redeemed by Him.

Within the miracle of healing the nobleman’s son, we have a very important lesson on the progressive nature of faith and the process of salvation.

Today we are looking at part two of the story of the woman at the well. As we began this story John tells us that Jesus had to pass through Samaria. Last week we got a glimpse of why, today we see that more fully.