Episodes

Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
The Resurrection of Jesus - Mark 16:2-7
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
"Time Magazine recently had a cover story that was entitled, 'Rethinking the Resurrection' like the resurrection never took place. It was an ultra liberal opinion story. An interview in that magazine with an assortment of really liberal off-base theologians and other kind of experts that cast a shadow of doubt on the plausibility of this miraculous event - the resurrection of Jesus."
Family Discussions:
- Why do unbelievers continue to scoff at the resurrection even though it's the most profitable event in all of human history?
- How does the disciples commitment unto death give credence to the account?
- What does Jesus' resurrection mean to you personally today?
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Monday Dec 30, 2019
Crucifixion and Resurrection - Mark 15:44-47
Monday Dec 30, 2019
Monday Dec 30, 2019
"Without the crucifixion, there would have been no resurrection. And without the resurrection there would be no Christian faith. Folks, there are so many factors. You know, nonbelievers, they talk, they doubt they jeer at the resurrection of Jesus. But I'm going to tell you, it happened."
Family Discussions:
- Why did Jesus have to die?
- Win the tombs is crazy, and then how can they explain a way of Jesus' resurrection?
- What thoughts and feelings come through to you?
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Friday Dec 27, 2019
A Story of Sacrifies - Mark 15:33-34
Friday Dec 27, 2019
Friday Dec 27, 2019
"It was at our sports Kamps and there was a scrimmage between two great teams. One team had a young man from Boston, he was an inner-city kid and he lived in one of the poorest places in the country. But this 19-year-old young man had an incredible love for a woman he was going to marry. But there was a drive-by and that old car came by the front of that inner-city house and a gun was stuck out of the window of that car."
Family Discussions:
- What is Jesus' sacrifice for you mean to you?
- What is it about the name Jesus that makes it the name above every other name that at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord?
- How can you, in some small way today in your home, in your business, in your university, or in your school?
- How can you be a little bit like that boy from Boston today who took the bullets for his girlfriend?
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Thursday Dec 26, 2019
In the Name of Christ Forebear - Mark 15:11-15
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
"One of my favorite writers, Chuck Colson, and one of my favorite books, 'Loving God', talks about an Asian monk named Telemachus back in the days of the Roman empire. The cruel and perilous Roman empire. Telemachus one day heard the voice of God in his heart. And God said, Telemachus, go to Rome."
Family Discussions:
- How does Telemachus and his act of incredible life sacrificial bravery remind you of what Jesus did on the cross?
- How does Barabas' good fortune remind you of what Christ did for you? And then the third question is this.
- What do you think Jesus meant when he said, no greater love has any man than to lay down his life for his friends?
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Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
God in the Flesh - Mark 14:60-62
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
"There is no doubt in the world that Jesus knew exactly who he was. He said, I am the vine in John 15. John 10, He said, I'm the door. John 14, He said, I am the way. In fact, he said, I am the only way. He said, I am the Christ."
Family Discussions:
- "A man is no fool to give up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." What does that mean to you?
- How can you be sure in your mind, in your heart that Jesus was actually God in the flesh?
- Why is that statement so significant to you as you face eternity?
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Monday Dec 23, 2019
Christ Becoming Sin - Mark 14:32-36
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
"I think the top 10 things in my life, most of them have to do with anything my kids ever wanted to do with me. Brady would say, Hey dad, let's go shoot baskets. And we shot thousands of baskets together. Him shooting, me catching and throwing back. Copp would let me, you know, run past patterns. And then, so he'd throw me the football. Jamie and Courtney, let me help them in gymnastics and volleyball. 'Hey dad, let's go to the Dairy Queen. Let's get a snack.' I didn't care what they asked me to do. I was ready to go."
Family Discussions:
- Why did God have to turn his head when Jesus died?
- Why does God want the relationship between a parent and a child, especially in the home, to be so strong?
- Why is it of such high value?
- What can you do in your home to build a parent-child bond like that one, that Jesus and God had?
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Monday Dec 16, 2019
Forgiveness Heals - Mark 11:25-26
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
"An insightful first grade teacher read to her students many wise old sayings that we've all heard since we were young. Then she'd stop each phrase just before the conclusion and she'd ask those five and six year olds to fill in kind of the last part of the phrase. Their answers have made me chuckle over and over again."
Family Discussions:
- Why does God put such a high price tag on forgiveness?
- How does forgiveness heal so effectively in here and out here with others?
- Who do you need to forgive today?
- Are you willing to do that before the sun goes down tonight?
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Thursday Dec 12, 2019
You Got Questions, He's Got Answers - Mark 10:5-8
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
"How did marriage get here and what's married supposed to look like? Well, Jesus makes it clear in this passage that God invented marriage and he invented it to be with one man and one woman who would live together forever. One man, one woman together forever."
Family Discussions:
- What does 'from the beginning of creation' mean in terms of Genesis 1?
- Why is it so important to our understanding of the Christian faith and the institution of marriage?
- If you're putting a price tag on that name that's written on your heart, or if you're married to the name that's already there, what would it be?
- What would the price tag of your marriage be and what would it be worth to you to protect it?
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Who are you going to listen to? - Mark 9:2-3; 7
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
"People say, you know what? There's no objective morals, just differing opinions. There's no absolute truth. It's whatever you think is true. One person will say to you, you know what? Come on. It's just a little drink. A little drink won't hurt you, a little alcohol. Or a guy may say to you, if you're a girl or girl may say to a guy, you know what? Hey, don't be so frigid. Sex is okay if it's safe. Voices. They're everywhere, aren't they? They, they give you so many mixed messages these days. It's so easy to get confused and to begin to question your own beliefs. The question is who are you gonna listen to?"
Family Discussions:
- How can your family help each other listen to the right voices and not to some of the other voices who tell you what's right and wrong?
- Compare and contrast Jesus' words to the words of the world around you. A
- Whose voice makes more sense to you and whose voice you're going to listen to today?
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
The Watershed of Christianity - Mark 8:27-29
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
"We used to ski as a family in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. And sometimes we would take all of our young life kids and our young life clubs to Steamboat Springs to ski. And we had more fun and we took lots of Kanakuk kids over the years. But when you go from Missouri to Steamboat Springs, you crossover a pass called Rabbit Ears Pass and Rabbit Ears Pass is 9,400 feet high. And it is the watershed of the United States of America"
Family Discussions:
- If Jesus asked you that faithful question, "who do you say that I am?" How would you respond?
- What does it mean when Peter said, you are the Christ? What does the Christ mean?
- Why did Jesus say, why did he say "I am the way I am the truth and I am the life. No one comes to the father except by me."?