Mark D. Roberts

Part 7 of series: Sharing Laity Lodge Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series A few weeks ago I got to know Brian Moss, “a musician after God’s own heart.” As you may know, this description was first used of David in the Old Testament. When Saul dishonored the Lord, Samuel said to…

Part 6 of series: Sharing Laity Lodge Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series A few weeks ago Mark Toone spoke at Laity Lodge for a men’s retreat from Covenant Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. Mark is the Senior Pastor of Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church in Gig Harbor, Washington. His creative and challenges…

Excerpt Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. Mark 9:2-3 Click here to read all of Mark 9:2-8 Prayer…

. . . you find out that Jesus has His own dry cleaning and laundry service!

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. He has gained renown by…

Excerpt Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesusâ?? feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, â??Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to…

The Bible instructs us to be consistently thankful. In writing to the Thessalonian Christians, the Apostle Paul said, â??Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for youâ? (1 Thess 5:18). This sounds nice enough, until you find yourself in difficult, even painful circumstances. Then inspired biblical truth…

For several years, it has been my history to put up a bit of Thanksgiving history during the week prior to the holiday. So, once again, here is a brief history of Thanksgiving. A couple of years ago I asked my six-year-old nephew, â??On Thanksgiving, to whom do we say thank you?â? He quickly responded,…

Dr. James Arlandson continues his series on the Gospels, this time focusing on the oral traditions behind the writing of the Gospels. As usual, this is a substantive post with lots of information and lots of links. Thanks, Jim, for this excellent post!

Part 5 of series: Sharing Laity Lodge Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series This past weekend Greg Ogden spoke at Laity Lodge, at a retreat for Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church of Austin, Texas. Greg is currently the Executive Pastor of Discipleship at Christ Church of Oak Brook, Illinois. Before going to Christ…

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