Sermons by Mark Schollaert (Page 3)
You Lead, I’ll Follow – Part 3 – Of Ropes and Threads
“While your children are small you have then by a rope. Before they reach puberty, you will find that your rope has become a thread.” (Pastor Bob White) This weekend we examined our roles in parenting in light of the Gospel mandate to make disciples. We are all in love with our own opinions, convinced they’re correct. But the Lord is in the midst of us, testing and probing our every motive. Before you do anything, put your trust totally in…
You Lead, I’ll Follow – Part 2 – Life in Your Garden
What’s the one thing that every gardener wants from their garden? GROWTH! A lot of energy gets spent in gardening but there are some things that are out of the control of the gardener, weather, insects, blights, pollution, etc. And those ideas are often true about our marriage as well. The goal of a Christian marriage should be that our spouse grows in Jesus. That’s the direction of this message…
You Lead, I’ll Follow – Part 1
If we look to the Throne, we’ll have the perspective needed for true success in our relationships. The key is looking at the masterpiece, what God is doing, rather than just the block of marble, where it is now.
The Heart of the Matter – Part 4
Mark’s final message in this series is about serving others as part of following Jesus in His Kingdom of Love. We reveal our love for God above all else and our love for our neighbor as your self. That can best be seen when we get up from our place of comfort, abandon our rights to be served, serve until the task is finished and return to our place. Jesus’ washing the disciples’ feet is our example of how to serve others.
The Heart of the Matter Part 3
Love and life itself have many aha moments. It’s interesting how aha moments generally bring pleasure or a sense of satisfaction to us. Even the ones that are connected to painful moments, can bring a sense of value and closure to our hearts. Some are simple and last but the moment, while in others, their influence lasts a lifetime. Some even become the very substance of our lives.
The Heart of the Matter Part 2
We often aim near and miss far…sadly most of the time we are shortsighted when it comes to the spiritual life’s most important details. We sacrifice the eternal for the moment. Like a GPS or road signs, the Word of God tells us what’s coming next and how to prepare for what’s next along the road. But it seems that the most difficult signs are the ones that have to do with how we handle our possessions and wealth.
The Heart of the Matter Part 1
A clean heart does not mean a perfect heart. In this opening message, we’ll observe the contrast of perspectives between the word “clean”, meaning no reservations or submitted, and the often used word “perfect” but meaning no errors or independent. Sin is a disposition and is either purposeful, unintentional or done unconsciously. We’ll look at a couple in the newly formed 1st-century church for more detail.
