Posts by Mark Lautenschlager (Page 8)

For the week of November 8

View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week 2 of Awaken and to Acts chapter 8. This week we will be reading about Philip the Evangelist and the Ethiopian eunuch. Despite its many supernatural elements there is a lot about sharing the gospel that we can learn from it. (By the way, Philip the Evangelist is not Philip the Apostle. They are often confused, but are two different…

Prepare for Worship (weekend of November 5)

Hey Church! One of the key passages in our personal worship this week has been John 4, where Jesus explained to a Samaritan woman that “true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.” These words are often quoted but have you ever really thought about what “in spirit and truth” means? John 4:19-24The woman said to him, “Sir, I…

For the week of November 1

View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week One of Awaken, a series of messages being preached simultaneously at churches all over South Florida and especially in Broward County. A word about that, by the way. Each pastor will use the same passage of scripture and have agreed on the theme for each week, but each will put their own unique stamp on the message. Likewise Personal…

Prepare for Worship (weekend of October 29)

Hey Church! In addition to wrapping up our series on the book of Isaiah, we also plan to observe a time of prayer for the persecuted Church this Sunday. It may surprise you to learn that the persecution of our spiritual family is one of the biggest human rights crises of our time. The 2021 World Watch list reports the following statistics.* In just the last year……

For the week of October 25

Prepare for Worship (weekend of October 22)

Hey Church! We will have the opportunity to receive a fresh grace from God through communion this Sunday. Think about it: we will get to hear, see, smell, taste, and touch the holy Word of God this weekend. In an age where information has been so severely cheapened by the absurd number of options that are immediately available to us, it is easy to take for granted this…

For the week of October 18

Prepare for Worship (weekend of October 15)

Hey Church! There is a Christian doctrine known as the “Perseverance of the Saints” that is not often discussed in popular circles and yet is an indispensable pillar of our faith. In short, it means that one who is authentically saved by grace through faith in Jesus cannot lose their salvation. Though a saved person falls into temptation, or even lives in…

For the week of October 11

Prepare for Worship (weekend of October 8)

Hey Church! We learned a new song back in July called “Amen (Simple Gospel)” by Kari Jobe and I thought a brief review of the meaning of the word “amen” might be helpful in preparing our minds to sing it together on Sunday. The meaning of the Hebrew word, אָמֵן֙ (Pronounced ah-mayn), carries a sense of truth, certainty, and agreement. The same…