Mark has been pastor of Redland Baptist Church in Derwood, Maryland since 1997. Prior to that he served as a youth pastor for 24 years in churches in Alabama, Indiana, Maryland, and Delaware. Mark has a B.S. Degree from the University of North Alabama and a M.Div./R.E. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. He and his wife Sue celebrate 32 years of marriage, one son, two daughters and one grand daughter...so far.
| Title | Book/Chapter/Verse | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| God's Power in Unexpected Places | 1 Corinthians 1 | God, Power of; Power of God; Energy, Spiritual; The Cross |
| Illumination | 1 Corinthians 2 :6-16 | Bible; Scripture; Illlumination; Will of God |
| Antidotes to Arrogance | 1 Corinthians 4 :1-21 | Arrogance; Pride; Humility |
| Grace and Grievances | 1 Corinthians 5 :1-11 | Conflict Solution; Grievances; Peace with Others |
| It's Just Sex - Right? | 1 Corinthians 6 :12-20 | Sex; Immorality; Body of the Christian; Purity |
| Why Communion? | 1 Corinthians 11 :23-29 | Lord's Supper; Communion |
| It All Comes Down To This | 1 Corinthians 15 :1-22 | Life; Resurrection; Easter; Power of Jesus; Lordship; Death, Victory Over |
| A Case for the Resurrection | 1 Corinthians 15 :1-8 | Risen Lord; Cross of Christ; Resurrection; Easter |
| The Case for the Resurrection | 1 Corinthians 15 :1-8 | Easter; Resurrection |
| Body Lift | 1 Corinthians 15 :35-58 | Resurrection; New Body; Rapture; Eternal Life |
| Confident Christianity | 1 John 1 :1-4 | Christianity; Authentic Christianity; Christian Faith |
| Living in the Light of Jesus' Return | 1 John 3 :1-3 | Jesus, Return of; Rapture |
| Whose Child Are You? | 1 John 3 :4-24 | Child of God; Christian Living |
| Test The Spirits | 1 John 4 :1-6 | Spirits, Test the; Post-Modernism; Gnostics; Truth |
| Getting to the Bottom of Love | 1 John 4 :7-21 | Love |
| Standing Tall, Falling Hard | 1 Samuel | Saul; Patience; Humility; Obedience |
| A Woman's Worth Is Never Done | 1 Samuel 1 | Mother's Day; Family; Home; Parenting |
| Taking Hold of Life that is Really Life | 1 Timothy 1 :17-19 | New Year; Christian Living; Commitment |
| The Beginning of the End | 2 Chronicles 31 :21 | Warning from God; Disobedience; Hardness of Heart; Why Bad Things Happen |
| What Do You Have? | 2 Kings 4 :1-7 | Provision, God's; Salvation |
| Paul's Last Words | 2 Timothy 4 :1-8 | Commitment; Dedication; Death, Believer's; Christian Living |
| You Can't Fool God | Acts 5 :1-11 | Hypocrisy; Stewardship; Giving; Lying |
| An Obituary To Die For | Acts 8 :2 | Christian Living; Testimony; Death, Meaningful; Obituary |
| Attitudes Essential to Evangelism | Acts 8 :26-40 | Evangelism; Soul Winning |
| Acts for a New Year - Peace in Fearful Times | Acts 18 :9-10 | New Year; Fear; Peace |
| Facing Fear | Acts 18 :9-10 | Fear, Overcoming; Faith; Trust; Peace |
| It Is More Blessed To Give Than To Receive | Acts 20 :32-35 | Christmas; Stewardship; Giving |
| Building the Body with an Attitude an Attitude of Gratitude | Colossians 3 :15-17 | Gratitude; Attitude |
| Wandering | Deuteronomy 8 :1-5 | Patience; Hope; Peace; Humility |
| Count Your Blessings | Ephesians 1 :1-14 | Gratitude; Blessings; Thanksgiving |
| A Prayer For All Seasons | Ephesians 1 :15-23 | Prayer |
| You Are Called To Bless | Ephesians 2 :10 | Servanthood; Service; Christian Living |
| From Death To Life | Ephesians 2 :1-10 | Life; Eternal Life |
| God The Builder | Ephesians 2 :11-22 | Church; Building of God, The Christian a |
| The Call is to You | Ephesians 2 :8-10 | Peace; Meaningful Life; Purpose in Life; Call of God |
| A Working Man's Prayer | Ephesians 3 :14-21 | Prayer |
| How To Fight Right | Ephesians 4 | Marriage; Home; Husbands; Wives; Family Conflict |
| Health Check | Ephesians 4 :11-16 | Christian Love; Christian Living |
| How To Know If You Are Growing | Ephesians 4 :11-16 | Growth, Christian; Development, Christian; Christian Living |
| Extreme Makeover | Ephesians 4 :17-32 | Discipleship; Change; Progress |
| Walking in Daddy's Shoes | Ephesians 5 :1-20 | Imitating God; Faithfulness; Christian Living |
| Living in a War Zone | Ephesians 6 :10-24 | Spiritual War; Satan; Christian Living |
| Being a Christian at Work | Ephesians 6 :5-9 | Work; Employment; Labor Day; Christian Living |
| The Fruit of the Spirit - Faithfulness | Galatians 5 :22-24 | Faithfulness; Fruit of the Spirit |
| The Fruit of the Spirit - Kindness-Goodness | Galatians 5 :22-24 | Kindness; Goodness; Fruit of the Spirit |
| The Fruit of the Spirit - Patience | Galatians 5 :22-24 | Patience; Fruit of the Spirit; Determination; Peace |
| Creation: The Beginning of Life as we Know It | Genesis 1 | God, Existence of; God of Creation; Creation |
| God's Plan For Marriage | Genesis 2 :18-24 | Marriage; Sex |
| How To Build The Right Marriage | Genesis 2 :18-24 | Love; Marriage; Valentine's Day |
| Self-Control | Genesis 5 :22 | Self-Control; Discipline; Fortitude; Commitment; Dedication |
| The Faith of Noah | Genesis 6 :5-22 | Noah; Faith; Noah Movie |
| Who is Jesus, Really? | Hebrews 1 :1-14 | Jesus |
| You Are Called To Belong | Hebrews 2 :10 | Family of God; Church; Belonging; Encouragement |
| How To Hold Fast | Hebrews 3 :1-19 | Dedication; Steadfastness; Commitment |
| A Rested Development | Hebrews 4 :1-15 | Rest; Peace; Trust |
| Pilgrims Should Make Progress | Hebrews 5 | Growth, Christian; Progress; Christian Living; Discipleship |
| What If God Were One Of Us | Hebrews 5 :1-10 | Jesus; Salvation; Blood of Christ; Jesus, High Priest |
| Faith Alone | Hebrews 11 :1-6 | Faith |
| Pardon Me, Your Faith Is Showing | Hebrews 13 | Faith; Witness; Testimony; Christian Living |
| Hosea - Experiecing God's Grace | Hosea | Grace; Hope; Salvation; Redemption; Forgiveness |
| It's Time To Soar | Isaiah 40 :31 | Growth; Christian Progress; Church Development; Growing |
| Triumph In Times Of Trial | James 1 :1-12 | Faith; Trials; Triumph in Trials |
| How To Withstand Temptation | James 1 :13-18 | Temptation; Faithfulness |
| The Marks of a Christian | James 1 :19-27 | Christian, Marks of; Christian Living |
| Determining the Worth of a Person | James 2 :1-13 | Judgmentalism; Judging Others; People, The Worth of |
| Faith That Saves Is Faith That Works | James 2 :14-26 | Faith; Works; Christian Living |
| Wise and Otherwise | James 3 :13-18 | Wisdom |
| How Fights are Stopped and Started | James 4 :1-10 | Conflict; Church Fights; Arguements; Disagreements |
| The Perils of Playing God | James 4 :11-17 | Judging Others; Self-righteousness; Slander; Playing God; Pride |
| Right on the Money | James 5 :1-6 | Money; Stewardship |
| How Do You Know That God Exists? | Jeremiah 23 :24 | God, Existence of; Witnessing; Evangelism |
| I Can Experience God's Presence Now and Always | John 1 | God, Presence of; Christmas; Jesus, Birth of |
| God Is Here! | John 1 :1-18 | Birth of Jesus; Jesus, Nature of; Christmas |
| The Birth of Jesus | John 1 :1-18 | Christmas; Birth of Jesus; Son of God |
| The First Christ Followers | John 1 :35-51 | Discipleship; Jesus Followers; Operation Andrew |
| Time To Clean House | John 2 :12-22 | Jesus, Anger of; Temple, Cleansing of the |
| My Hope For The Future | John 3 :1-17 | Salvation; Nicodemus |
| A Blueprint For Fathers | John 3 :16 | Father's Day; Father; Parenting; Home; Family |
| The Bad Samaritan | John 4 :1-42 | Evangelism |
| Witness For The Defense Of Jesus | John 5 :16-47 | Jesus |
| I Am, The Bread of Life | John 6 | Communion; Lord's Supper; Bread of Life; Hunger Satisfied; Meaning In Life |
| What's In Your Basket | John 6 :1-15 | Small Things; Jesus, Power of; Jesus, Bread of Life; Stewardship |
| Encouraging Frail Faith | John 6 :16-21 | Faith |
| What Will You Do With Jesus? | John 7 :1-31 | Decisions; Jesus; Choices |
| The Day God Cried | John 11 :1-57 | Faith; Hope; Comfort |
| The Next-to-the-Last Supper | John 12 :1-11 | Stewardship; Service |
| A Different King Of King | John 12 :12-33 | Discipleship; Christian Living; Jesus, King |
| God's Cure For Heart Trouble | John 14 :1-12 | Troubles; Hardship; Care, God's |
| God's Cure For Heart Trouble | John 14 :1-12 | Trouble; Worry |
| The Comforter | John 14 :15-31 | Comforter; Holy Spirit |
| Who or What is the Holy Spirit? | John 14 :16-20 | Holy Spirit |
| Peace I Leave With You | John 14 :27 | Peace; Christmas |
| No One Comes To The Father Except Through Me | John 14 :6 | Salvation; Christmas |
| The Benefits of In-The-Zone Living | John 15 :1-17 | Christian Living |
| When Being Hated is a Good Thing | John 15 :18 | Persecution |
| When Being Hated is a Good Thing | John 15 :18 | Suffering; Persistence |
| The Real Lord's Prayer | John 17 :1-26 | Intercession, Jesus' |
| Can You Handle The Truth? | John 18 :28 | Truth; Faith |
| His Crucifixion | John 19 :17-42 | Crucifixion; Cross; Easter |
| The First Easter Sermon | John 20 :1-18 | Life; Resurrection; Easter; Witnessing; Missions; Mary Magdalene |
| Are You Following The Right Leader | John 20 :1-31 | Resurrection; Easter |
| The Pouting Prophet | Jonah 4 :1-11 | Discouragement; Trouble; Prayer; Anger at God; Disappointment |
| The Real God Is Faithful | Lamentations 3 :19-23 | God, Faithfulness of; Trust; Faith; Lord's Supper |
| One Who Waited | Luke 2 | Joy in Jesus; Evangelism; Patience; Christmas |
| Getting THIS Christmas Right | Luke 2 :1-10 | Birth of Christ; Christmas; Jesus, Birth of |
| His Birth | Luke 2 :1-20 | Birth of Jesus; Nativity; Christmas; Virgin Birth |
| Jesus' Prayer of Forgiveness | Luke 23 :34 | Cross, Prayer from the; Prayer of Jesus; Forgiveness |
| The Road Emmaus | Luke 24 :13-36 | Jesus, Fellowship with; Emmaus; Lord, The Risen |
| You Have To Control Your Desires | Matthew 5 :27-30 | Temptation; Desires; Commitment; Lust; Adultery |
| You Have to be Hungry | Matthew 5 :6 | Purpose in Life; Hurger for Meaning |
| Your Heart Has To Be Right | Matthew 5 :8 | Beatitudes; Heart; Purity |
| Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread | Matthew 6 :11 | Prayer; Lord's Prayer; Bread, Prayer for |
| Forgive Us Our Debts | Matthew 6 :12-15 | Forgiveness; The Lord's Prayer; Forgiving Others |
| Lead Us Not Into Temptation | Matthew 6 :13 | Temptation; Victory Over Sin; Lord's Prayer |
| Giving 101 | Matthew 6 :19-21 | Stewardship; Christian Living; Money; Giving; Tithing |
| Your Kingdom Come! | Matthew 6 :9-10 | Lord's Prayer; Kingdom of God; Coming Kingdom; Prayer |
| Wrong on the Money! | Matthew 6 :9-24 | Finances; Stewardship; Tithing; Money |
| Why Would A Loving God Send People to Hell? | Matthew 25 | Judgment; Hell; God, Loving |
| Jesus' Garden Prayer | Matthew 26 :31-46 | Prayer; Passion of Jesus; Easter |
| A Leader From The Knees Up | Nehemiah 1 :1-11 | Leadership; Prayer |
| How to Tackle a Tough Job | Nehemiah 2 :1-20 | Leadership; Tools of the Christian; Christian Living; Progress; Growth |
| This Time Its Personal | Nehemiah 6 :1-19 | Courage; Victory; Dedication; Growth |
| Changing America - One Heart At A Time | Philippians 2 :12-15 | America; Change; New Heart; Independence Day |
| Whine or Shine | Philippians 2 :12-18 | Christian Living; Witnessing; Dedication; Commitment |
| God's GPS | Psalms 1 | Guidance, God's; Direction; Leadership, God's; Will of God |
| The Energizing Impact of Scripture | Psalms 1 :1-9 | The Bible; The Word of God; Scripture |
| The Trials of a King | Psalms 51 | Confession; Forgiveness; Sin |
| Contentment | Psalms 62 | Peace; Contentment; Satisfaction; Life, Meaning in |
| The Real God Is Just | Psalms 73 | Justice of God; Trials; Doubts; Hardships; Faith; Tragedy |
| Letter to the Church at Ephesus | Revelation 2 :1-7 | Love for Jesus; Love, First; Church |
| Letter to the Church at Smyrna | Revelation 2 :8-11 | Suffering; Faithfulness of God; Eternal Viewpoint |
| Friends of a Different Color | Revelation 7 :9 | Racism; Love; Forgiveness; Inclusiveness |
| Paul's Pillar People | Romans 16 :1-27 | Church Life; People, Problem; People, Helpful; Christian Living |
| Because of Christmas - We Know God Loves Us | Selected Passages | Christ, Birth of; Jesus; Christmas; Love of God |
| Beyond Friends | Selected Passages | Friends; Friendship in Christ; Fellowship; Spiritual Growth; Billy Graham |
| Daniel In Excile | Selected Passages | Problems; Trusting God in Trials; Faith; Trouble; Hardships |
| God's Messengers | Selected Passages | Elijah; Defeat, How to Overcome; Faith; Failure; Peace of Mind; Fear |
| He Is Omnipotent | Selected Passages | Easter; God, Omnipotence of; Resurrection; Life over Death |
| How To Nurture A Child | Selected Passages | Parenting; Mother's Day; Fathers; Family; Home |
| Judas Iscariot | Selected Passages | Judas; Betrayal of Jesus; Sin, Progression; Greed |
| Paul's Final Days | Selected Passages | Death; Commitment to Christ; Christian Living |
| The Beginning of the End | Selected Passages | Faith; Suffering; Hardships; Judgment |
| The Hour of Darkness | Selected Passages | Cross, Jesus on the;Crucifixtion;Salvation |
| The King Who Had It All! | Selected Passages | Wisdom, Lack of; Marriage; Family; Home |
| The Power of Once for All | Selected Passages | Life; Resurrection; Easter; Eternal Life; Salvation; Power of Jesus |
| The Power Of Once For All | Selected Passages | Life; Resurrection; Easter; Power of Jesus; Lordship; Death, Victory Over |
| The Real God Is Good | Selected Passages | Goodness of God; God is Good; Love of God |
| The Real God is Sovereign | Selected Passages | God, Sovereignty of; God, Almighty; Power of God |
| The Resurrection | Selected Passages | Resurrection; Easter |
| Waking the Dead - Why Try? | Selected Passages | Good News; Gospel of Jesus Christ; Evangelism; Witnessing |
| What is a Disciple | Selected Passages | Discipleship; Christian Living; Fellowship; Service |
| When Christians Disagree | Selected Passages | Disunity; Unity; Peace; Conflict; Fellowship |
| Why Only Jesus? | Selected Passages | Salvation; Jesus Alone; Savior, Jesus the Only |
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