The 10 Plagues – Part 1 (Exodus 7:14-8:19)

(This is supplement 4 to the #HeartChat Bible study taking place every Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, 6:30 Pacific USA. Pastor Mike is teaching his Escape from Egypt series on Twitter. Click here for class schedule and links to the notes. Click here to follow Pastor Mike on Twitter.) INTRODUCTION This teaching is based on a […]

Why Not Sex Outside of Marriage?

“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.” (1 Corinthians 6:18; NIV) I’ve always been fascinated by the tigers at the zoo. I can remember one zoo in particular (Como Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota) where you could look down upon […]

God Bless / Tribute to America (original instrumental)

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God of Israel versus “Gods” of Egypt (Exodus 7:1-13)

(This is supplement 3 to the #HeartChat Bible study taking place every Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, 6:30 Pacific USA. Pastor Mike is teaching his Escape from Egypt series on Twitter. Click here for class schedule and links to the notes. Click here to follow Pastor Mike on Twitter.) INTRODUCTION This teaching is based on a […]

What Would Jesus Pin? (7 Ways to Use Pinterest for Ministry)

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) I enjoy social media. (You’ve probably discovered that?) And as a platform to communicate God’s love to the world, it’s a fantastic tool in the arsenal of every […]

6 Funny Things About Social Media “Gurus” [infographic]

I’m picking on “gurus” these days. (To read: 5 Things About Facebook the Gurus “Forget” to Tell You, click here.) I don’t know why I’m picking on “gurus” since I am one? (That was supposed to be a joke. I know, stick to pastoring.) Dictionary.com defines “guru” (and this is the way I’m using the […]

God in the Here and Now! (Exodus 6:1-13)

(This is supplement 2 to the #HeartChat Bible study taking place every Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, 6:30 Pacific USA. Pastor Mike is teaching his Escape from Egypt series on Twitter. Click here for class schedule and links to the notes. Click here to follow Pastor Mike on Twitter.) INTRODUCTION This teaching is based on a […]

Once Saved, Always Saved?

Been reading 1st Timothy after my 2 hour nap… 🙂 #mkbiblechat Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith,paying attention 2 deceitfulspirits&doctrines of demons1Tim4:1 2 big things in the (these) “last days” -> 1. Deception, 2. Falling away from the faith. You can’t fall away from what you never […]

The Story of How I Got My Gibson Explorer (guitar)

I had the following conversation on Twitter recently with Big Shane Slade (@shaneawesome). It’s just such a great story about how I got my Gibson Explorer (pictured). And yet it’s about so much more than that… The Story of How I Got My Gibson Explorer (guitar): (Each of these are the original tweets. I just […]

God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways (Exodus 5:1-23)

(This is supplement 1 to the #HeartChat Bible study taking place every Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, 6:30 Pacific USA. Pastor Mike is teaching his Escape from Egypt series on Twitter. Click here for class schedule and links to the notes. Click here to follow Pastor Mike on Twitter.) INTRODUCTION This teaching is based on a […]