Joe Durso
NO ONE IS GOOD EXCEPT GOD
“…No one is good except God…” (Mark 10:17-27) We are told in (Mark 10) that Jesus responded to a rich young ruler who fell down before...
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Joe Durso
Sep 28, 20142 min read
WITH FAITH OF A CHILD
“Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." (Mark 10:15) In my last blog we...
Joe Durso
Sep 5, 20143 min read
THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN
The Bible is the only book of its kind in the world. The gospels are eye witness accounts to the life of Christ, which intersect with...
Joe Durso
Aug 11, 20147 min read
SALTED WITH FIRE
“ Everyone will be salted with fire …Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other.” (Mark 9:49, 50) The question, “Why can’t...
Joe Durso
Jul 28, 20145 min read
A TOPSY-TURVY WORLD
The world in which we live is topsy-turvy from the one God created and the one for which Jesus died. When faced with the decision to...
Joe Durso
Jul 20, 20144 min read
ENDURING UNBELIEF
“And He answered them and said, "Oh unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to...
Joe Durso
Jul 4, 20144 min read
THE MOUNT OF METAMORPHOSIS
“Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was...
Joe Durso
Jun 28, 20145 min read
A CRY FOR INTIMACY
I have found out from leading a men’s Bible study that men do not like the word intimacy unless it is used in the context of a man woman...
Joe Durso
Jun 22, 20144 min read
A LESSON IN LEADERSHIP
In a world such as ours, the question of who is in charge enters every conceivable arena of life. For thousands of years tyrants have...
Joe Durso
Jun 14, 20144 min read
6 CHARACTERISTICS OF A WAVERING FAITH
The Apostle Paul made it quite clear in Romans 1:16 & 17 that the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation, and that those justified by...
Joe Durso
May 23, 20147 min read
SETTING OUR MIND ON GOD
At a certain point in human history the Great I AM walked with men, having become one of us. However, this fact was not abundantly clear...
Joe Durso
May 14, 20144 min read
I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
Some years ago Johnny Nash sang a song named, “I Can See Clearly Now.” The lyrics to the song are as follows, “I can see clearly now the...
Joe Durso
May 6, 20143 min read
CONTRASTING FAITH AND DISOBEDIENCE
“After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to...
Joe Durso
May 3, 20145 min read
JESUS TURNED THE OUTSIDE IN
“The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, 2 and had seen that some of His disciples...
Joe Durso
Apr 27, 20143 min read
THE HEM OF HEALING
“When they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. 6:54 When they got out of the boat, immediately the...
Joe Durso
Apr 19, 20143 min read
JESUS DREW A LINE
“And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits …They went out and...
Joe Durso
Apr 15, 20144 min read
A SPIRIT OF REJECTION (Mark 5:21-43)
We have seen from Mark chapter 1 and following that the fame of Jesus continued to grow everywhere He went. The people sought Jesus for...
Joe Durso
Apr 13, 20143 min read
EXTRAORDINARY UNBELIEF (Mark 6:1-5)
“He went away from there and came to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him. When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the...
Joe Durso
Apr 5, 20143 min read
THE REALITY OF DEMONS Mark 5
Chapter 4 of Mark’s Gospel concludes with Jesus calming the wind and sea, which was an awesome display of power upon the natural elements...
Joe Durso
Apr 3, 20142 min read
TRUE DISCIPLESHIP (Mark 4)
Mark chapter 4 begins much like chapter 3, by describing that Jesus must speak to the crowd from a boat to keep from getting trampled to...
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