by Managed WordPress Migration User | Jan 19, 2014 | All Topics, Authority, Mark E. Hardgrove, Power
Dr. Mark E. Hardgrove Genesis 16:16-34 INTRODUCTION This particular account takes us out of the world of Judaism into contact with the popular superstition of the pagan world. On one of Paul’s visits to the place of prayer, he and his companions were met by a slave...
by Managed WordPress Migration User | Oct 28, 2013 | All Topics, Mark E. Hardgrove, Sacrifice, Visionaries, Witnessing
Dr Mark Hardgrove Matthew 3:1-6 INTRODUCTION In Luke chapter 1, verses 1-15 we read of the miracle of the birth of John the Baptist. He was born to elderly parents, Zechariah, a priest, and Elizabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Zechariah and Elizabeth had...
by Managed WordPress Migration User | Oct 28, 2013 | All Topics, Good Works, Mark E. Hardgrove, Obedience, Witnessing
Mark Hardgrove Ezekiel 22:30 INTRODUCTION A little boy was lost in a large crowd and was frantically looking for his father. A stranger saw the fear in the boy’s eyes and asked him if he was lost. The little boy said, “No, but my daddy is.” “Let me help you find...
by Managed WordPress Migration User | Oct 27, 2013 | All Topics, Leadership, Love, Mark E. Hardgrove
Dr. Mark E. Hardgrove Genesis 7:1-10 INTRODUCTION I lived in Maine for several years while I was serving in the United States Air Force, and I heard the story of a man there who was somewhat of a hermit. He had been single his entire life and with no children and no...
by Managed WordPress Migration User | Sep 26, 2013 | All Topics, Authority, Faith, Mark E. Hardgrove, Power
Mark E. Hardgrove PhD, DMin Genesis 15:22-23 INTRODUCTION: There is no denying the importance of, and the power of, the spoken word. Not because words go out like some magical incantation with endless and invisible effects. I do not believe that the mere articulation...
by Managed WordPress Migration User | Aug 19, 2013 | All Topics, Jesus, Mark E. Hardgrove, Salvation
Mark E. Hardgrove John 11:45-53 INTRODUCTION Are you ready for Jesus to move in your life? Before you answer that, consider the Jewish leaders of Jesus’ day. They had been talking about, and claimed to be looking for, a coming Messiah, and yet when Jesus came...