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  TRANSCRIPT: “The word Gethsemane itself means oil press, which is an appropriate term, considering that the olives that were harvested there were then gathered and put under the weight of rocks and pressed to extract the oil for use. The name of this place is also quite providential, as it became better known as

  TRANSCRIPT: “We believe that for Jesus, in John, chapter 6, the eating and drinking of his flesh and blood was metaphorical and was about believing. He promises eternal life to those who believe in him. This is why he instituted the Lord’s Supper. So the two ordinances or sacraments of the church, baptism and

  TRANSCRIPT: “For 2,000 years, his name has been synonymous with betrayal. The irony is that Judas comes from the Hebrew name Judah, which means God is praised. Don’t you think his dear parents had high hopes for their son when they named him that, God is praised? It only reminds us, once again, that

  TRANSCRIPT: “Today, we’re going to look at a gathering. We’re going to look at an event that happens at the gathering, and then a conversation that happens about the event that happens at the gathering. It’s a pretty small event in some regard, and yet it is huge in implication. We’re going to see

  TRANSCRIPT: “What happens in a person’s heart, a couple’s heart, or a family’s heart, or whoever’s heart that sensed the call of God to leave behind the familiar conveniences and comforts of this life, to leave behind even family and grandmas and grandpas to your children, to leave behind possibly years of education, a

  “Since then, God has just been increasing the pressure and passion for missions over the years because I truly believe God’s heart beats for missions. You ask me, “Why?” Well, from Genesis all the way through Revelation, every single book of the Bible is about how God is redeeming the nations to himself and

  TRANSCRIPT: “The heavens, the earth, and life as we know it is going to change. He will judge the living and the dead and we will all give an account for everything we have ever said or done, whether good or evil. That is the premise of what we are learning together as we

  TRANSCRIPT: “Jesus is talking about future events that are two-dimensional. The things he’s saying and the things about which we’re reading now have, first, a historical dimension to them. In other words, what Jesus is talking about has a very obvious and even an immediate first-century fulfillment. We’re going to see that here in

  TRANSCRIPT: “This whole conversation in Mark, chapter 13, just two days before the crucifixion, starts out with a rather innocent observation by the disciples. They come out of the temple, they walk across the little valley there, they sit up on the hillside, the Mount of Olives, and they basically make an observation. They’re

  TRANSCRIPT: “There are certain places in Scripture just like this that make us preachers feel very helpless at times. There are a few chapters in Ezekiel, a few chapters in Daniel, and several places in the book of Revelation, but this chapter is at the top of the list of these places in Scripture

  TRANSCRIPT: “Now, before we step all the way in, I need you to hear me say I love you. You don’t hear me say that enough. I believe I’m speaking for all of our pastors and elders when I say that to you. You see, as your servant leaders in the church, when we

  TRANSCRIPT: “See, misidentification can be costly, because the truth is it doesn’t matter whom we think someone is or whom we want someone to be. Ultimately, the only thing that matters is who they actually are. The police, the justice system, and Martell thought they had the right guy. In reality, they didn’t have