Pastor Steve Thompson's podcast

An expositon of Mark 8:22-30. What does this healing of the blind man have to do with the disciples understanding about Jesus Christ.

An exposition of Mark 8:1-21. Is it possible to read and understand the details about Jesus Christ but still miss His true identity? If you have any doubt, see the disciples in this account.

An exposition of Mark 7:31-37. What is unique about Jesus healing the deaf and mute man? What is the deeper issue that is occuring here? How do you apply this towards the tendency of many churches to use marketing?

What lesson can we learn about evangelism and compromise? What does the word faith mean in light of today's enigmatic meaning?

An exposition of Mark 7:14-23. A further explanation of the true source of defilement. Externals are not the problem, it is something from within a man. What is it?

An exposition of Mark 6:53 - 7:13. What is it that Jesus identifies as the real enemy? If the Pharisees were guilty of succombing to this problem, can we? Do we?

An expositiion of Mark 6:45-52. There are a lot of beliefs about Jesus, but many are wrong. What does Jesus do to teach His disciples that they don't understand who He is? What does this inform us about our understanding about Jesus?

An exposition of Mark 6:30-44. What does teaching have to do with the miraculous feeding? Is it a miracle or a lesson? Who is being taught? What is being taught?

An exposition of Mark 6:14-29. Can a message about a death be more than a depressive story? What do we make of this story about John the Baptist? How can this be inspiring? How can this be a message to preach on Mother's day? Take a listen!!!

An exposition of Mark 6:1-13. What caused Jesus to be amazed? What was Jesus trying to teach the disciples? Where does a church turn to fulfill the Great Commission?

An exposition of Matthew 5:21-43. What is the point of these two healings? Is there some complicated formula that will help us with our spiritual condition?

An exposition of Mark 5:1-20. Does a healthy church receive accolades from the world for doing a good job? What do we see about discipleship in this passage?

An exposition of Mark 4:30-41! Can you be amazed at the Lord Jesus Christ?

An exposition of Mark 4:21-29. What is the place of God"s Word for the Christian? the unbeliever? What does this passage reveal about man centered evangelism?

An exposition of 1 Corinthians 15:12-20
What happens to your faith if Jesus isn't resurrected? What could cause a Christian to be pitiful?

What is the point of this fairly well known parable?
Why does Jesus speak just the parable without the explanation to the larger crowd?
What is the perspective to gain in evangelism from this truth?

An exposition of Mark 3:20-35.
The unforgiveable sin.
Priority of family isn't always right.

An exposition of Mark 3:7-19.
Was there really a rock star atmosphere with Jesus? Why?
What do we learn from the 12 that Jesus appoints?

An exposition of Mark 3:1-6.
Uncovering the problem of healing on the Sabbath that the Pharisees held. How Jesus gave the Pharisees an opportunity to defend their belief with the Scriptures.

An exposition of Mark 2:23-28. What problems did the Pharisees have with Jesus and the Sabbath?

An exposition of Mark 2:18-22.

An exposition of Mark 2:13-17.

An exposition of Mark 2:1-12. What was the issue about Jesus' healing of the paralyzed man? What did Jesus attack in the Scribes thinking? What systematic theology did the Scribes need to rethink?

an exposition of Mark 1:40-45

Mark 1:29-39 exposition
What was the disciples' agenda and how was it different than Jesus' agenda? You might be surprised!!

An exposition of Mark 1:16-28. How demanding was Jesus in calling out disciples? What two things did Jesus do that people talked about throughout the region?

An Exposition of Mark 1:9-15
Why is Jesus baptized?
How intense was Jesus' temptation?
Did Jesus begin ministry with relational evangelism?

What happened to my life that changed me radically?
What was life like before Christ? What did steroids do in my life?
How has God continued to work in my life since becoming a believer?

An exposition of Mark 1:1-8. Find out why the ministry of John the Baptist was part of the plan for the Gospel. What are the implications of John's message for our proclamation of the Gospel?

Would Jesus say anything bad about a church that is active?
What type of church would Jesus vomit out of His mouth?
What church would describe many churches in America?

What can we learn from the 7 churches that Jesus addressed in Revelation? The first 3 are covered in this message. What dangers could lurk around the corner for us?

An exposition of Isaiah 6:1-8. What are you? A person with a vision of a big God or a little god?
The audio may need to be turned up but the passage speaks loud and clear!

What great truths do we find in the first 8 chapters of Romans?

Matthew 10:26-39
What is to be feared? What does fear reveal about ourselves? How do we gain the proper fear?

An Exposition of the final verses of Titus. Also, 3 highlights that come from this pastoral epistle. What if you had to pick out 3 verses to highlight, what would they be?

Exposition of Colossians 3:7-11.
Is there a blueprint on teaching?
Is there a blueprint on handling false teachers?

WARNING: The recording was done at a faster speed, which means my voice sounds a little bit different!

Exposition of Titus 3:1-6
How do we talk when correcting? What was our speech/life like before Christ? What changed?

Exposition of Titus 2:11-15

Exposition of Titus 2:7-10
What is expected of teaching?
What is expected of employees?
Note: 3 minutes of audio were lost in the middle of the recording.

exposition of Titus 2:1-6. What is addressed to the different generations?

What other teachings are dangerous besides major doctrinal heresies? What type of false teaching is more subtle in the church?
An exposition of Titus 1:13-16

What is necessary for an Elder to be competent in doing? Why is it so necessary? Is this still an issue that Elders need to address in the church? Listen to an exposition of Titus 1:9-12

What is the qualification of an Elder? Do these qualifications mean nothing else to other Christians?

What is the point of baptism? Is it necessary for salvation? Does it produce anything in one's life?

An Exposition of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Straight forward talk on what the Scriptures say about a casual acquaintance with other Christians in the body of Christ. Is Church really that necessary? I don't need others for my spiritual growth, do I?

Does it matter what comes out of our mouth? How should a Christian speak? It might surpride you. Ephesians 4:28-32

Is it ever o.k. to get angry? when? Are lies the only problem in a lifestyle or are there other deceptions?
Ephesians 4:25-27

Can I be saved and my lifestyle not really be changed? Does it matter how I live my life? These and many more questions can be answered by looking at Ephesians 4:17-25

Find out who was concerned for the Colossian Church and the background that each of them had! It is a lesson from the many lives of these friends

An exposition of Colossians 3:18-21. What has God designed for leadership roles in the family? Why is it tough for a wife to submit? What about an abusive relationship? Do men lead from the lazy boy chair? All these questions are answered in this sermon!

An exposition of Colossians 3:12-17. What behaviors should be exhibited by the new self (born again believer)? What should be the lifestyle of the new self?

A hospital bed is where most physical births take place and we know what should take place. A spiritual birth is from above (being born again) and takes place on the inside. What should we expect to take place for the Christian? Listen to find out!

An exposition of Colossians 3:1-4. The emergent church is harkening back to the ways of monasticism and a wholistic spirituality with nature but our Scripture teaches this isn't the key to spirituality. Listen to what the Scriptures teach about this subject.

An exposition of Colossians 3:5-7. This passage is looking at the necessity of putting to death the flesh. The picture is from an album that deals with this issue and other Christian elements (if you are a fan of hip-hop you should check it out).

What is the biblical reponse to the tragedy at Virginia Tech? Listen to find out how the Bible addresses this tragedy.