Pastor Shaun Marksbury

This evening starts the SRL ( Seminario Reformando Latinoamericano ) Annual Reformed Theological Convention, which runs October 18-23. Here are the speakers and planned topics: Visit the website for the planned lineup which begins at 7:00pm EST each night.  If you're interested in watching online, the YouTube livestream link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHdgQMS457U .

A conference posted at  https://founders.org/events/2019/06/mature-manhood-in-an-immature-age-2019-founders-sbc-event/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATURE MANHOOD STARTS WITH MALENESS  | Tom Nettles MATURE MANHOOD IN THE MINISTRY  | Tom Ascol MATURE MANHOOD AND WOMEN  | Mark Coppenger MATURE MANHOOD IN THE PULPIT  | David Miller MATURE MANHOOD AND ABUSE  | Josh Buice MATURE MANHOOD AND SEXUALITY  | Owen Strachan MATURE MANHOOD | PANEL DISCUSSION SHOULD WOMEN PREACH IN OUR LORD’S DAY WORSHIP?  | Tom Ascol & Dwight McKissic

Good Christians disagree on this, so don't make it a test of orthodoxy.  The point is that we have the evidence to examine and debate, meaning that the text is trustworthy (a lack of debatable evidence would imply collusion and tampering).  Still, the evidence seems to point to Mark's Gospel ending on v. 8.  Here are a few resources I used in preparation for this topic.  They may help you to better understand the issue.  The first is a section from the MacArthur Study Bible: The external evidence strongly suggests these verses were not originally part of Mark’s gospel. While the majority of Gr. manuscripts contain these verses, the earliest and most reliable do not. A shorter ending also existed, but it is not included in the text. Further, some that include the passage note that it was missing from older Gr. manuscripts, while others have scribal marks indicating the passage was considered spurious. The fourth-century church fathers Eusebius and Jerome note...

We were recently interviewed for a documentary on the work of Coastal Jail Ministries of Georgia  in Savannah.  Featured in the video are statements from the honorable Judge Bass, Sheriff John Wilcher, Mayor Eddie DeLoach, and some of our participants who have come out of our ministry.   We discussed what we do both inside and outside the jail. For instance, since its inception in 2013, our transitional ministry has helped nearly 400 people find jobs.  The vast majority of those don't quit or get fired; many receive promotions.  We've been blessed to see former addicts living clean, parents get their children back, adults buying homes for the first time, and new believers joining churches. As Lorie Irish (our transitional coordinator) would say, we get the opportunity to help people "climb up to normal." It's only possible for two reasons.  First, people can change because of the power of God's Word to save lost souls.  Second, people can ...