Pastor Shaun Marksbury

Because we are including so many more foster children and children from broken homes into our fellowship, our church participated in a trauma training session today.  Our main purpose was to gain practical insights into how to handle situations where children who have experienced trouble act out their emotions.  To that end, we can be thankful for our time together.  However, there were many errant teachings included which we must reject.  ERRANT TEACHING ON THE BRAIN The presentation alleged that the brain is physically transformed through traumatic events, creating “holes” in it and in its ability to process information.   This is possible, but there is a lot of debate on this subject.   The subject is relatively new, based on the largely anecdotal research of Dutch psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, published in his book The Body Keeps the Score .   Secular psychologists and even some Christian counselors (who are not always biblical in their app...

New Testament Overview Part 1 : The New Testament I. Introduction This Session: Background to the Gospels and Acts Overview of the New Testament II. Background to the Gospels and Acts For the last session of the OT Overview, we considered the Intertestamental Period  Roughly 400 BC – 4 BC This moves from Persian dominance through Hellenization (“Greeking”) into the Roman period. Hellenization brought about language changes When Daniel was written, Aramaic was the lingua franca Alexander the Great normalized a “common” (Koine) Greek among his troops and all the lands he conquered. Because of this, the Jews translated the OT in Greek (The Septuagint [LXX], c. 250-125 B.C.) By the time of New Testament, Greek had major dominance (Latin was restricted to Rome) There are intersections of Greek philosophy in the first century mind that the writers of Scripture address (Acts & Epistles) The Roman Empire enacted many changes, like rulers The Rise of Antipater and his Sons (63-37 B....

  Christ is King: The Triumphal Entry ( John 1 2:12–19) Series:               “John: Life in Christ’s Name”           Text:                 John 12:12–19 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                January 14, 2024 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church             Occasion:             AM Service   ...

  State of the Church, 2024 Series:               New Year Messages                         Text:                 Matthew 16:1–3 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                January 7, 2024 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church             Occasion:          PM Ser...