Mark Strauss
15 Sermons
Title: Professor
Church/Ministry: Bethel Seminary
Denomination: Baptist
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15 Sermons
Sermon Series: Da Vinci Code: Truth and Error
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15-3:16
Sermon Topic: False Teaching
Brief Description: The Da Vinci Code – first the book and now the movie – has made a huge cultural impact in the United States and around the world. Dan Brown’s mystery novel has not only met with massive popular success, but has shaken the faith of many with its astonishin
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36 ratings
Date Added: 5/8/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Adults (31 - 49)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
15 Sermons
Sermon Series: Da Vinci Code: Truth and Error
Scripture: John 6:25-6:27
Sermon Topic: False Teaching
Brief Description: As we saw in our first session, The Da Vinci Code challenges almost every tenet of the Christian faith. It claims the Bible is not the inspired Word of God, but rather a collection of books which suited the political goals of the emperor Constantine and
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14 ratings
Date Added: 5/8/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Adults (31 - 49)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
15 Sermons
Sermon Series: Da Vinci Code: Truth and Error
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:22-1:25
Sermon Topic: False Teaching
Brief Description: What accounts for the amazing success of The Da Vinci Code? There are no doubt many factors:
(1) For one thing, it is a great story. While few would call The Da Vinci Code great literature, it is certainly great entertainment, a gripping suspense novel
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12 ratings
Date Added: 5/8/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Adults (31 - 49)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
15 Sermons
Sermon Series: The Book of Acts
Scripture: Acts 8:9-8:25
Sermon Topic: Pentecost
Brief Description: In Acts 8 we meet just such a leader.
•A man with a following; a man who is viewed by those around him as powerful and dynamic and charismatic.
•Yet whose spirituality is just as phony as David Koresh or Marshall Applewhite.
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17 ratings
Date Added: 5/4/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Young Adults (19 - 30)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
15 Sermons
Sermon Series: The Book of Acts
Scripture: Acts 8:1-8:8
Sermon Topic: Pentecost
Brief Description: We’re going to look at a man named Philip
•Philip is what we might call a "minor character of Acts"
•We know great characters of Peter and Paul.
•When we meet Philip:
-Not a professional missionary; great evangelist; powerful preacher
-Just an o
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9 ratings
Date Added: 5/4/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Adults (31 - 49)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
15 Sermons
Sermon Series: The Book of Acts
Scripture: Acts 6:8-7:59
Sermon Topic: Pentecost
Brief Description: Let’s see how it begins:
•Verse 8 Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
•Stephen is obviously a multi-talented individual. He not only takes care of the widows, but he’s out there on
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41 ratings
Date Added: 5/4/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Adults (31 - 49)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
15 Sermons
Sermon Series: The Book of Acts
Scripture: Acts 6:1-6:7
Sermon Topic: Pentecost
Brief Description: When we pick up our study of the Early Church in Acts 6, it is thriving and growing. They are having unprecedented success.
•External persecution has only made the Church stronger.
•We learned at the end of chapter five that after being beaten for thei
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10 ratings
Date Added: 5/4/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Adults (31 - 49)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
15 Sermons
Sermon Series: The Book of Acts
Scripture: Acts 5:17-5:42
Sermon Topic: Pentecost
Brief Description: The Church is thriving. Jesus’ disciples, the apostles are in great form. You might say pitching shutouts. And the Church is winning. Everything is going great.
•There is wonderful unity: Sharing all things in common.
•There is wonderful growth: We
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21 ratings
Date Added: 5/4/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Adults (31 - 49)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
15 Sermons
Sermon Series: The Book of Acts
Scripture: Acts 5:1-5:16
Sermon Topic: Pentecost
Brief Description: In Acts chapter 5 we meet a Church that is suddenly in the grip of fear.
•But this is not a fear provoked by being strapped to a tower 254 feet high..
•It is not fear brought about by some natural phenomenon like a hurricane or earthquake.
•It is not
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31 ratings
Date Added: 5/4/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Adults (31 - 49)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
15 Sermons
Sermon Series: The Book of Acts
Scripture: Acts 4:32-4:37
Sermon Topic: Pentecost
Brief Description: We live in a society that is obsessed with self-fulfillment and self-centeredness.
•And Christians often share that obsession, buying into this “me first” attitude.
•Yet when we examine the book of Acts, we see in the Church a community characterized b
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11 ratings
Date Added: 5/4/2006
Target Audience: General
Church: Bethel Seminary
Age Demographic: Adults (31 - 49)
Denomination: Baptist
Keywords: none
