Blood is the liquid of life, and Jesus poured out His blood to take away the sin of the world. You know, in the Bible we read about one of the great patriarchs. His name was Abraham. And our lesson tonight is called the Ultimate Sacrifice and [...]

All right, we're going to be talking tonight about the deadly mark, talking about the mark of the beast and not just the mark of the beast. We're going to be talking also about the seal of God and you've been waiting for this [...]

Have you ever seen a bald eagle's nest? Eagles often use the same nest year after year, and over time, some nests grow to enormous size, many up to nine feet in diameter and weighing two tons. Both parents provide well for their offspring, and [...]

So what's the hottest place on Earth? Guinness World Records list the official winner as the Death Valley, California. On July 10th, 1913, the mercury there skyrocketed to 134 degrees Fahrenheit. Some parts of Death Valley have an average [...]

Did you know, most baby mammals, birds, and even some fish instinctively identify and bond with their parents in the very early stages of their lives? But if the parents aren't available, well, some strange things can happen. In the 1930s, [...]

Have you ever heard of James Sterling Moran? Probably not. But chances are you've heard of publicity stunts, which he's credited with creating. James Moran was born in 1907 in the state of Virginia and he entered the publicity field in [...]

While there's no lack of greed across the annals of human history, according to ancient records, Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman governor in the first century B.C. may have been the greediest man who ever lived. For example, after [...]

Did you know that when a human baby is born, about 78% of its body is made up of water? Our water ratio drops somewhat as we age, but water remains an essential part of our survival. In fact, a mere 2% drop in body water can cause fuzzy short-term [...]

Welcome once again, friends, to another presentation in the Landmark of Prophecy series. We're very thankful that each of you are here. I want to thank you personally for your faithfulness. You know, we've titled this series Landmarks of [...]

Tonight's presentation is going to be one that I'm actually combining a couple of studies into one presentation dealing with the subject of the longest time prophecy and the sanctuary. The lesson today is lesson #11, dealing with the [...]

After losing his godly mother, when he was just seven years old, John began to hang out with the wrong crowd. Disturbed by his delinquency, his father, a sea captain, began taking him along on ocean voyages, but John's life soon spiraled into [...]

It's the most read book in the world, selling close to 4 billion copies over the past 50 years. The Bible is an amazing book, unlike any other. Although it was written over a period of around 1500 years, by 40 different people, on three [...]

The Christians of the Ancient Mediterranean world used catacombs, a network of subterranean chambers and galleries for burial, but during times of persecution, the catacombs became places of refuge because burial grounds were guarded or sacrosanct [...]

In 1629, the emperor of India, Shah Jahan, went on a military campaign to crush rebellion in his kingdom. Even though she was ill and pregnant, his wife joined him on the grueling journey. On the way, she collapsed, gave birth to their daughter, [...]

If you've ever been to Arlington National Cemetery, you've probably seeing a sharp-looking sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Every detail of this Honor Guard Service is flawlessly executed, and it's filled with [...]

Nuclear submarines or boomers are modern engineering wonders equivalent to a tightly packed self-contained city where a crew of 140 share the space of a three bedroom house. A nuclear sub can stay submerged up to 90 days. There's little [...]

In January 2010, a minivan struck and killed a man crossing a Brooklyn street, especially tragic because this was no ordinary man. Joe Rollino would've been 105 years old in March. His friend said he was the model of health. A World War II vet [...]

I'm going to be sharing something very personal with you and making a confession. You've heard it said before: confession is good for the soul, but very bad for the reputation; and that may be the case today. But your pastor was addicted [...]

Time, what is it? All that is, and all that was, and all that is to be lies within this dimension that we know as time. Of course, time is made up of three distinct parts, the past, the future, and then each of us experiences life on a brief, razor [...]

We're continuing a series that we began a couple of weeks ago dealing with the Bible character of Samson. And today, in particular, we're going to be talking about Samson who was conquered by compromise. Samson's story is something of [...]

We're in the midst of a series, right now, dealing with some lessons from the life of Samson. Last week we talked about - part 1 - Samson: Honey From a Lion. This week we're in part 2 - there will probably be three parts - this week [...]

If I were to ask you who in the Bible do you think of if I were to talk about the smartest person who's ever lived, who would that be? Solomon. If I was to ask you to tell me, in the Bible, who was the person that had the greatest patience and [...]

Ancient Scandinavian history tells of a fearsome class of Norse warriors called Berserkers. To appear more terrifying, these Berserkers would dress themselves up in the skins of bears, wolves, or other wild animals. Before entering battle, [...]

At four feet tall, the emperor penguin is the largest penguin species in the world. Every spring, these majestic birds travel up to 75 miles inland on the Arctic ice pack, walking and sliding on their bellies to arrive at one of the most desolate [...]

It's a very common topic in the Bible to address the anxiety and concern that people have. Jesus, in His Sermon on the Mount, got right into it. He said, in chapter 6 of Matthew, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will [...]

Now, I don't know if I’m the only one that has a tendency to worry. Are there any worriers out there? If you don't have anything to worry about, I could probably help you think of something. There's a lot of things that, if you want [...]

I hope you are all in a good mood because I’m going to talk about anger; and if you're already angry this may go the wrong way. The message title today is dealing with, what may sound like an oxymoron, the angry Christian. You know, back in [...]

Tonight our subject is dealing with the topic of the Millennium in the Bible, sometimes known as the thousand years. You find this in revelation 20; it's called the “Devil's Dungeon”. If you have your Bible, I'd like to invite you to [...]

On Christmas Eve 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke boarded Lansa flight 508 with her mother in Lima, Peru. After crossing the Andes Mountains, dark thunderclouds surrounded the aircraft, causing severe turbulence. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning [...]

Typically, you come to church, and you hear the pastor talk about how the lost can be saved, how the lost can be saved. It's a wonderful message in the Bible, and I think everyone here knows that but in case you don't and you're lost, [...]

Can you imagine stepping into the line of fire on a battlefield to save your enemy? On November 12, 1944, German Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld heard the desperate cries of a wounded American soldier who had been shot down in the midst of a German [...]

The 14th century Aztec Empire was one of the most powerful and sophisticated civilizations in the western hemisphere. Yet this kingdom of 2 million people was conquered within a year by a Spanish force of just 600 lightly armored men. How did it [...]

One of the more bizarre laws in Minnesota forbids any game where participants chase a greased pig in order to catch it. It's also illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits in Natoma, Kansas. In West Virginia, using your ferret for [...]

Did you know it's against the law to doze off under a hairdryer in Florida, to play hopscotch on Sunday in Missouri, to hunt camels in Arizona, to insert a penny in your ear in Hawaii, to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole in Atlanta, to catch [...]

For nine months between 1898 and 1899 two famous man-eating lions of Sabo terrorized workers employed in the construction of a railway bridge in Uganda. As the death toll rose, construction was brought to a virtual standstill. The workers said they [...]

Many legends and stories from around the world talk about flying dragons, and some may even contain a kernel of truth. Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized bones of giant flying reptiles called pterosaurs or winged lizards. They've [...]

There are few humans whose intellect could match the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest artists and inventors of all time. Probably, he's most renowned for his Mona Lisa painting. Leonardo also excelled in the fields of science, [...]

Contrary to the popular belief that lightning never strikes the same spot twice, it's actually been known to strike objects, even people, multiple times during intense electrical storms. During one storm, for instance, the Empire State [...]

The Great Basin bristle cone pine is one of the longest-living organisms on earth. Incredibly, it can live more than 4,000 years. In fact, one specimen called the Methuselah tree in the White Mountains of California is believed to be over 4,700 [...]

Message today, we're going to be talking about really a very important central, core Bible theme dealing with the beauty of sacrifice. Sacrifice, and typically when we think about sacrifice, we recoil a little bit at the idea because it makes [...]

I'd like to share a little amazing fact with you. Way back in 1630, when the pilgrims landed, one of the first governors was a man named John Endecott. He was good friends with Roger Williams, one of the founders of our country. And they were [...]

I was hoping some of you were discouraged because that's what I'm talking about today. If you're all doing fine, it's sort of waste. But message today is dealing with the subject of discouragement. More specifically, the cause or [...]

"Seven Steps to Stronger Faith," we're going to get right to it. This is one of the most important things I think that we could talk about because faith is essential in being saved. Now, when I went to school, I love history, I [...]

I want to welcome everybody. Thank you for joining us here at Granite Bay as well as our friends, who are watching on television and the internet. This is the second part in a four part series. We have three parts and one session of questions and [...]

In the beatitudes we've been looking for, I just wanted to reemphasize this was not a smattering of ideas and teachings but it is a progress. First step, of course, is you come to the place where you're poor in spirit, you realize that [...]

We're going through a series, if you are here for the first time, just to give you some background, we're talking about the Beatitudes that you find there in the Sermon on the Mount, and it's in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 5, the [...]

I read that a few years ago, the magazine "Psychology Today" did a survey and they asked 52,000 Americans, "What will it take to make you happy?" And most of the answers that were varied basically said their happiness would [...]

You know, Jesus said that, "If your eye is single, your whole body will be full of light." Someone said once, "The eye is the window of the soul." When you talk to a person, you typically look at their eyes, and sometimes we have [...]

One of the greatest male voices, not talking about singers, that might be Caruso, but one of the greatest male voices according to history was a preacher by the name of George Whitfield. George Whitfield was a friend of the Wesleys. Early in life, [...]

I'd like to begin by just sharing a little amazing fact. You know, we like amazing facts here. The bristlecone pine that you find in the White Mountains of California, is the longest living tree in the world. And dendrochronologists have done a [...]