Nearly everyone wants to be happy. An advertising campaign decades ago attempted to directly tell us "that's what happiness is." Is happiness material goods or physical experiences? Are Christians supposed to be happy? What does the Bible teach about being happy?

Is Africa mentioned in the Bible? Who did the Africans descend from? Were there any Africans of note in the Old Testament? Did God intervene in the New Testament to insure an African would would be saved? Did any of the apostles get to Africa? Have there long been Sabbath-keepers in Africa? Are there faithful Christians in Africa today? Does God want Africans called and taught?

This is the sixth part of a six-part sermon series covering the entire Gospel According to Mark. In it, Dr. Thiel begins with Mark 14:1 and covers all the verses through the end of chapter 16. He goes over Jesus' financial priorities, the poor, Passover, footwashing, betrayal, wine vs. grape juice, Jesus' betrayal, impalement, & resurrection, and where the apostles went after Jesus ...

This is the fifth part of a multi-part sermon series covering the entire Gospel According to Mark. In it, Dr. Thiel begins with Mark 13:1 and covers all the verses in that chapter. He goes over some proposed locations of the ancient Jewish temple in Jerusalem, signs of the end, the four horsemen of the apocalypse and their ties to the beginning of sorrows, persecutions, the great tribulation, the place of safety, the pre-tribulation rapture theory, Israel and the fig tree, 1947/1948, and theories associated with the start of the Great Tribulation.

This is the fourth part of a multi-part sermon series covering the entire Gospel According to Mark. In it, Dr. Thiel begins with Mark 10:1 and covers all the verses in that chapter until the end of chapter 12. He goes over Jesus being asked about divorce, and Jesus' comments about marriage and adultery--he also goes over part of the Church of God wedding ceremony.

This is the third part of a multi-part sermon series covering the entire Gospel According to Mark. In it, Dr. Thiel begins with Mark 6:1 and covers all the verses in that chapter and the next three. He goes over Jesus being without honor among those who knew Him, the work will be done, the killing of John the Baptist, the feeding of the five and four thousand, walking on water, faith, prayer, tradition, keeping the commandments, signs, and doctrine

This is the second part of a multi-part sermon series covering the entire Gospel According to Mark. In it, Dr. begins with Mark 3:1 and covers all the verses in that chapter and the next two. He goes over Jesus' healing miracles as well as His casting out of demons. Dr. Thiel discusses disbelief and how some react to the truth. He explains what Jesus said about the purpose of the parables.

his is the first part of a multi-part sermon series on the Gospel According to Mark. In it, Dr. Thiel addresses the view of 'most scholars' that Mark did not write this account. He also reads each and every verse in the first two chapters of Mark's Gospel