Like Jonah, we are sometimes called to stand up for, or even preach, the Gospel in uncomfortable circumstances. Like Jonah, we are often more concerned with our own comfort than with loving God and our neighbors as we should. Like Jonah, we need to respond to God's mercy in grateful obedience. Jonah reminds Christians of the extent to which God goes in pursuing us in our rebellion and in changing our hearts to honor and serve Him.

Why would an evangelist be so angry about a citywide conversion? Why was Jonah so angry with God? What caused him so much discontentment? In this message entitled "Jonah's Anger," Dr. Sproul examines these questions and shows us that Jonah's anger was not an ancient novelty, but a problem we have in the light of God's mercy.

Like Jonah, we are sometimes called to stand up for, or even preach, the Gospel in uncomfortable circumstances. Like Jonah, we are often more concerned with our own comfort than with loving God and our neighbors as we should. Like Jonah, we need to respond to God's mercy in grateful obedience. Jonah reminds Christians of the extent to which God goes in pursuing us in our rebellion and in changing our hearts to honor and serve Him.

People have debated about whether Jonah was swallowed by a great fish or a whale. Whatever you think it was, the more important question is, why was Jonah swallowed by that creature of the deep? Was God sending judgment to the runaway prophet? In this message, Dr. Sproul reminds us that the salvation of Ninevah and Jonah is of the Lord.

Like Jonah, we are sometimes called to stand up for, or even preach, the Gospel in uncomfortable circumstances. Like Jonah, we are often more concerned with our own comfort than with loving God and our neighbors as we should. Like Jonah, we need to respond to God's mercy in grateful obedience. Jonah reminds Christians of the extent to which God goes in pursuing us in our rebellion and in changing our hearts to honor and serve Him.

Have you ever heard of the preaching ministry of Father Mapple? His sermon on the life of Jonah has been read by millions around the world. In this message, Dr. Sproul discusses the depth of Jonah's sin and the example he has laid for us in repentance, as he exposits "Father Mapple's Sermon."

Like Jonah, we are sometimes called to stand up for, or even preach, the Gospel in uncomfortable circumstances. Like Jonah, we are often more concerned with our own comfort than with loving God and our neighbors as we should. Like Jonah, we need to respond to God's mercy in grateful obedience. Jonah reminds Christians of the extent to which God goes in pursuing us in our rebellion and in changing our hearts to honor and serve Him.

Like all of God's children, Jonah was a sinner saved by grace, yet there was a time when he was not exactly willing to obey God. Does this sound familiar as you consider your own life? In this message, Dr. Sproul discusses the great lengths Jonah went through to run away from God, and the great tenacity God used to catch him.

Like Jonah, we are sometimes called to stand up for, or even preach, the Gospel in uncomfortable circumstances. Like Jonah, we are often more concerned with our own comfort than with loving God and our neighbors as we should. Like Jonah, we need to respond to God's mercy in grateful obedience. Jonah reminds Christians of the extent to which God goes in pursuing us in our rebellion and in changing our hearts to honor and serve Him.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Looking around the world today, it doesn’t seem truth is all that self-evident. Indeed, everyone is doing what is right in his own eyes. This series explains that it is our duty, as ambassadors of Christ, to uphold Christian ethics as they relate to the culture in which we live. As he addresses topics such as relativism and pacifism and others, Dr. Sproul demonstrates that God’s Word provides clear teaching and lays foundational ethical principles for the Christian life.

Do you have the legal right to break God’s law? In many places, people have no rights granted by their government, while in others they are granted certain legal rights. But the rights granted by earthly authorities and those given by God do not always agree. In this message Dr. Sproul thinks about this as he explains the absurdity of moral relativism, and our moral obligation to obey God over earthly laws.

When it comes to deciding what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, most people use a standard far below the law of God. What is your standard? How do you define ethics and morality? In this message, Dr. Sproul distinguishes between ethics and morality, and explains the predominant standard used today.

Demons and Magic
January 14, 1973
Transcript: https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/1218/demons-and-magic

God's Man for a Time of Crisis, Part 2
Daniel 1:1–2 Sep 30, 1979

Daniel 1
New American Standard Bible
The Choice Young Men
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord handed Jehoiakim king of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god.

3 Then the king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the royal family and of the nobles, 4 youths in whom there was no impairment, who were good-looking, suitable for instruction in every kind of expertise, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to serve in the king’s court; and he ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. 5 The king also allotted for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and ordered that they be educated for three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king’s personal service. 6 Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 7 Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach, and to Azariah Abed-nego.

Daniel’s Resolve
8 But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials. 10 The commander of the officials said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has allotted your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking gaunt in comparison to the youths who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king.” 11 But Daniel said to the overseer whom the commander of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12 “Please put your servants to the test for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then let our appearance be examined in your presence and the appearance of the youths who are eating the king’s choice food; and deal with your servants according to what you see.”

14 So he listened to them in this matter, and put them to the test for ten days. 15 And at the end of ten days their appearance seemed better, and they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king’s choice food. 16 So the overseer continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them vegetables.

17 And as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every kind of literature and expertise; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

18 Then at the end of the days which the king had specified for presenting them, the commander of the officials presented them before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they entered the king’s personal service. 20 As for every matter of expertise and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the soothsayer priests and conjurers who were in all his realm. 21 And Daniel continued until the first year of Cyrus the king.

God's Man for a Time of Crisis, Part 1
Daniel 1:1–2 September 23, 1979

Daniel 1
New American Standard Bible
The Choice Young Men
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord handed Jehoiakim king of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god.

3 Then the king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the royal family and of the nobles, 4 youths in whom there was no impairment, who were good-looking, suitable for instruction in every kind of expertise, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to serve in the king’s court; and he ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. 5 The king also allotted for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and ordered that they be educated for three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king’s personal service. 6 Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 7 Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach, and to Azariah Abed-nego.

Daniel’s Resolve
8 But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials. 10 The commander of the officials said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has allotted your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking gaunt in comparison to the youths who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king.” 11 But Daniel said to the overseer whom the commander of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12 “Please put your servants to the test for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then let our appearance be examined in your presence and the appearance of the youths who are eating the king’s choice food; and deal with your servants according to what you see.”

14 So he listened to them in this matter, and put them to the test for ten days. 15 And at the end of ten days their appearance seemed better, and they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king’s choice food. 16 So the overseer continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them vegetables.

17 And as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every kind of literature and expertise; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

18 Then at the end of the days which the king had specified for presenting them, the commander of the officials presented them before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they entered the king’s personal service. 20 As for every matter of expertise and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the soothsayer priests and conjurers who were in all his realm. 21 And Daniel continued until the first year of Cyrus the king.

In 1977, Alec McCowen – unanimously regarded then and now as one of the finest actors in the English language – gave his first solo performance of St. Mark’s Gospel (King James Version) with minimal staging in a tiny church basement in Newcastle, England. Since these humble beginnings, the McCowen St. Mark’s Gospel has become a theatrical marvel of our time. Mr. McCowen, who recites the entire text of the Gospel from memory in this presentation, was nominated for a Tony Award in 1979 for his impressive work. In addition to performing it for enthusiastic audiences on Broadway, he took the production on tour, which included a performance at the White House for President and Mrs. Carter. In its review of the 1990 revival of St. Mark’s Gospel, The Christian Science Monitor stated: “Clarity, conviction, narrative thrust, and a vivid immediacy are...the keynotes of [McCowen’s] performance....” And The New York Times lauded it as “a performance as revelation” and “a one-man play, in which the actor becomes a conduit of genius.” But words alone do not describe the power, glory, compassion, and humor of this performance, every moment of which was captured on video from the 1990 revival of this live theater production that ignited imaginations throughout Britain and North America. For education and inspiration, a great actor’s art in St. Mark’s Gospel is now permanently recorded as it vividly recounts the life of one who changed the world, Christ Jesus.

Text: The Gospel of Mark, Authorized King James Version: https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+1&version=AKJV

00:00 Introduction
03:36 Mark 1
09:58 Mark 2
14:13 Mark 3
18:31 Mark 4
24:56 Mark 5
30:13 Mark 6
39:26 Mark 7
43:55 Mark 8
Intermission
50:19 Mark 9
57:17 Mark 10
1:04:40 Mark 11
1:09:20 Mark 12
1:15:52 Mark 13
1:21:15 Mark 14
1:31:35 Mark 15
1:37:50 Mark 16