https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+12.28-34&version=ESV
Mark 12:28-34
Do you come to our gathered worship service expecting God to speak to you through his Word? We encourage you to prayerfully read through the passage that will be preached prior to the service to help you prepare.
http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-one-must-read-this-year
The One Must-Read This Year
I have never called any book a “must-read” except one, the Bible. I suppose that’s because I take the word “must” so seriously. I mean, “Must,” or you perish. “Must,” in order to make it to heaven.
http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/can-we-sing-too-much-about-the-cross
Can We Sing Too Much About the Cross?
Years ago I talked with a respected Christian leader about the need for our songs to refer more often and concretely to the cross of Christ. His response caught me off guard. “I think Matt Redman has written enough songs about the cross for all of us.”
http://www.alliancenet.org/christward/the-church-comes-first#.VnqZv4Rk7zI
The Church Comes First
As we come to the end of the year and press into yet another new year, it is always beneficial for us to evaluate our commitments and priorities from the past year--noting the ways in which we have, by God's grace, grown in certain areas and the ways in which we desperately need to grow in other areas. . . there is one area of supreme importance where growth is always needed yet sadly neglected. It is the need for us to resolve to give our lives to Christ in the worship and service of the local church. In a very real sense, it is right for us to insist that the church should come first in the order of priorities of our lives.