Today I would like to go on a treasure hunt with all of you. Most of us have at one time or another read or heard about some of the great treasure finds of history. From the golden treasures of Ancient Pharaonic Egypt, in King Tut's tomb to the fabled lost gold of the Incas, we have thought about what it must be like to first stumble on a hidden treasure. The sunken galleons and their hordes of gold and silver coins, the gemstones of India, and the fabled lost cities all keep the treasure hunters going.
But did you know the single largest buried treasure ever unearthed was not too far from us in the state of Nevada? This is a page from recent American history that is worth repeating and helping us as we start in our study of the Gospel by Mark. Let me share with you the secret of mining for gold in the Gospel by Mark as you open with me to Mark 1.
Now that you are there, let me remind you of the Wild West of 150 years past. Prospectors and gold diggers were crisscrossing the West a century and a half ago. The great gold strikes in California only fanned the treasure hunter's hearts as they dug, mined, and panned for gold across the western states. Among the many stories of this period, one stands out most vividly when gold was found at the head of Six-Mile Canyon in the territory of Nevada in 1859.
Two miners named Pat McLaughlin and Peter O'Reilly found a small vein of gold and immediately went to town to sell it and buy a drink. In their weakened state from alcohol, a fellow miner, Henry Comstock, stumbled upon their find and claimed it was on his property. The gullible McLaughlin and O'Reilly believed him and assured Comstock a place in history when the giant lode w
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Pastor John Barnett has been devouring the Word of God for over 30 years. John, now the teaching pastor of Calvary Bible Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan has served congregations in Oklahoma, New England, Georgia and California. He also served on the Faculty of the Master's College...
