I am a bit of a Theological “pack rat.” Whenever I find something useful, or uplifting, or helpful, I try to hang on to it and share it with others as well.
I also create some of my own documents, essays, presentations, et cetera.
The purpose of this page is to share with others files that may be helpful in their walk with Christ.
Please feel free to download anything here and pass it along to others as long as you don’t charge for it or alter it.
My prayer is that Christians will be edified, encouraged, grow in grace and truth, and love Jesus and others more.
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
2 Peter 3:18
May God bless you!
Mark Sohmer
Please feel free to contact me anytime if I can be of help in any way!
This website is divided into the following categories:
Why It Matters that Our God is Triune: I was asked to teach a class on “The Trinity.” I mistakenly thought I was prepared because I have taught on and witnessed to Jehovah’s Witnesses before and have written an essay and a short “cheat sheet” showing how to defend the doctrine of “The Trinity” from the Bible.
But instead of teaching on “how to defend the Trinity,” I was asked to teach on “why it matters” that our God is Triune. What difference does it make to the single mom, or the young man struggling with his future, or the teen considering suicide?
I had never considered “why it matters” that our God is Triune. God taught me so much while I was preparing to teach that class! And I think it was the most important teaching I have ever done. (And it wasn’t even about evangelism!)
Please feel free to watch a video of the teaching, or download an MP3 audio, as well as download the notes from the class by clicking here.
Also, I don’t believe that this passage teaches us to be courageous and face our giants. In fact, the message is much more profound than that, and the key is reading the chapter in the Bible right before where “David vs. Goliath” is found.
Please feel free to watch the video of the sermon, or download the audio as an MP3 file below:
To download the audio as an MP3 file, right-click on the “speaker” or the words “A Tale of Two Kings: A Sermon on Courage” below and choose “save link as…” or a similar option.
A Tale of Two Kings: A Sermon on Courage (50 min’s, 05 sec’s) |
A few weeks later I was invited to speak at the University of New Hampshire on this topic. I was invited by the student organization “Campus Crusade for Christ” and over 100 students attended the meeting. My talk was entitled “From Jerusalem to Haiti: Why God Allows Suffering” and it was recorded. The Word of God tells us why there is suffering, and I welcome you to listen to the mp3 file to find out.
From Jerusalem to Haiti: Why God Allows Suffering (32 min’s, 38 sec’s) |
God’s Extraordinary Grace, Pastor Juan Saa (44 min’s, 58 sec’s) |
Well, Professor Grant Horner came up with a very worthwhile system to read the Bible. Please download the doc that explains how it works and give it a try for 30 days. You can download the Adobe Acrobat document that explains how it works by clicking here.
How Do You Know You’re Not a Counterfeit Christian?, Paul Washer’s 2002 address to the Southern Baptist Youth Evangelism Conference, Montgomery, AL (47 min’s, 15 sec’s) |
Paul Washer Sermon Beat (Audio Only), This is an MP3 of the audio only of the above video (4 min’s, 5 sec’s) |
Phil Johnson Answers a Bunch of Theological Questions, Part 1 (44 min’s, 01 sec’s) |
Phil Johnson Answers a Bunch of Theological Questions, Part 2 (43 min’s, 54 sec’s) |
Hell’s Best Kept Secret, Ray Comfort (1 hr, 19 min’s, 20 sec’s) |
How To Witness to 4 Types of People, Ray Comfort (6 min’s, 4 sec’s) |
Read the transcript by clicking here.
Looking in the Mirror, Kirk Cameron (24 min’s, 31 sec’s) |
Scanned Messages: For anyone who uses an OAC-style sketch board for Evangelism, I have scanned in a number of messages full-size and made them available for you to. If you have access to a wide-format 34-inch or 36-inch printer (maybe a friend who is an Architect or Land Surveyor, etc.), then please use these scans to the glory of Christ!
There are adult messages, kids’ messages, three different 5-day Bible Series, and a few special holiday messages. Also, I’ll be adding more as I can.
I hope this helps! God bless you as you share Jesus with the unsaved around you!!! You can view and download the scanned messages by clicking here.
Creating a New Paint Message: Sometimes people ask me how I prepare a new paint message. So if you’re curious, or if you also use the Paint Board in evangelism, please check out this helpful and informative blog post.
And it includes “The Very Cool and Easy Ladder Lettering Trick!!!”
I hope this helps! God bless you as you share Jesus with the unsaved around you!!! You can view and download this post by clicking here.
Proving God’s Existence with Sandcastles: Want an answer for when people ask you for “proof” of God’s existence? This is a powerful apologetic using sandcastles. There are free downloads in the post so you can use this yourself!
You can view and download this post by clicking here.
3 Door Evangelism Display (And How To Make Your Own): One effective way my team and I have found to “attract fish to our nets” is to use a “Three Door” Evangelism Display. This wooden “3 doors” has been a great way to get people to stop and talk about Jesus!
You can see photos of the display as well as instructions for building your own by clicking here.
How to Make Your Own “What Does God Treasure?” Treasure Box: Physical object lessons can be an effective way to communicate the gospel message and have your listener understand and remember the truths. This shiny, golden treasure box can help.
You can see photos and instructions for making your own by clicking here.
A Jew and His God - How a Jewish man came to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, Mark Edward Sohmer
(47 min's, 37 sec's) |
A Jew and His God:
The Mirror: How Do You Look on the Inside? (26 min’s, 35 sec’s) |
George Street (6 min’s, 31 sec’s) |
And here is a YouTube video of the amazing “George Street” Testimony:
The Purpose of the Holy Spirit, by Aaron Wentz (35 min’s, 31 sec’s) |
By the way, want to learn how to Biblically share your faith? Then I HIGHLY recommend “The Way of the Master” Basic Training Course, which you can read about by clicking here.
You Can Do This (1 min’s, 34 sec’s) |
Stuart Scott at the Courthouse (8 min’s, 33 sec’s) |
John MacArthur – Thoughts on Calvinism and Evangelism (6 min’s, 14 sec’s) |
Todd Friel Witnesses to Two Lesbians (23 min’s, 01 sec’s) |
Todd Friel Gets Witnessed To BIBLICALLY!!! (6 min’s, 43 sec’s) |
Mark Cahill Interview (43 min’s, 54 sec’s) |
Mark Cahill Exhorts Christians on the Great Commission (11 min’s, 04 sec’s) |
Kirk Cameron’s Testimony of How He Came to be Involved with Way of the Master (25 min’s, 05 sec’s) |
Way of the Master on Todd Bentley and “Healing Revivals” (14 min’s, 29 sec’s) |
A Jew and His God - How a Jewish man came to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, Mark Edward Sohmer
(47 min's, 37 sec's) |
A Jew and His God:
The Gospel According to Moses (41 min’s, 05 sec’s) |
Passover Seder (1 hour, 3 min’s, 1 sec’s) |
In 2005, I was given the privilege and honor to lead an Adult Sunday School series on the topic of "The Cults."
I am making available my notes and other files that may be valuable here, so that anyone can download them.
My prayer is that Christians will be edified and that those involved in cults will be challenged to seek and know the truth.
May God bless you!
Mark Edward Sohmer
2005
Please feel free to contact me anytime if I can be a help at all!
During the Sunday School class, I made extensive use of Microsoft Powerpoint to project notes on an overhead screen. I have broken down the notes into sections to make it easier to download, and easier to distribute.
I am making these notes available in 2 formats:
The Microsoft Powerpoint files are in full color and include all the transitions. You will need Powerpoint 2003 to view the files, or the free Powerpoint reader which you can download for free by clicking here.
The Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files are most likely the ones you'll want. They are much smaller in size and have been converted to black and white for easy printing. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat viewer which you can download for free by clicking here.
Microsoft PowerPoint |
Adobe Acrobat |
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Cult Class Introduction (weeks 1-2) |
cults-intro.ppt | cults-intro.pdf |
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) (weeks 2-7) supplemental files |
cults-JW.ppt | cults-JW.pdf |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (weeks 7-13) supplemental files |
cults-LDS.ppt | cults-LDS.pdf |
The International Church of Christ (Boston Church of Christ) (weeks 13-15) supplemental files |
cults-ICOC.ppt | cults-ICOC.pdf |
The Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science) (week 15) supplemental files |
cults-CS.ppt | cults-CS.pdf |
The Roman Catholic Church (weeks 16-25) supplemental files |
cults-RCC.ppt | cults-RCC.pdf |
The Church of Scientology (Scientology) (week 26) supplemental files |
cults-CoS.ppt | cults-CoS.pdf |
Conclusion (week 27) supplemental files |
cults-conclusion.ppt | cults-conclusion.pdf |
Note: right-click on filename and choose "Save Link As..." to save the file to your computer's hard drive.
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Conclusion:
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Todd Friel and Kirk Cameron on Parenting (28 min’s, 29 sec’s) |
Ted Tripp on Spanking (13 min’s, 57 sec’s) |
The Sufficiency of Christ, Steve Camp (58 min’s, 47 sec’s) |
Thanks — I came to this site from your camp Heaven illusion of getting a quarter into a jar. I am involved in children’s ministry — as a large and small group teacher in my church and in children’s summer camps. I am preparing a lesson on Rev. 21 for next Sunday (my interest in your object lesson). Will you tell me how it was done, please?
Also, I’m interested in the large visual behind you and wondered if there was a site to watch you teach it — during the week at camp, perhaps?
I plan to return to this site for my own growth. So many good things to read! Again, thanks!