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March 31, 2024 - Who Will Roll Away the Stone? - Mark 16:1-8Easter Sunday Jesus’ death and resurrection declare him to be the conqueror of death and Lord of Life. There is no obstacle between us and God that is too big for him to destroy.New Revised Standard Version...
March 24, 2024 - Here Comes the King…Wait, Not Yet! - Mark 11:1-11Palm Sunday Jesus has fans, followers, and haters. We may even have a part of all three in us. New Revised Standard Version Updated EditionJesus’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11 When they were...
March 17, 2024 - The Greatest Church Member - Mark 10:32-45 This passage paints the disciples as fifth graders jockeying to be selected first on the team. Jesus will show them the pathway to greatness. It challenges their basic ideas about Jesus’ identity and his...
March 10, 2024 - When Good Isn’t Good Enough - Mark 10:17-31 We can think we are following in the way of discipleship and yet be oriented in the wrong direction. Confronted by Jesus, the rich young man learned he was doing pretty well but was still missing the most...
March 3, 2024 - You Feed Them - Mark 6:30-44Communion Sunday There is a progression in the pattern of discipleship we see unfold in Mark. Jesus calls disciples out of the crowds. He commissions them to apprentice him in ministry. Finally, he sends them out to extend...
February 25, 2024, Where You Plant Matters - Mark 4:1-20 In the parable of the four types of soil, Jesus digs into the dynamics of dirt and discipleship. What threats exist to our discipleship? What type of soil are you?New Revised Standard Version Updated EditionThe...
February 18 - Follow Me - Mark 1:14-20; 8:31-38 Part two of this series through the Gospel of Mark orients us toward a journey of discipleship. Mark makes clear that if we want to know Jesus we must follow him. As we follow, we encounter his presence and grow in our...
February 11, 2024 Are You Listening? - Mark 9:2-13Transfiguration Sunday This spectacular display of God’s glory encompasses nature’s pyrotechnics and visual effects to make a spectacular claim: Jesus is the Son of God. Mark 9:2-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated...
February 4, 2024 - Who Do You Say that I Am?Mark 8:27-30 Mark has been leading us to this critical moment. This passage confronts not only Peter but each us. It is a personal invitation to answer the question, “Who is Jesus?”. We may give the right verbal answer, but...
January 28, 2024 - When Chains are Broken - Mark 5:1-20 This story grips our imagination from the beginning as Jesus takes his ministry into the throws of enemy territory. A man who is held in bondage for years and ostracized by his community becomes the touchpoint of...
January 21, 2024 - Lord of Creation - Mark 4:35-41 “He speaks and the sound of his voice is so sweet the birds hush their singing” (In the Garden). Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him? Jesus is revealed to be the Lord of Creation as he commands the...
January 14, 2024 - “We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This!” - Mark 2:1-12 In Mark chapters 1 and 2, we start to see how Jesus is the divine Son of God. We witness Jesus’s authority as he does things that only God can do – healing illness, delivering people from evil...
January 7, 2024 - “Gospel Orientation” - Mark 1 Who is Jesus? What does it mean for me to follow Him? The answers to these questions are way better than the world tends to think. The gospel of Christ is beautiful in what it reveals and in what it accomplishes. Mark...
January 7, 2024 - “Gospel Orientation” What is the “gospel”? The orientation of the Gospel inwardly centers on Jesus- to know him; the orientation of the gospel outwardly, is focused on Jesus - to make him known. The gospel centers on the person of Jesus Christ. Mark...