Sermon notes

Sermon Sept 20 Mark 4:35-41 In Mark 4:35-41, Jesus summons the disciples to the other side, and on the way they face a horrific storm. The disciples, in a panic, awaken Jesus, expressing both their fears and their doubts. Jesus rebukes the storm, as well as their lack of faith. What is God exhorting us

Sermon Sept 13 Mark 4:21-34 What is hidden in your life? Why do we hide things? From a young age we learn that we can control the narrative and manipulate others into seeing things our way. We find that we can commit to the craft of deception and we learn how to hide the things

Sermon Sept 6 Mark 4:1-20 Jesus taught many things by parables. Parables are stories that teach truths. It’s like the truth with flesh on. When I was a kid we had a collection of Aesop’s Fables. One of the most popular was the story of the Tortoise and the Hare. It demonstrates how slow and

Sermon August 30 Mark 3:20-35 What does following Jesus cost you? It might cost you a missed meal. It might cost you much more but the cost is worth the loss because of the outcome. Sacrifice for the Kingdom of God produces Kingdom fruit. This passage tells us that Jesus’ own family had grown tired

Sermon August 23 Mark 3:7-19 In Mark 3:7–19, we see Jesus at a decisive point in His ministry. Large crowds are drawn to Him from many regions because they have heard what He is doing: healing the sick, setting people free, and showing compassion to those in need. These miracles are not simply displays of

Sermon August 16 Mark 2:23 – 3:6 The sermon opens by tracing Jesus’s confrontations with the Pharisees in Mark 2:23–3:6—his disciples plucking grain and his healing of the man with the withered hand—to establish a foundational truth: Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath, and the day was made for humanity’s benefit, not as a burden

Sermon August 9 Mark 2:13-22 We live in a society that does not know the true nature of God and the gospel, who Christ is, what happened on the cross, and what heaven and hell are. To win these people we need to be able to teach and explain. And we need to show love

Sermon July 26 Mark 1:29-45 What’s the difference between a loving relationship and a transactional relationship? Transactional relationships are based on a perceived benefit that each party gets from the other. Instead of being interested in the needs of the other person it reduces them to a commodity.  When word got out that Jesus was

Sermon July 19 Mark 1:14-28 Albert Einstein is known for the Theory of Relativity and the equation E= MC 2. Because of these discoveries we have nuclear energy and we have landed men on the moon. Applied knowledge can be very powerful. But Einstein’s breakthroughs cannot heal broken relationships or keep people from dying. It’s

Sermon July 12 Mark 1:1-13 CONTRAST APPRECIATION is a concept that illustrates appreciation based on contrasting experiences like hot and cold or big and small. Mark introduces the Good News of Jesus by first introducing the Bad News so we can appreciate the Good News. Before we ask, “What did Jesus do?” Mark wants us