As we continue our #MARKED series (a study in the Gospel of Mark), we are going to look at Mark 1:28-2:12, “When Jesus Heals”. Isn’t it awesome to know that we serve a God Who heals? Yes, He can and often does heal our bodies but that’s not the reason He came. The supernatural healing…
As we study the Gospel of Mark over the next several weeks, I want us to hone in on this theme of being “Marked” for the sake of the Gospel. As believers in Christ, we are called to stand out… be different… Different in how we treat people. Different in how we respond to authority.…
If there was ever a disciple we could relate to, it was Peter. In this Easter message, we are going to look at Jesus, through the eyes of Peter, as he makes His way to the cross and defeating death. Peter has major control issues. He, like many of us, tried so hard to say…
As Jesus turns and makes His final approach to Jerusalem, He encounters a rich young ruler and a blind beggar. In between the encounters, Jesus makes His final passion prophecy in the presence of His disciples. In this final passion prophecy, Jesus takes the opportunity to teach the disciples the eternal significance of what He…
Sometimes things don’t go as planned. Over the next three weeks we are going to be looking at three passion prophecies where Jesus predicted that he would be rejected, suffer, die, and rise again. In each of those prophecies, the disciples were confronted with a difficult dilemma. They missed the Gospel because their focus was…
Sometimes things don’t go as planned. Over the next three weeks we are going to be looking at three passion prophecies where Jesus predicted that he would be rejected, suffer, die, and rise again. In each of those prophecies, the disciples were confronted with a difficult dilemma. They missed the Gospel because their focus was…
So many are hurting in the church today. Some are carrying burdens that are not theirs to carry. We are called to come to the cross of Jesus and leave our burdens there. Before I became a follower of Jesus, I was defined by my sin, my addictions, my brokenness, but when I met Jesus,…
John Bunyan once said, “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” Over the last two weeks we have looked at the biblical definition of love and this week we’ll be looking at love in the form of compassion. Jesus told us in 1 John 3:16-17…
CS Lewis said in his book, The Four Loves, “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to be sure of keeping your heart intact you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully…
Augustine once said, “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” LOVE… what does that word mean to you? For thousands of years, humans have been writing books, songs, articles, and producing movies about that one word… LOVE. In this new series we’re going to be looking at LOVE from…