The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2T8jZlubOW8wz7ho7wbVqC?si=lnR5qcr-SSOl9LwePYL1DA The Chosen, a crowd-funded series depicting the ministry of Jesus, particularly by focusing upon the twelve disciples, has been a smashing success. Given its success and that I am a pastor, the question "What do you think about The Chosen?" is common one. While I have intended to share some of my thoughts for …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/18EthFvg7OWkSA8sC1kR3s?si=0373ee7c0b5b48e8 Study Guide This sermon was originally preached in 2018. Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsXI9I20F-A&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=22 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. And he said …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hstzX1c4mKU&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=21 He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done …
Continue reading He Marveled Because of Their Unbelief | Mark 6:1-6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgnbohswgiA&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=20 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is …
Over the past two Sundays, I preached two fairly well-known texts, Jesus calming the storm and Jesus healing the demoniac. While studying for the first sermon, I began to think about all the possible applications that could be made from that passage, yet increasingly, I became even more rooted in my conviction that Mark particularly …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_fcQJSGNDU&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=19 They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a …
Continue reading Tell Them How Much the Lord Has Done for You | Mark 5:1-20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xkv24CaWKU&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=18 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=600nictRC2o&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=17 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger …
Continue reading The Parable of the Mustard Seed | Mark 4:30-34
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