Sermons

As the disciples return from working miracles, they gather to tell Jesus all about it.  Instead of dwelling on what they accomplished, Jesus points them to something they need more.  They need to be alone with him.  But as they set off a crowd gathers that craves miracles, and Jesus gives them exactly what they [...]

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April 29, 2012 Patient Faith Just one chapter earlier Jesus has calmed a storm by his very word, teaching the disciples something of faith.  He has just healed a man with many demons, leaving a whole city in astonishment about his work, and now he has quite a following.  And now Jesus and his disciples [...]

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Sunday, April 22 Mark 5:1-20 The demoniac in Mark 5 is naked, broken shackles dangle from his wrists, and he lives among the tombs cutting himself.  And merciful Jesus heals him.  What does this have to do with us?  I wonder if in looking at this passage, we might find ourselves closer to the man [...]

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Mark 4:35-41 The disciples haven’t been with Jesus long: they’re still getting used to Him so to speak: all of these healings, teaching in strange parables.  But now it’s evening, and they get back to familiar territory: the boat and the water.  But familiar territory becomes profoundly dangerous, and what they say in v. 41 [...]

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Easter Sunday April 8, 2012 The death and resurrection of Jesus purchased a people for God who, though they are yet to be made perfect, are called to follow Jesus.  Hallelujah!  He is Risen! The End of Death: How Jesus Rose to Call You to Follow Him John 21:15-19 I.  The Problem II.  The Solution [...]

April 1, 2012 John 12:20-26 As the crowds mob Him with Palm branches, seeking Him for what He can do for them, Jesus pulls aside His disciples and presents them and us with two options and says, “Choose.”  As a follower of Mine, you can either run away and chase the gold … or you [...]

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March 25, 2012 The Apostle’s Prayer

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March 18, 2012 The Sower and the Soil Mark 4:1-20 Parables are like stained glass windows: dull and lifeless in appearance from the outside, but brilliant and gloriously radiant for those within.  To those on the outside, nonbelivers, the parable of the sower seems silly, dull, and devoid of meaning.  Here is Jesus, like a [...]

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The Calling Mark 3:7-35 Jesus has showed us that he can heal: the leper, the lame, and Levi.  He has shown us that those he heals he also calls to rest in him: rest from their work of trying to make themselves right with God. And now, as the crowds press around him, the Scribes [...]