We all crave the assurance of guaranteed results, whether that’s in our financial, academic or professional lives. The reality of guaranteed results are an illusion except when we talk about God’s Kingdom. As we’ll see in this passage, results are …
We all crave the assurance of guaranteed results, whether that’s in our financial, academic or professional lives. The reality of guaranteed results are an illusion except when we talk about God’s Kingdom. As we’ll see in this passage, results are …
“I’m sorry, could you repeat that again?” As we age our hearing is often one of the first signs we’re not as spry as we used to be. But it is the reverse when we speak of our spiritual growth. …
Tucked inside the response that Mark gives us of Jesus’ family and the Scribes from Jerusalem to Him is the passage we are looking at this morning. It is the sobering and controversial unpardonable sin. We will seek to understand …
This morning we consider one of the most sobering warnings that Jesus issues which is directed at the religious. It is a passage that we all must seriously consider because being religious in our community is an all too easy …
As we continue our study in the Gospel of Mark, this morning we gain some valuable insight into the challenges of what ministering like Jesus entails. As those called to follow Jesus, we need to recognize the pressures we will …
How easily we can become blinded to what it means to be a Christian and live out our faith. This morning God supplies an important warning to make us aware of the spiritual drift that can so easily develop in …
Life can be so hectic. The rat race seems to never end and than can even feel that way as followers of Jesus. This morning we look at the issue of rest through the lens of the Sabbath and consider …
As we return to our study in the Gospel of Mark this morning, we are challenged by the way in which Jesus’ arrival changes religion as we know it. We’ll unpack that as we look at Jesus’ teaching on how …
The classic hymn, “Amazing Grace” will never grow old because its lyrics resonate with our hearts. We are painfully aware that we are wholly undeserving of God’s favor. But at the cross we receive just that! This morning we see Jesus extending this wonderful grace to Capernaum’s most notorious sinner, making him a trophy of God’s amazing grace!
Every few days a good practice to implement in our lives would be to ask, “How have I been responding to Jesus this week?” This is what we see taking place in Mark chapter 2 as we continue our study in this wonderful Gospel. We see some responding in humility and submission while others only question and equate Jesus’work to blasphemy. May our hearts be ready to hear and receive Jesus’ work through His Word.