Mark 14:27-64. God offers us forgiveness and hope and meets our deepest needs in Jesus our Savior; The Lord's Supper and the "New Covenant in Christ's blood," Blood of the Covenant; Betrayal, arrest and denial of Jesus; Jesus claims He is the Messiah and Son of God.

Mark 14:1-26. Jesus' anointing during the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the significance of this anointing and how it ties into a kingly anointing; observations that point to God being in control of every detail of the plan for Jesus, nothing was by chance and Pastor shows the consistent truth of the Bible; the betrayal of Jesus by Judas is set into place; Passover and its picture of Jesus as the Sacrificial Lamb; the Last Supper and the New Covenant; The Bread in the Middle - Jesus the Messiah; The 4 cups of Passover but Jesus stops with the 3rd and will not take the 4th cup until He returns; and an exploration of the hymn sung as they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Mark 13. Topics: the last days; an overview of each of the views of Jesus' return: Pre-, Post-, and A- Millennialism; the first resurrection; and the second resurrection.

In the days of King Hezekiah (~700 BC), people had traded the real thing for a bronze thing. What do you want your grandchildren to cherish -- religious traditions, or the Living God?

Being bullied is like walking through a minefield, where both physical wounds and emotional scars can be inflicted. Yet even Jesus, the Son of God, knows what it means to be bullied.

A connection to an organization is not the same as a relationship with the Living God, just as knowing about Jesus isn't the same as knowing Christ. The Christian faith is not a True and False test!

Isaiah 53 acts like a GPS, leading us to God. It is truly an amazing prophetic word from an amazing Hebrew prophet!

Mark 13:19-31. The Last Days; Tribulation, Rapture, and the Second Coming; Pre-, Post-, and A-Millennialism; Be Awake! We do not need to fear. Jesus has left us warning so that we will be prepared, filled with the Holy Spirit and trusting in His promises.

The night before Jesus died, He spoke words of encouragement. They still cheer hearts today!

"Rugged individualism" is a value prized by many, but God commands us to live in community and to love one another.