In Mark 2:13-17, a man named Levi decided that the job of Roman Tax Collector was for him. Certainly, the job made him wealthy, gave him control, it even gave him a group to call his own. But whatever his reasons for becoming a tax collector, he’s about to leave it all behind to take up the joyful challenge—and it is both, joyful and a challenge—of following Jesus. Learn more as Pastor Peter teaches on spiritual regeneration, the totality of the call to follow Jesus, and more.

As Jesus forgives and heals a man who was literally dropped through the roof into his presence, we understand three--if not more!--game-changing truths about Jesus and ourself. However, they're only game-changing if they actually change your game. So join Pastor Peter as he teaches from the famous 'healing of the paralytic' story from Mark 2:1-12.

Truth 1: Jesus, the Great Physician, "takes" interceding faith.

Truth 2: The Great Physician diagnoses our deepest sins and sicknesses--all the way down to our thoughts.

Truth 3: The Great Physician gives us hope and a future.

In this passage, a leper approaches Jesus and says, “If you will, you can make me clean.” In this sermon, we delight in the willing heart of Jesus, and also learn more about the grid which most Pharisees viewed the world, a view that pivoted around two axes: Holy & Common and Clean & Unclean. This encounter sets the stage for the complete removal of that grid, and moves us from a life centered on rules and laws, to one centered on the Messiah sent from God.

In this passage in Mark's gospel, Jesus casts an unclean, an evil spirit, out of a man in the synagogue. What do we make of that today? Join Pastor Peter as he answers the following questions:

Jesus called Peter, Andrew, James and John to become 'fishers of men.' Then He made them 'fishers of men,' and the results of their powerful evangelism changed the world. But ... what has he called you? What does Jesus make us? In this sermon, Pastor Peter teaches on what God in Christ makes us individually, and what he makes us together. 

How do you transition from being a craftsman to the Savior? It's not quite like that, but it's not too far off to say that the baptism and testing of Jesus were God's preparation for Jesus to leave one life behind and begin the ministry he had come to accomplish. Listen along as Pastor Peter teaches on Mark 1:9-15.

Pastor Peter begins the "Meeting Jesus in Mark's Gospel" series by showing how the early church, dating all the way back to around 110-160AD understood that Mark's Gospels was built on the Apostle Peter's remembrances and teachings. From here, we are invited to first meet John the Baptizer who helps us grasp what it means to meet Jesus, by preparing our hearts through confession and by humbly meeting Jesus on his terms, not ours.

God has chosen, according to his own Divine will, to give strength to the weary and worn-out believers who continue to wait on him. Be encouraged by this word of comfort and hope given from the ancient Hebrew prophet Isaiah to all the people of God. 

When Isaiah prophesied comfort and hope to Israel, he prophesied this: your bondage will end when the Lord returns. The birth of Christ ushered in an age of spiritual bondage-breaking, but as we go forward in faith, we still struggle with suffering and sin. For us, today, Isaiah's promise still holds true: our bondage will end when the Lord returns.

We miss the comfort of God that could be ours when we believe that, "our ways are hidden from God." But how can that be? For nothing compares to God. He is the creator of the world, and greater than the nations and their idols. So be comforted by the greatness and love of God.