What keeps you from focusing on what really matters --- trusting in Jesus Christ? Seeing a miracle is not enough. Jesus's disciples had to perceive and understand as Jesus taught them on the Sea of Galilee.

Jesus teaches His disciples about godly leadership. Jesus led His disciples to Jerusalem where He would give Himself as a ransom for many. Christ came to serve so must His disciples serve.

What is the hope of the gospel? Christians believe in the one hope that Jesus bodily resurrected from the dead and so will the faithful resurrect like Christ (1 Cor 6:14). This sermon draws from the Scriptures about the resurrection to eternal life.

What is the gospel that Christians are proclaiming? A lot of what Christendom is proclaiming is not of first importance to the gospel. This lesson reflects upon how the apostles preached the good message to the world.

"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few." Jesus instructed His disciples to pray for laborers to go into the harvest. Likewise, the apostle Paul wrote from prison seeking prayers for wisdom to speak the gospel. Prayer is one of the essentials of evangelism. This message explores some essential to begin sharing the faith.

Jesus marveled at the unbelief of those who recognized His miracles and were astonished at the wisdom of His teaching. However, Jesus continued moving and teaching more. Christians should learn from Christ's perseverance.

Christians have weapons from God to destroy strongholds raised up against God. This message presents a simple biblical approach to correcting false views of God. By graciously doing so, the faithful open doors to sharing the gospel effectively.

Jesus demonstrated His authority by forgiving sins and healing a paralytic man. Christ's authority in speech to heal, forgive, and so much more reveal that Jesus is God in the flesh. Therefore, believers have all the more reason to observe all that Jesus has commanded.

Jesus demonstrated His authority to forgive sins by healing a paralytic man. This study digs deeper into the text of Mark.

Jesus Christ amazes in the Gospel of Mark. His teachings and works attest that He is the Son of God, God in the flesh, and the Christ who resurrected from the dead. These select sermons from the Gospel of Mark come from the exposition of Scott Shifferd.