Centre Church

10/01/06

09/24/06

Norm Funk

Mark 8:10-30 We reach the climax in the book of Mark in this text. Everything in the ministry of Jesus to this point sets the stage for the question that is posed at the end of this text -

09/10/06

Norm Funk

Mark 7:24-8:9

Well-ness

09/10/06

Norm Funk

One of the core values of Westside Church is that it models the life of Jesus - in word, deed, discipleship, ministry and so on. The ecounter that Jesus has with a Samaritan woman at the well, recorded in John 4, serves as a model for ministry, a model that all followers of Christ - both individually and corporately - need to embody in their own journeys of ministry and mission.

09/03/06

Norm Funk

Mark 7:1-23

08/27/06

Norm Funk

Whether it's the feeding of the 5000 or the healing of a leper or the raising of the dead the miracles of Jesus, in and of themselves, stand alone as divine moments. However, if all we do is see them as stand-alone events we miss something significant - every one of them adds further insight into the character and nature of Jesus, none more so than the miracle of Jesus walking on water.

08/20/06

Norm Funk

There are many great events recorded in the Bible yet there are some that even stand out among them - the feeding of the 5000 by Jesus is a part of that group. However, the greatness of the event doesn't just lie in the fact that Jesus could feed a lot of people with little to work with, the greatness of the passage lies with what Jesus was signifying in the act: that He is the Bread of Life who comes to give a life of abundance, a life with of such great fulfillment there's even leftovers.

08/06/06

Norm Funk

Ironically, part of Jesus' attractiveness - the fact that God came down and fleshed Himself up and dwelt with humanity - is also the most troublesome for some. For many who encountered Jesus during His earthly minstry they couldn't get past the idea that Jesus looked very much like one of them - a carpenter, Mary's son, a citizen of the podunk town of Nazareth - and that physical knowledge kept many from experiencing a spiritual knowledge of Him. But what if God was one of us and His name was Jesus?

07/30/06

Norm Funk

The topic of 'death' is not an easy nor fun one to discuss. Death is a somber, resisted, even - until it's too late - ignored subject. Part of the reason for that is understandable - death separates us from the people that we love. However, in this passage Jesus demonstrates His power and victory over death painting a picture that promises that, although death may be a lot of things, through Jesus it doesn't have to be feared.

07/23/06

Norm Funk

In Mark's gospel, crowds are rarely depicted as good things. Crowds kept people from Jesus, crowds were places where people could take in the show without having to step up and follow. This message highlights how a woman, driven by her issues, breaks free from the masses and reaches out and touches Jesus, a touch that changed her both physically and spiritually.