The New Testament response to those that abandon the faith is to call those that haven't to persevere.

We're not called to predict the future; we're called to faithful discipleship in the present while we await the glorious appearing of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Jesus's words about what will happen when the temple and Jerusalem fall should not have us looking to the sky for a blood moon or stars falling from heaven. They instead point to a regime change of cosmic proportions, where Jesus sits enthroned...

Jesus informs his disciples that the temple and its practices would be laid desolate - not because God was done working but because the pictures and symbols of the temple system were being fulfilled in Jesus the Messiah. He is truly the stone that the...

How are we to understand Christ's answer to his disciples regarding the temple's destruction and the end of the age? What parts of Mark 13 speak to each aspect of their question? This week we seek to understand the ramifications of how one...

Christ's disciples are not to spend their days trying to interpret how world events herald the fulfillment of prophecy. Rather, they are to be actively engaged in proclaiming and demonstrating the good news of who Christ is and of what his coming...

As we introduce Mark 13, a chapter with a history of mixed interpretations, we outline six things to think through and work on as we walk through the passage in the coming weeks.

Jesus teaches again that kingdom values stand in stark contrast to the values of sinful humanity.

We don't need Jesus to change or help us. We need him to replace us. We don't need Jesus to make us live better or differently. We need to die to self and need him to live through us.

In a series of responses to religious leaders, Jesus communicates unequivocally that God doesn't want our money, our time, our prayers or our service. He wants our hearts. Jesus's atonement makes that a reality.