The mission of the people of God—the church—has never changed. Jesus presents to us his strategy to reach the world with the Good News of the Kingdom of God: make disciples.

Following Jesus is an invitation to be a people desperate for God, exercising faith, fighting comfort, and sacrificing self to fulfill God's intended plan for the world.

In this passage, the Gospel of Mark recalls Jesus' teaching through parables concerning Kingdom growth. God is faithful to do much through our little.

For Jesus, his family unit is defined by those who do the will of God.

In this teaching we cover misjudgment, Jesus, forgiveness, and the eternal sin as we look at a hard saying of Jesus.