In Mark 12, three groups representing the Jewish Sanhedrin put Jesus to the test in an attempt to trap Him in His teaching and discredit Him in the eyes of the Crowd. Each test provides Jesus with an opportunity to silence His opponents and instruct His disciples.

Mark 12:13-44 contains three encounters with three groups, all of whom comprise the Jewish Sanhedrin – the ruling council of Jerusalem. Each encounter ends with Jesus silencing His opponents and instructing His disciples.

Rejecting God's Son results in God's judgment; accepting God's Son results in salvation. That is what the majority of Israel failed to see, and what we must see today.

It has often been said, "It's not about a religion, it's about a relationship," and that "Jesus hates religion." But is this true? Well... no. Jesus hates false religion - religion that does not bear fruit. It is false religion that evokes Jesus' wrath, invites His curse, and makes Him want to fashion a whip of cords and drive it from His temple.

When a culture is filled with people who claim to be Christians but are not, and churches which continue to gather but have long since abandoned the authority of Scripture and one true gospel of Jesus, it breeds confusion as to what Christianity actually is. Our aim is to clear up that confusion.

The wind blows where it wills; it cannot be controlled; it cannot be coerced; it cannot be constrained. But Jesus does not tell you to call forth the wind. He tells you to look at the Son of Man lifted up on the cross, and live.

In the Triumphal Entry, Jesus publically declared Himself to be King. But what kind of king is He?

Mark 10:13-31 lays out two vastly different approaches to God - those who receive the kingdom with a child-like faith, and those who seek to achieve the kingdom of God through their works.

The state of marriage in Jesus’ day was not so different from our own. First-century Judaism had a kind of no-fault divorce policy, based upon a liberal reading of Deuteronomy 24:1, in which a man could divorce his wife if he found indecency in her. Jesus responds to the Pharisees’ question by making three assertions.

We are in a war against sin, eternity is at stake, and those who acknowledge this fact, arm themselves for battle, and go forth to fight will be saved, while those who surrender to the oncoming assault and let sin occupy their heart like a conquering enemy will be lost.