In Mark 4:1-34 Jesus tells several parables and explains why he tells them. How should we understand Jesus today?

In Mark 3:7-35 we see the contrast in response to Jesus between those who respond to his call to follow him and those who choose to reject him. For those who respond to the call, Jesus invites them into his family, but for those who reject him, there is no forgiveness to be found.

In Mark 2:18-3:6 we read about how Jesus greatly offends the Pharisees because he doesn't conform to their rules and way of seeing things. Jesus wants to challenge their stubborn hearts which are centred on themselves and not on God. Jesus will do the same to us too if we don't humble ourselves and put God first. When was the last time Jesus offended you? How did you respond?

Mark's gospel tells the story of Jesus forgiving and healing a paralysed man and eating dinner with tax collectors and sinners. These actions make him incredibly popular with some, but for others it makes them incredibly upset. As we respond to Jesus calling us out of our sin into new life with him, how can we then be like Jesus and take his good news of life and hope to those who need it most without falling back into our old ways again?

The Tower of Babel tells the story of human pride and desire to do life without God. The sin of pride isn't just an ancient problem, it's one still with us today. And the only way to beat pride is to humble ourselves before Jesus the true humble servant of God.

In this sermon, we take a look at the promises God made to Noah after the flood and the rise of sin again in the world.

In this talk we look at the story of Noah told in Genesis 6-8 and consider what this story teaches us about God, humanity, sin and grace. We also consider how we're meant to understand the flood story from a literal/historical perspective.

So often when we come to Genealogies in the Bible we just want to skip over them. But if we stop and think about what they are saying and why they are written we find there is actually a lot that can be learned about God and the human story. In this talk we work through Genesis 5 and the first part of Genesis 6.

The story of Cain and Abel is a horrible story of jealousy and murder but even though it shows us how humans can do horrible things when they don't flee sin, it also shows us that God's grace is present even in the midst of our greatest sin.

What is the Trinity? How should you understand it correctly? Is it a biblical idea? Why does it matter? How does it impact real life? We try and cover these and many more issues as we unpack the Trinity on Trinity Sunday 2024.