In this portion of text we see Jesus interact with a large crowd and then appoint 12 disciples. For the Persecuted Church in Rome that is reading this, the names of the Apostles reads as an obituary. Following Jesus is costly, so what has it cost you or what is it requiring of you now?

Jesus answers the questions about fasting of a crowd, and then has two interactions with the Pharisees. Jesus loves to answer sincere questions that are from hearts that desire understanding, but the Pharisees come asking questions showing that they care more about the Law than mercy. Brent Wildeson preaches about how these interactions with Jesus should form our lives and our Church culture. Will we celebrate what God's doing amongst us or become haters?

Joel Gillman teaches about how Jesus became so famous in the region of Galilee that he couldn't openly enter a town any more. How did Jesus respond to this? He spent more time in prayer, away from the crowds.

The Readers of Mark would be asking "So Jesus is talking a good game, but does he really walk it out?" In this portion of scripture they are shown that Jesus teaches in a Synagogue and exorcises a demon from an oppressed man, as only a holy man can do, and he heals a town's worth of sick & Demonically oppressed individuals. Verdict: Jesus is who he claims to be.

The Gospel of Mark doesn't waste any time, it jumps straight to Jesus's ministry as fast as it can get there. Brent Wildeson teaches about what we can learn and apply from Jesus's baptism, Temptation in the wilderness, and the calling of his first disciples in this message.

Why do we have so many Gospels? Each gospel is written to a different group of people, and Mark is written to Christians dying for their faith under the reign of Nero. Brent covers Authorship, Dating, and Original Audience of this gospel and begins to go through the text.

Pastor Peter Byers teaches from the book of 2nd Timothy to explain what Paul considered to be biblical discipleship and explores what it can look like in today's day and age.

Pastor Brent Wildeson teaches through a number of biblical prophecies about the coming Messianic King and explains how Jesus fulfills them. When Jesus was born on Christmas, it was the coming of God into the world, which is why we can truly have great joy during the coldest and darkest days of the year.

The greatest thing about the Christmas season is family,. The most stressful thing about Christmas? You guessed it; family. Pastor Joel Gillman teaches on what to do with the stressful relationships in the family and addresses the Idol that having "the Perfect Family" can be in our culture

Brent Wildeson preaches from Genesis chapters 1 and 3, as well as Matthew 2 to explain God's intention for material possessions and how to avoid being controlled by our belongings