The 13th chapter of Mark contains a final address from Jesus, as spoke to his disciples extensively before the upcoming events of his arrest and crucifixion. He tells them about unsettling future events, times of assured struggle for his followers...

The widow in our passage lives in dire poverty, but her hope is in the Lord, whom she looked to as her protector. We learn from her example that real generosity will actually cost us something. She gave all that she had. That’s just what Jesus will do...

Loving your neighbor as yourself and loving God with all of yourself is a tall task that will eventually crush you. If you’re trying to do it on your own you’ll end up being either puffed up or tuckered out. But when you realize that you don’t...

In the mind of the Sadducees the fabricated story they’ve told Jesus, about the woman married to seven brothers, makes the idea of a resurrection seem ridiculous and implausible. Jesus exposes their faulty conclusions about the resurrection and...

In this passage Jesus is put on the spot and asked if we are we obligated to pay taxes to our government? It makes us ask follow on questions like: What if the political party in leadership is one that we philosophically oppose? What are the rights of...

Pastor Mike Willmer, from Parkside Church Bainbridge, reminds us of God's unsearchable greatness which is worthy of all our praise both today and for all time.

This story is told by Jesus and it’s also about him. It has themes of rebellion, violence, honor and patience. It’s a story that stings. Jesus tells the parable of the vineyard against the religious establishment. They have failed to be faithful...

In this rather unusual passage it seems to be that Mark is connecting the fig tree and the temple together. Jesus curses the fig tree to symbolically illustrate the sad spiritual condition of the people of God. Both the tree and the temple looked...

In this rather unusual passage it seems to be that Mark is connecting the fig tree and the temple together. Jesus curses the fig tree to symbolically illustrate the sad spiritual condition of the people of God. Both the tree and the temple looked legit but upon closer examination by Jesus their liveliness proved to be emptiness, even hypocritical. This leads us to ask the question, "What does Jesus see in you and me?" | Outline: [I] Jesus Observes Hypocrisy in the Fig Tree [II] Jesus Observes Hypocrisy in the Tempe [III] What does Jesus see in you and me?

These eleven verses that we are looking at today may not have explicit teaching from Jesus in them, but they teach us that all of Jesus’s life was part of the unfolding plan of God. There’s nothing accidental and nothing incidental, even when it comes...