Mark 6:31–56 | After Jesus’s disciples return from their brief mission and report to Jesus all that happened, Jesus decides it would be good for them to get away to a desolate place to rest for a while. Mark 6:31–56 tells us the story of what...

Mark 6:1–32 | In Mark 6:1–32, Marks tells three stories, one about Jesus, one about his twelve disciples, and one about John the Baptist. Running through all three is the theme of rejection. Particularly through the detailed account of the sick...

1 Peter 5:1–5

Mark 5:21–43 | In Mark 5:21–43, Mark tells the story of two people who are desperate for help, one a man whose little girl is dying, the other a woman who has been suffering from a debilitating medical problem for 12 years. In these two stories,...

Mark 5:1–20 | At the beginning of Mark 5, Jesus enters Gentile territory for the first time in Mark’s Gospel. As soon as Jesus steps foot on land, Jesus is confronted immediately by one of the most disturbed and most disturbing individuals in the...

Mark 4:35–41 | In Mark 4:35–41, we read one of the most memorable stories about Jesus, the story of when Jesus stilled the raging sea. In this sermon, we do our best to enter into the boat with Jesus and his disciples as they cross the Sea of...

In this first sermon of the year, we take time to examine one important picture of God that recurs throughout the Bible, the picture of God as Shepherd. Where does this picture of God come from? Where do we first see it in the Bible? What is the...

Luke 2:22–38

Titus 3:1–8 | In this Christmas sermon, we work through one of the clearest expressions in the entire Bible of the good news of what God has done for us in sending Jesus to save us. This is not a text that tells us the story of the birth of Jesus...

Mark 4:21–34 | In Mark 4:21–34, Jesus continues using parables or stories to unlock the secrets of the kingdom for his disciples. One of the main things we learn is that the kingdom would not come in the way so many were expecting. In many ways,...