Mark reassures the community of God's promise to bring all things to an end with great blessing, despite present distress and suffering, and that God alone knows when that will be.

Preaching text: Mark 13: 1-8

Bible for Worship is a weekly introduction to the scripture passage that is likely to be the basis for the sermon on the following weekend. It correlates with the Revised Common Lectionary as it is used at St. Paul. With Peter A. Pettit, teaching pastor.