Jesus in the boat…it’s a classic Sunday School story. But why? Why this story? What does Mark want us to see about Jesus, ourselves, and what it means to have faith?

It’s easy to reduce Jesus’ parables into moralistic stories, but what is Christ seeking to really reveal to us in these c classic teachings?

Throughout Jesus’ ministry, many came to him for healing and miraculous manifestations. But Jesus has an odd relationship with large crowds. In Mark 3, we get a sharpened view into the heart and ministry focus of Christ.

What does it truly mean to be sick? What does it truly mean to be made well? Mark teaches us about sin, sickness, forgiveness, and healing, and what it means to know the Great Physician.

Mark’s fast-paced gospel brings us to the subject of the Kingdom of God. Jesus, as the one who ushers in the Kingdom, shows us exactly to whom the Kingdom belongs.

”Since the Holy Spirit inspired David to write Psalm 34, it comes from God himself. He wants you to know him, see him, taste his goodness, be in awe of him, and rejoice in him. God is good—he blesses and protects everyone who trusts in him.” Do you believe that?

The Bible is filled with broken, messed up people who believe in unbroken, precious promises. When the light of the world goes dark, Advent reminds us of the light found in our only hope: Christ (the King!) alone.

This gut-wrenching Psalm of David shows us what it looks like to come to the end of ourselves, but also what it means to hope in God’s mercy and grace.

“This I know, that God is for me.” This wonderful gospel reality is ours in Christ, and Psalm 56 goes at great length to sing it over us.

Psalm 23 is one of the most beloved in all of the Psalter. What does this well-known Psalm teach us about the Shepherd-heart of Christ?