Jamey Nettles | As Jesus enters Jerusalem on his way to the cross, “many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”

Jamey Nettles | Jesus teaches us that our lives as Kingdom citizens should imitate his - serving others rather than demanding to be served by others. Bartimaeus models how we enter the kingdom through humble dependence on Jesus, while James & John serve as a negative example here for a posture of pride that doesn’t fit in God’s Kingdom.

Jamey Nettles | Jesus teaches us that our lives as Kingdom citizens should imitate his - serving others rather than demanding to be served by others. Bartimaeus models how we enter the kingdom through humble dependence on Jesus, while James & John serve as a negative example here for a posture of pride that doesn’t fit in God’s Kingdom.

Joey Thompson | What do we value most? And where do our utmost priorities lie? For many of us, these questions cannot be answered until we are faced with losing certain things. And in these moments, our idols are revealed. But this gracious King looks on us with love and reminds us that the chief treasure of our hearts can only be found in coming to God like a little child, and receiving Jesus himself as we enter the Kingdom.

Joey Thompson | What do we value most? And where do our utmost priorities lie? For many of us, these questions cannot be answered until we are faced with losing certain things. And in these moments, our idols are revealed. But this gracious King looks on us with love and reminds us that the chief treasure of our hearts can only be found in coming to God like a little child, and receiving Jesus himself as we enter the Kingdom.

Jamey Nettles | Into a culture that claimed to have the answers regarding men, women, marriage, and divorce, Jesus speaks authoritative truth to the crowds gathered around him. With his words, he affirms and further establishes the sexual ethic of marriage initiated in the creation story - one man, one woman, holding fast and becoming one flesh. “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Jamey Nettles | Into a culture that claimed to have the answers regarding men, women, marriage, and divorce, Jesus speaks authoritative truth to the crowds gathered around him. With his words, he affirms and further establishes the sexual ethic of marriage initiated in the creation story - one man, one woman, holding fast and becoming one flesh. “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Dave Baker | As we look in this passage of Mark, one thing is abundantly clear - Jesus is not simply looking to establish his Kingdom alongside systems of this age that are already in place. This Kingdom is a whole new way. And unlike systems of this age that teach us to fight to get everything we can, this Kingdom is about losing everything we have, trusting that entering God’s new Kingdom way is worth losing it all.

Dave Baker | As we look in this passage of Mark, one thing is abundantly clear - Jesus is not simply looking to establish his Kingdom alongside systems of this age that are already in place. This Kingdom is a whole new way. And unlike systems of this age that teach us to fight to get everything we can, this Kingdom is about losing everything we have, trusting that entering God’s new Kingdom way is worth losing it all.

Jamey Nettles | At this point in Mark’s gospel, Jesus is beginning to teach more explicitly the way of his Kingdom. “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” But his disciples still fail to understand the nature of the Kingdom, and proceed to argue about who is going to be the greatest in this new system. Jesus, as the wise Teacher he is, uses this opportunity to teach a lesson to his followers about what true greatness actually is.