Last week Pastor Mike started looking at the Gospel according to Mark. Michael Card - one of my favorite songwriters and favorite theologians - has written a commentary on the Book of Mark as part of his Biblical Imagination series.  Last week, Mike described the Gospel of Mark as a foundation – a concise, hard-hitting look at the life of Jesus with 5 main themes: Jesus and His authority over evilSelf-Sacrificial DiscipleshipCost of DiscipleshipThe Failure of the Disciples And ...

With every shoebox, a child hears the gospel.Christmas is not far away… - less than two months to the beginning of Advent.  I’m going to be going through stories in the Gospel of Mark – I’d like to give a bit of an introduction today.Mark 1: The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,This is the beginning of the ...

Lord, thank You for the opportunity to worship You – You know our hearts – You have heard us – you can speak into our lives – You know what we need today. You are able to meet that need – even if this sermon doesn’t. We don’t need a sermon or a person – but we need the Spirit of God living in us – You are attentive to our needs and hopes – You wish to speak.We have ...