July 12, Sunday Service of Worship (Numbers 1:1-46, God’s Faithfulness in the Wilderness)
Well, you can turn in your Bibles to Numbers 1, for a new preaching series titled, “Between Promise and Possession.” We finished Mark two weeks back. Mark ends his gospel account by challenging readers to “take courage” and…
June 28, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 15:40-6:8, Courage or Fear)
…Mark 16:8 And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. You can see how people would not read this as a fitting ending. Because there’s more to the story. The women eventually did tell the…
June 21, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 15:33-39, Reconciliation Through the Cross)
…You’ll probably remember that with that cry Jesus shouted, “It is finished!” Mark only wants us to know about the loud cry, because the manner of the cry caused the centurion to see something different about Jesus. Mark doesn’t give us the words of the cry, but he gives us the actual…
June 14, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 15:16-32, The Cross of Glory)
…On Thursday I watched the opening ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. I don’t think there’s a greater spectacle to behold in the world. For most Americans, the World Cup holds little value. I’m not sure why we chose to go with American Football or basketball over soccer, or football as…
May 31, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 14:53-72, Confidence in the Good Confession)
…And when Jesus said they would see him coming on the clouds of heaven, he referred to Daniel 7:13-14. Let’s see what else God says about his son in Daniel 7:13-14. Daniel 7:13-14 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he…
May 24, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 14:43-52, Anything but Jesus)
…This man at that moment, wanted so little to do with Jesus, being terrified at being arrested with Jesus, that he was willing to flee naked, and suffer that embarrassment instead of remaining with Jesus. At this moment, in the garden, no one wanted to stay with Jesus, for any reason. Judas…
May 17, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 14:32-42, The Spirit is Willing but the Flesh is Weak)
Mark 14:37-38 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? 38 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is…
May 10, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 14:12-31, Body and Blood for an Eternal Covenant)
Mark 14:22-25 And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” 23 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. 24 And he said to them, “This…
May 3, Sunday Service of Worship (Psalm 4:1-8, Hear Me, O Lord)
April 26, Sunday Service of Worship (Mark 14:1-11, What Is Jesus Worth to You?)
…Mark 14:8-9She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” Genuine devotion and allegiance to Christ only happens when a…
