Tag: Mark
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Mark 8:1-10 Our Provider 6/15/2025 Sermon
Lord, help us to believe what you have said. Too often, we think we are the exceptions. Too often, we struggle to trust your love and care for us. Help our unbelief! Help us to share about your goodness with others.
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June 8, 2025 Sermon
Jesus leaves the Jewish area where he has been debating with the Pharisees and heads north into a Gentile and pagan land. There, he meets a woman with a daughter desperately in need of healing. As they speak, this Gentile woman reveals that she trusts Jesus and understands (even agrees with!) his mission which prioritizes Israel. Nevertheless, she believes in Jesus so much that she thinks even the “leftovers” of his work are enough for her! Jesus commends her and heals her daughter.
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June 1, 2025 Sermon
In what ways are you tempted to downplay or ignore God’s word? Are there ways that you are trusting your actions as a person more than what Christ has done for you on the cross? Let your trust be in him, not in your performance.
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Mark 6:45-56 Recognizing Jesus 5/25/2025
Sometimes, we miss what is right in front of us. The disciples did: they missed that Jesus is fully God. Yet, Jesus had mercy on them, and the disciples would grow to recognize and respond to Jesus as the Son of God.
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Mark 6:30-44 The Good Shepherd: May 18, 2025 Sermon
Compassion for people. The disciples return from their mission trip and are all set to take a well-earned rest away from the crowds and with Jesus. Yet, the real needs of the people around them change the schedule: Christ has compassion on the crowd.
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April 27, 2025 Sermon
Who is Jesus? The entire point of recounting John the Baptist’s tragic story in the following verses is to teach us something about Jesus: who he is, what he has come to do, how he would suffer and be persecuted.
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April 20, 2025 Sermon
Rejoice in the King who defeats all that ails us – death and disease have no hold over him; and because of his power, they will not be the final word for we who follow him.
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Mark 5:21-43 Our Fears Defeated 3/30/25
Fears arise. The situation is a desperate one: a leader in the local synagogue falls before Jesus, asking him to come and heal his little girl before she dies. Jesus immediately sets out with the father.
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Mark 4:21-41 Hearing the Kingdom 3/16/25 Worship Service
…God is growing his kingdom… Mark records two more of Christ’s parables, each having to do with God’s kingdom. First, the kingdom is growing and God is the one growing it. Second, the kingdom may look unimpressive, but the end result will be nothing short of astounding.
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Mark 4:1-20 Ears to Hear? 3/9/25 Worship Service
Genuine discipleship is not only hearing but also responding to what you hear. True disciples believe what Jesus proclaims about himself. Are you responding? Do you believe him? Disciples then take what Christ has taught and obey it – they seek to grow in holiness. Will you pursue Jesus?
