Messages

In Mark 12, the parable of the vineyard tenants tells the story of God’s remarkable patience with his people — and the profound love behind sending his own beloved Son. When the leaders rejected Jesus, God opened salvation to all who believe. A rich reminder that we are grafted in by grace.

Jesus enters Jerusalem to shouts of ‘Hosanna!’ But, the crowds want a king who will overthrow Rome, not a savior who will go to the cross. This Palm Sunday message challenges us to stop creating Jesus in our own image and embrace who he truly is.

In Mark 10:1–12, the Pharisees test Jesus with a question about divorce, but Jesus reveals the deeper issue, a heart that seeks the bare minimum from God. By pointing back to creation’s purpose and the image of being “yoked together,” Jesus invites us to move beyond minimums and discover what we were truly made for in him.

Jesus’ desire for his disciples is that they would see and understand what the Messiah must do. The Gospel of Mark now leads towards the cross, but the Messianic expectation still invades the hearts of his followers. How are we to see and understand the path Jesus must take, and how are we to respond?

This week we open the Bible to Mark 8:1-26 as we continue our walk through the Gospel of Mark, chapter-by-chapter, to become better Bible readers. This week in our passage we see how a miracle moment teaches us more about what the author is trying to tell us about Jesus and our faith.

This Sunday we continue our walk through the Gospel of Mark, learning to ask the text questions to become better Bible readers ourselves. This week we look at how in a single passage two things are happening and a single moment ties them together in Mark 6:30-44 as Jesus shows compassion to the multitude.

This Sunday we continue walking through the Gospel of Mark chapter-by-chapter to become better Bible readers. This week we open to Mark 5:1-34, and take a comparative approach to the text between the two stories that are written in the passage. How does comparing and contrasting stories teach us about Jesus and ourselves?

This morning we continue our walk through the Gospel of Mark chapter-by-chapter with the purpose of becoming more literate Bible readers. Today we open to Mark 4:35-41 where Jesus calms the storm. In this passage 4 questions are asked: how do they challenge us as believers in Christ?

This Sunday we continue our chapter-by-chapter walk through the Gospel of Mark. Along the way we learn practical ways to be in our Bibles more and read them with intentionality. Today, we open to Mark 3:22-30 to allow ourselves to be challenged by difficulty texts that we often gloss over.