Come As You Are
Mark Barigye, our intern this semester from Greenville University, preaches from Mark 5 on the story of Jesus healing Jairus’s daughter and…
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The Unimpressive Way
We walk with the disciples today as Jesus takes them aside to teach them the importance of being unimpressive. Only unimpressive disciples…
Read moreGet Moving
The next sermon in our series A Story Worth Living comes from Mark 10.35-52. We have contrasting stories of disciples who brought their…
Read moreThis Is Not the End
We’ve come to Mark 16.1-8, the abrupt end of Mark’s Gospel. So abrupt, many don’t think it’s the end at all. In…
Read moreExecution or Coronation
In Mark 15.1-41 we have the familiar scene of Jesus on the cross. Mark is showing us that what seems to be…
Read moreChildren on the Threshold of the Kingdom
Christie Malave preaches today on Jesus’ interaction with a teacher of the law in Mark 12.28-34. The teacher wants to know the…
Read moreBecoming Great and Being First
Mark 10.32-52 contains the most direct teaching Jesus offers in Mark’s Gospel on discipleship and leadership. Prompted by his disciples’ jockeying for…
Read moreJesus, Teach Me How to Read
We all come to scripture with lots of commitments. We’re already committed to certain beliefs, desires, and practices. The way we think…
Read moreHints of a King
Mark gives us two of the most famous Jesus stories back to back: the feeding of the 5,000 and Jesus walking on…
Read moreA Storm of Fear and Anger
From Mark 4.35-41 comes the familiar story of Jesus calming the sea. Actually, before that it’s the story of Jesus asleep while…
Read moreThe Limits of Mercy
In Mark 2.13-17 we read the story of Levi, who was a tax collector working for Herod, the self-styled king of the Jews….
Read moreRepent and Be Baptized
Repent and be baptized may sound more like old time religion than good news today. But that’s the way Mark’s action-driven Gospel begins. From…
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