It's All about Jesus
Mark 9.2-13
Choosing Jesus Again
Choosing Jesus Again
Mark 8.34-9.1
The Most Important Question of Life
The Most Important Question of Life
Mark 8.27-33
I Once Was Blind
I Once Was Blind
Mark 8.1-26
Ears You Have Dug for Me
Ears You Have Dug for Me
Mark 7.31-37
When Jesus heals a man who is deaf and mute, there is much more going on that the simple fact that Jesus can heal. The Old Testament has many promises about a coming time when God would start to open ears to hear his voice, and loosen tongues to speak about him. This story is a symbol of God’s work in the world, and his work in you, and therefore it is powerfully relevant to us.
The Faith of a Nobody
The Faith of a Nobody
Mark 7.24-30
In one of the more shocking and offensive interactions in the gospels, Jesus tests a woman’s faith and she emerges as one of the great models of what faith ought to look like. Despite being a Gentile and outside the scope of Christ’s mission, her gritty determination, humility and reverence capture Jesus’s attention and admiration.
The Way of Man and the Way of God
The Way of Man and the Way of God
Mark 7.1-23
Jesus was deeply critical of the way the religious teachers practiced their religion. When he criticised them, he didn’t hold back. Why? And what was he teaching that was different? We need to keep learning about Christ’s way as opposed to man’s way, because doing religion man’s way is miserable, exhausting, and self-deluding. Jesus offers us something better.
Jesus Is with You
Jesus Is with You
Mark 6.45-56
The gospel of Mark shows us Jesus’ method of making disciples who go from being raw material to being able to walk in their calling. How does he do this? He exposes them to trials of increasing intensity that would prepare them for their mission when he was gone. This storm on the lake is one other such occasion, and in it we discover the very truths we need to face the trials of life: that Jesus is praying for us, revealing himself to us, and that he’s right there, with us.
Jesus Satisfies Your Soul
Jesus Satisfies Your Soul
Mark 6.30-44
When Jesus multiplied food for his hungry listeners, he was teaching us profound truths about himself as our shepherd: that he wants to provide for us, that he wants to satisfy us, and that he wants to give himself to us.
Dangerous Calling
Dangerous Calling
Mark 6.7-32
The Christian life is a missionary life. As Jesus sends his disciples out on their first missions journey, tasked with preaching the gospel from town to town, there’s a sense of risk and impending danger. The death of John the Baptist is a stark warning that even though the gospel is good news, there will always be resistance to God and his messengers.