This is part 5 of a 6-part series on the Gospel of Mark. Today we come to what is probably the most difficult passage to interpret in the Gospel of Mark, if not one of the more difficult extended passages in the entire New Testament. In Mark 13, we have Jesus’ longest continuous sermon recorded [...]
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The Future According to Jesus – Mark 13
Posted in Eschatology, Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Mark on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Touching the Unclean – Mark 1:40-45
Posted in Gospel, Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Mark on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following is a sermon preached at First Baptist Church of Pine on May 31, 2009. There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins; And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains. Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains; And sinners plunged beneath that flood [...]
The Identity of Jesus (and the difference it makes in our lives…)– Mark 8:27-38
Posted in Discipleship, Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Mark on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The following is part 4 of a 6 part survey series in the Gospel of Mark. Let me tell you a little story. It is a true story about a man who seemed to have it all. This man’s name was Ernest Hemingway. You have no doubt heard of him. He is pretty well known. [...]
The Teaching of Jesus – Mark 4:1-34
Posted in Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Mark on May 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is part 3 of a 6 part series on the Gospel of Mark. Last week in our mid-week Bible study, we examined Mark 1-3 and saw how the inspired author this gospel account described the authority of Jesus in His teaching and preaching. But what was this authoritative teaching like? What was Jesus’ teaching [...]
The Authority of Jesus – Mark 1:16-3:35
Posted in Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Mark on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is part 2 of a 6 part series on the Gospel of Mark. What comes to mind when you hear the word “authority”? Does it evoke positive or negative feelings in you? Most of us don’t like the idea of authority. Particularly in our current cultural context, we tend to distrust authority. We tend [...]
The Beginning of the Gospel – Mark 1:1-15
Posted in Gospel, Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Mark on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following was a sermon preached at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Globe, Arizona on Sunday, May 3, 2009 and is part 1 in a 6 part series on the Gospel of Mark. How something begins is important, isn’t it? I mean… if we start out on the wrong foot… things rarely go the way [...]
