Picking back up in our passage in Mark, Jesus has been called out as that promised Messiah and King by the promised messenger, who’s made ready the people for His coming, and by the divine Trinity who all were present at His baptism, a baptism that didn’t symbolize His need for forgiveness but a baptism…

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Let’s begin this morning by diving straight into our passage. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the…

We start this morning’s message by returning to the gospel of Mark, John Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, the disciple and assistant of Peter, and the eventual co-laborer and encourager of the apostle Paul. We spoke last time that the existence of the gospel of Mark, even as we have it today, came largely…

If you were asked today, to write an introduction to a story how would you begin? You might begin with the classic fairy tale introduction... “Once upon a time” or perhaps you might rather want to have them grasp for the star with an introductions like this.... “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”.…

We’ve spent the last 3 weeks digging into the life of the author of the gospel of Mark. It’s been a really good study so far. Good, not because it’s simply a compelling story… but good because it’s saturated with the gospel message and gospel impact. John Mark, the author, had so much good gospel influence……

There are a lot of quotes about failure... “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” — Thomas Edison “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” — Michael Jordan. “If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.” - Quentin Crisp…

"You know, I read somewhere that if motherhood were a paid position, the salary would be well over $160,000 a year… and that’s without overtime. Which is funny, because every mom I know works nothing but overtime — nights, weekends, holidays — and the benefits package includes things like sticky hugs,…

We live in a skeptical world and perhaps for good reason. So many things are deceptive and unbelievable, and it’s hard to know fact from fiction. More and more people are requiring proof… Where is the proof of that statement. Where’s the evidence that it’s real. It’s rather interesting that more and…