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The Lord of the Sabbath Part 1

Passage: Mark 2:23-28 After a couple of weeks away for Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday, we return to our study in the Gospel of Mark with the first of two accounts depicting direct confrontation with the Pharisees over the meaning and practice of Sabbath. In this morning’s passage, the complaint is lodged against Jesus’ disciples. […]

A Question of Authority

Passage: Mark 2:1-12 A major shift in Jesus’ ministry takes place in our text for this morning. Beginning with the healing of the paralytic, Mark records five consecutive events which show the increasing escalation of opposition to Jesus from the Jewish religious leaders. In the first confrontation, Jesus has been presented with a paralytic by […]

The Transforming Touch of Jesus

Passage: Mark 1:40-45 A significant part of Jesus’ earthly ministry involved healing. The gospels record 26 separate and distinct healings performed by Jesus; everything from blindness to paralysis; from bleeding to a severed ear; from demon possession to death. But Jesus’ primary ministry was not healing: it was preaching the good news of the kingdom […]

Seeing the Sign in the Miracle

Passage: Mark 1:29-34 Sometimes, it is easy for us to pass over very familiar Bible accounts without considering their significance in the bigger story of God’s rescue of sinners. This morning’s passage is a perfect example. Immediately on the heels of his authoritative teaching and demonic showdown in the synagogue of Capernaum, Mark records the […]

The Battle in the Wilderness

Passage: Mark 1:12-13 Mark’s account of Jesus’ temptation is more abbreviated and far less detailed than that recorded in either Matthew or Luke. While we need to consider some of the details of these other accounts to gain a more complete understanding of what Jesus faced, the point of the passage is clear: Where Adam […]

The Gift of Reconciliation: Our Mediator

Passage: 1 Timothy 2:5-7 This morning, we finish our brief Advent sermon series on the greatest Christmas gift, that of the Lord Jesus Christ. We have looked at various aspects of the saving ministry of Christ which necessitated the incarnation. We have seen Him as the Redeemer who frees us, the Substitute who obtains our […]

The Gift of Victory: Our Conqueror

Passage: 1 John 3:7-10 We continue this morning in our Advent sermon series entitled The Gift where we are looking at the reasons for and the meaning of the Incarnation. As western Christians, we tend to be a little leery when speaking of the devil, afraid that we will be thought of as old-fashioned, closed-minded, […]