Do you believe in the power of prayer?  Do you believe that through prayer we gain an audience with God Almighty – Creator of the universe?  Do you believe that when we pray God hears our prayers?  And not only hears our …

Sometimes when we find ourselves in the midst of a fierce storm, we feel alone as if God is asleep or unaware of our circumstances.  Have you ever felt that way?  That you need to wake God up?  Certainly the psalmists …

We live in a broken world.  God may have declared in the beginning that “It is good.” But we are often left wondering to what extent this is still true. Sin and death and evil and depravity and darkness and uncertainty …

The title I have given to this series of sermons on the Gospel of Mark is “Who Then Is This?”  I believe this to be the question that drives the book – who is Jesus?  Just three chapters into the book …

We have a guest preacher this week – Pastor Phil – who comes to us all the way from Southeast Asia where is serving as a missionary.  He will continue our sermon series in the Gospel of Mark. So no …

Jesus’ renown is growing.   However the response to him varies quite a bit.   You have the Pharisees who do all they can to oppose him, the crowds which nearly crush him, the demons who fall down before him, and the …

The pressure continues to mount between the religious authorities and Jesus.  Jesus continues to face close scrutiny and increased questions.  The Pharisees question what he is doing and what he is not doing.  In the two passages before us this week, …

Jesus continues to clash with the religious elite of his day.   In the last passage the Pharisees display their contempt at what Jesus and his disciples were doing – eating with tax collectors and “sinners.”  In this week’s passage the issue …

So far in the Gospel of Mark we’ve seen Jesus in many different roles. We’ve seen him as a preacher, as a leader, and as a commander to name just a few. These roles tell us something about Jesus and also something about us.