Am I interested in GOD’S WILL or MY WILL? Warning signs: I expect God’s will to be extraordinary, bring material blessings, include specific and clear details. Am I misguided about HOW GOD GUIDES? Faulty expectations: cereal miracles, God’s voice, fleece tests, inner peace, and open doors. We di …
“Christian” was a derogatory term given to the followers of Jesus by their critics. Acts 11:26 The early believers called themselves “disciples” Matthew 28:16-20 Disciple-making is the central calling for every follower of Jesus John 15:8-17 What is a disciple? Someone who has received his lo …
Our bodies, souls, spirits, emotions, thoughts, and past memories, are all connected, and our anxiety is most often rooted in all of them. 1. Anxiety minimizes God Matthew 6:25-33 We worry about what we’re most devoted to. Most of us regard money as an essential element of life. If we are going to f …
HOW TO QUESTION GOD: Faith Seeking Understanding THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: Why evil if God is GOOD and ALL-POWERFUL? (1 Chronicles 29:11; Matthew 19:26; Luke 13:1-5; Romans 8:19-21) Bad Answers: 1) No God 2) Evil God 3) Weak God Possible Answers: 1) Free Will 2) Greater Good Humbly accept the infinite wi …
Why does God care so much about my sex life? Your body and your soul are deeply connected (1 Corinthians 6:12-20) God cares about your sex life not because He’s the cosmic moral police officer, He cares about your sex life because He cares about YOU and He wants the best for you The Biblical picture …
Lie: If you have any doubts or wrestle with difficult questions, you are a bad Christian, or maybe not a Christian at all. If you are honest with your doubts and seek the truth, you will find that your faith is deepened and your life enriched Matthew 7:21-23 A transformed obedient life must accompan …
Mark 14:32-36 “troubled” – “to be overcome with horror;” overwhelmed with emotion, fear, and utter panic Jesus saw or sensed something in the Garden, and it shocked the usually unshockable Son of God. The anguish and pain of the cross was not what concerned his soul. It was knowing that he would be …
On the way to the cross, THE TEMPLE is a “must” stop. Mark 11:12-14 THE FIG TREE: A destructive outburst? What’s the point? Mark 11:15-18 HEROD’S TEMPLE: massive, restricted, and efficient. THE GENTILE COURT: Hospitality, worship, and prayer? OR exclusion, injustice, and irreverence? (1 Kings 8:41-4 …
The King’s Cross (Part 11) “The Ransom” (Mark 10:32-45) March 10, 2024 Mark 10:32-34 Jesus knew his death was absolutely central to both his identity and his mission. Jesus tells us for the first time why he will do it. Mark 10:45 He came to be a substitutionary sacrifice Jesus didn’t have to die de …
One of the best ways to explore the life of Jesus is to examine a single, coherent narrative – one that focuses intently on the actual words and actions of Jesus. We are choosing to look at Mark’s Gospel for a couple of reasons. First, the entire gospel is almost certainly the eyewitness testimony of Peter. Secondly, Mark doesn’t read like a dry history. It is written in the present tense, often using words like “immediately” to pack the account full of action. Jesus is seen as a man of action, moving quickly and decisively from event to event.
Tim Keller writes: Mark’s account of Jesus’s life is presented in two symmetrical
acts: his identity as King over all things (chapters 1-8), and his purpose in dying on
the cross (chapters 9-16). (Keller, Jesus the King)
We will look at those specific texts in Mark that best trace the narrative of Jesus’s life or expand on these themes of identity and purpose.
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