Archive for June, 2010

“The King on a Cross.”

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

From the Scripture passage found in Mark 8:27-9:1, this past Sunday we learned that Jesus is not just the Christ, not just the Messiah, not just the anointed King… he’s the King that “must suffer.” He’s the King on a cross. Never before Jesus, has anyone brought the prophecies about the Messianic King together with […]

“Seeing God”

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

This past Sunday, we continued our spiritual journey through the Gospel of Mark, attempting to grasp Mark’s vision of the God-Man Jesus Christ.
We focused on Mark 8:22-31, which says “And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind […]

“We just keep getting hungry”

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

The sermon text for this past Sunday was Mark 8:1-21, where Jesus feeds another massive crowd with a miraculous multiplication of loaves and fish. As I was studying the text, I was struck by verses 2 and 3 where Jesus says “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three […]

“The Sympathy and Severity of Jesus.”

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

This past Sunday, we looked at Mark 7:24-37, where we find the following words of Scripture:
“And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. But immediately a woman whose little daughter […]