Whenever Jesus teaches, heals or casts out a demon, the crowd’s response is always the same.   “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even unclean spirits, and they obey him.” What about you? What is your response?  Listen as we examine Mark 1:21-28 and consider the authority of Jesus to save and our response to it.

Theology may be abstract. But children demand reality. The disciples shooed children away, but Jesus rebuked them. “Let children come to me, do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.” But just where and what is God’s kingdom? Join us as we examine Mark 1:14-20 and consider Jesus’ preaching about the kingdom of God. Where is it? What is it? And how can we enter it?

Mark’s account of Jesus’ baptism and temptation leaves us with lots of questions. Why was Jesus baptized?  How was he tempted? Join us as we examine Mark 1:9-13 and consider how Jesus’ baptism and temptation prepare us to understand what he came to do.

Mark’s gospel begins abruptly. With no backstory, John appears in the wilderness baptizing and proclaiming repentance and forgiveness of sin. Here is a new thing in an old package. Something big is coming. Everything is changing. How can we prepare?  Join us as we examine Mark 1 and consider the preparations God makes for us to begin a new and remarkable life.  

New beginnings offer opportunity, but also ask hard questions. Mark’s gospel begins with the word ‘beginning.’ And with that word, Mark immediately confronts us with questions about Jesus.  Who is he? What did he come to do? And what is our response? Join us as we examine Mark 1:1 and consider the implications for us of “the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.”