If you don’t come apart, you’ll come apart. But how do we find rest when “many are coming and going and we have no leisure to even eat” or rest or recharge? What does it mean to come apart with Jesus? What is the rest Jesus offers in unrestful seasons? Join us as we examine Mark 6:30-44 and consider the invitation of Jesus to find a rest that heals bruised reeds and fans smoldering wicks.
Category Archives: Sermons
02/09/2025 | “Mistaken Identity” | Mark 6:14-29
Wild mushrooms are tasty, but are they toxic? Mistaken identification is at best sickening, at worst fatal. But more deadly than Jack-O’-Lanterns in your soup is mistakenly identifying Jesus. This mistake has consequences that last forever. Join us as we examine Mark 6:14-29 to consider the tragic consequences of unbelief regarding who Jesus is and why he has come.
02/02/2025 | “The Center” | Mark 6:7-13
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Discipleship involves disciplines. But the essence of discipleship is not in honing disciplines, but fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith. What is your focus? Join us as we examine Mark 6:7-13, and Mark 6:30 to consider what Jesus does, gives, commands, and expects when he calls us to follow him.
01/26/2025 | “Amazing Unbelief” | Mark 6:1-6
The lack of faith in Jesus’ hometown, his friends, and even his family was so shocking Jesus marveled at it. Those who thought they knew him best did not really know him at all. How well do you know him? Is your faith or lack of faith more shocking? Join us as we examine Mark 6:1-6 and consider the amazing unbelief of Jesus neighbors and his family and ask whether it is our faith or lack of it that is more shocking.
01/19/2025 | “Faith Healing” | Mark 5:21-43
What do you fear? What waves loom? What demons terrorize? What pain exhausts all resources? What grief grips your heart? Hoping it will be OK won’t move mountains. Only faith in He who stills storms, commands demons, heals pain & raises the dead is enough. Join us as we examine Mark 5:21-43 and consider a faith that can save.
01/12/2025 | “D-Day” | Mark 5:1-20
Jesus is stronger than all your demons. He can free every captive. He can break the grip of what breaks you. But freedom is costly. It cost Jesus and it will cost you. The people of ancient Decapolis preferred pigs and demons to Jesus. What about you? Join us as we examine Mark 5:1-20 and consider Jesus’ power over every demon and our response to Him.
01/05/2025 | “Storm Warnings” | Mark 4:35-41
Mark’s account of Jesus calming of the storm is compelling. With eyewitness details & echoes of Jonah, we see Jesus’ humanity & divinity, calm & becalming, rebuked & rebuking. And in his disciple’s question a fear more potent than the fear of death. Listen as we examine Mark 4:35-41 and consider its warnings to us about what it means to follow Jesus.
12/29/2024 | “The Great Exchange” | 2 Corinthians 5:14-21
Literature is filled with compelling stories of exchanged lives — The Prince and the Pauper, or A Tale of Two Cities. But there is no more compelling story than the “Son of God becoming man, so that men could become sons of God.” Join us as we examine 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 and conclude our study of the Westminster Shorter Catechism’s teaching on the Incarnation by considering the costliest exchange in history — the humiliation of Christ.
12/22/2024 | “A Great Mystery” | Luke 1:26-38
“How will these things be?” Mary asked. And we wonder the same things as we ponder Jesus, fully God and fully man, two natures yet one person, forever. The angel’s answer points us to one of the most remarkable and precious truths of our faith. Join us as we examine Luke 1:26-38 and consider this question, why it is important and how we are to respond.
12/15/2024 | “Who Is This?” | John 1:1-5, 9-14
Who is Jesus? Our seasonal displays of baby Jesus in a cattle stall show his humanity. But in the opening of his gospel, John pulls back the curtain to reveal the rest of the story. Do you know who Jesus is? Listen as we examine John 1:1-5, 9-14.
