Sermons on “Mark”
2015 03 22 am Mark 9:42-50 Are You Salty?
The church and the world needs ‘salty’ disciples of Jesus. They are those who ‘tread gently,’ who ‘operate surgically,’ and who interact humbly.’ Piercing words from Jesus that we must heed.
View Sermon2015 03 08 am Mark 9:30-41 – Are You Qualified?
This is the second declaration that Jesus makes about what will soon happen to Him. As with the first, Mark 8:31, it is followed up by instruction on what it means to be one of His disciples – a servant attitude and a tolerant attitude.
View Sermon2015 03 01 am Mark 9:14-29 – A Clash of Kingdoms!
Immediately after the Transfiguration, the disciples of Jesus cannot cast out an evil spirit. This becomes a kingdom struggle between Jesus, the giver of life, and Satan, the destroyer of life. There are implications for the scope of the gospel but also application for our own struggles with sin and temptation.
View Sermon2015 02 22 am Mark 9:1-13 Gloom After Glory!
The transfiguration of Jesus pierces the gloom of what Jesus had been saying about the suffering and death to come for Him and all His disciples, including us! A celebration of resurrection power!
View SermonDiscipleship 101 – Mark 8:31-38
Jesus reveals the essentials of being His disciple. Are you a ‘solid-timber disciple’? or a ‘veneer disciple’? We must be prepared to pay the ultimate price and the daily price to be His disciple.
View SermonThe Centre of History – Mark 8:31
As Jesus tells His disciples what MUST happen to Him, we learn about the centre of History. This reminds us that God is sovereign, that the calling of the church is to preach the Cross, and it prepares us for the Lord’s Supper.
View Sermon2015 02 01am Mark 8:1-30 Bread, Blindness, and (Un)Belief
Five episodes that are linked and that build up to the climax of the first half of Mark’s Gospel – Who is Jesus?
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