Sermons on Mark
…Difficult for the disciples to accept and to comprehend. We remember, of course, Peter, in reaction to this, rebuking Jesus and saying, This cannot be so, Lord. And Christ calling Peter in response, Satan, because of that interaction. Get behind me, Satan, for you do not understand the things of God. These two concepts you…
Take your Bibles now and turn to Mark, chapter 10. Mark, chapter 10. We return to Mark this morning. Gospel of Mark, chapter 10, starting in verse 1. It says this, and he left there and went to the region of Judah and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as…
Take your scriptures once more and turn for our New Testament reading to our sermon text, Mark chapter 9. We’ll be finishing Mark chapter 9 this morning, starting verse 42. Yes, Mark chapter 9, starting verse 42. Please, once again, give your full attention. This is the Word of God. Whoever causes one of these…
Take your text now and turn to Mark chapter nine. This will be the text for our sermon this morning, Mark chapter nine, as we continue in the gospel of Mark. We’ll be beginning at verse 38. Mark 9, 38. Once again, please give your full attention. This is the word of God. John said…
Copy the scriptures, and turn, if you would, to the sermon text this morning, Mark chapter 9. We’re continuing in Mark this morning, chapter 9. And let’s ask the Lord’s blessing once more before we hear the word preached and read. Let’s pray. Heavenly Father, we do praise you once more for this, your word.…
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking…
In our fallen nature, we want the crucified saviour without the cruciform life. But in our union with Christ, God has ordained that our path will be the path of his beloved son. If we are his and he is ours, our lives will pattern his life: and that pattern is suffering and then glory, the cross before the crown.
What is this leaven of the Pharisees? Christ leads his disciples through a catechism of questions to bring them to the understanding. Like the man partially healed, Peter confesses Christ, but it’s clear he only had a partial perception. Turn now to the Gospel of Mark. Gospel of Mark, chapter eight. I’m starting at verse…
Mark is impressing upon us in this passage, that the crowd is made up of two different groups of people. Those of Israel, and those who are far-away ones. In this sermon, Pastor Tony unpacks Christ’s costly compassion on the 4,000. Christ has this mixed crowd–Jew and Gentile–recline at a wilderness table together, and satisfies…
Though this Syrophoenician woman thought herself of a low estate–and those around her would’ve agreed, Christ deems her worthy, not of dog food, but of true spiritual meat: faith. Here we see the heart of Christ as he reaches out to those of low conditions.