Sermons on Life Issues
We’ll finish up the section from last week before we return to the gospel of Mark. There’s some significant things coming up in the gospel of Mark that we want to give attention to, but we’ll finish up this wonderful passage regarding the fear and the anxiety and the symptoms of those things and the…
What is it that you’re afraid of? You’re all aware of that there are many, many different phobias that people have listed that have been written down and catalogued by psychologists even. And I don’t mean the lying language that people use to label someone who is not afraid of a certain thing, but someone…
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.
Our New Testament reading. It’s nice to ease into new tunes. Our New Testament reading from Mark chapter six, we continue to look at Mark’s gospel. The panting gospel is called historically because it’s immediately and fast and fast moving, as Mark writes it. But before we hear from our text, let’s ask the Lord’s…
The Servant (Christ) was given as a covenant by our Creator God to offer restoration and forgiveness to a world estranged by sin. He offers freedom to those held captive by the world, the flesh, and the Devil. Because of our vital union with Christ, we now share in that same anointing. In light of this, let us sing a new song!
As we think about Christ’s church, what should we expect for her trouble and state? Should we expect her to diminish as the wicked world around us prospers? The answer is in the meaning of mystery: what was once hidden is meant to be revealed. We can look back to the promise to Abraham to receive the nations as his heritage and here we are in 2024, in Fort Wayne, IN, and we gentiles have our lives hidden in Christ. God is sovereign and we can trust his promise.
