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.
Who should receive the sign of baptism? What can we learn from Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians about the relationship between Noah’s flood, the Exodus, and the New Testament sign and seal of baptism?
Mark chapter six, starting at verse 30. Mark six. Verse 30, before we, if you’re reading about the Word and it’s preaching and it’s accepting, that’s the word…
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…
Join me in prayer as we ask the Lord’s blessing before we hear our sermon text this morning from Joshua chapter 4. Pray with me and let’s ask…
Let’s take your copy of the scriptures, now turn to the New Testament, our reading for this sermon this morning, Mark chapter five. So we continue in this…
Turn in your Bibles in the New Testament to Mark chapter five. We continue in Mark this morning. Mark chapter five, reading the first verses one to 21.…
For the ancient Hebrew, if you were to ask them about the sea, they would say that it was a place of great chaos, dread-waters, and danger. In this section of Mark, the disciples find themselves in the middle of all that water represents in the Old Testament. Christ takes on this source of evil and rebukes it. In confronting the sea, Christ is really confronting the enemies of God and his people. He says to that great enemy of our souls, “Be still, and be silent!”
Job begins and ends after the pattern that Jesus speaks of, that the Old Testament anticipates him in his suffering and in his glory. We saw the sufferings anticipated in the first two chapters and throughout the book, and now comes the glory as the Lord restores the fortunes as Job returns out from under the curse.
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