Through a sequence of stories, Mark conveys a set of Jesus’s teaching that are easy to say; they aren’t complicated or complex. But, they are really hard to put into practice. How can we do so?
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 23, 2020.)
Paul uses slavery language a lot in the book of Galatians. What was he afraid the Christians would be slaves to? How would they be taken captive? And what freedom did Paul want for them?
(Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 16, 2020.)
The calming of the storm is one of the most explicit displays of supernatural power in the Bible. What aspect of the story does Mark focus on, and why?
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 16, 2020.)
If God always knew Christ would come, and that a New Covenant would be instituted to replace the Old, then what was the point? Why did God give Moses the Old Law at all?
(Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 9, 2020.)
Why did Jesus speak so much in parables? Mark records an explicit reason he did so, and it might surprise you.
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 9, 2020.)
How did the religious leaders in Israel react to Jesus? Why did they react this way? And what warning should we take from their reaction?
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 26, 2020.)
What is legalism? There are a lot of different ways people use the word, so we all need to be on the same page before we can understand Paul’s warnings to the Galatians. What sort of attitude was Paul so worried about?
(Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 19, 2020.)
Mark quickly shifts to a serious doctrinal question: what kind of authority did Jesus have on earth? How would he interact with the religious leaders of the day? And, what should we take away from this encounter?
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 19, 2020.)
Mark wastes no time moving from Jesus’s identity to Jesus’s purpose. Why did Jesus come to earth? What did he hope to accomplish in his earthly ministry, and how did he go about it? What can we learn from his methodology?
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 12, 2020.)
Why did Paul write a letter to the Galatians? What was he so worried about, and is it something we should be concerned about as well? If so, what should we do?
(Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 5, 2020.)
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