Jesus was (is) a person of incredible person power. Usually when a person accumulates such an ability to influence the world around them, it goes to their head and leads to corruption. How did Jesus use his power, and what should that teach us?
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 8, 2020.)
Why was Jesus rejected so much? Why did he anticipate his apostles being similarly rejected? Should we expect the same, and if so, what should we do about it? (Bonus! A little discussion about Jesus as a child.)
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 1, 2020.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
How hard is it to teach someone the gospel? How do we make it more complicated than it needs to be, and why do we do that? What should our approach be?
(Guest speaker Richard Brant from Denver, CO. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 14, 2018.)
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