Sermons
Jesus recently returned from the mountain where he met with the greatest prophets, Moses and Elijah, was transfigured in radiance, and was honored by the Father who declared "This is…
Jesus comes off the mountain of transfiguration where he was glorified, encouraged by Moses and Elijah, and honored by the Father (9:2-8). What does he find? A great crowd watching…
Jesus just rejected Peter’s demonic insistence on glory without death. He will suffer, be rejected and die, and so he prepares for his journey to the cross by taking Peter,…
Mark’s Gospel hinges on Peter’s confession about Jesus: "You are the Messiah" (8:29). Jesus has dealt with the attacking blindness of the Pharisees. Now he addresses the supportive blindness of…
Who are you becoming? What in your life is shaping you in one direction or another? Do all things happen for a reason? Mark’s Gospel is a story of change,…
Jesus has been working in Gentile territory. He heals the Syrophoenician woman near Tyre and Sidon, touches the deaf and mute man in Decapolis, and now feeds four thousand apparently…
Jesus is still in Gentile territory. He takes a big route, heading north first to Sidon from Tyre and then down to Decapolis, east of the Sea of Galilee (cf.…
As we enter into another year of our Lord, 2014, the evangelical church in the United States is in a different position than it has ever been. We are increasingly…
The incarnation is the greatest miracle ever. Pantheistic and polytheistic religions have incarnations and reincarnations, but only Christianity maintains the Creator/creature distinction and yet affirms the eternal God taking on…
The church taken as a whole has said a lot about Mary. If some have said too much, Protestants perhaps have said too little. What we need to do is…