Sermons from September 2016
Sleeping through the Squall
Mark gives testimony of Jesus calming the sea to the astonishment of the disciples. I. Jesus can sleep through a squall (v. 35-37) II. Jesus speaks and the earth obeys (v. 38-39) III. Jesus provokes awe and wonder (v. 40-41)
The Nature of The Kingdom
Mark presents three of Jesus’ parables which together teach about the nature and growth of the kingdom. You don’t put a lamp under a basket (v. 21-25) You don’t watch plants grow (v. 26-29) You don’t judge a plant’s potential by the size of its seed (v. 30-34)
A Mixed Reception
Mark 4:1-20 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the…