Mark 10:46-52 What values do you hold to? Do they match up with Jesus’ kingdom values of service over being served? Jesus shows us so clearly in this healing of blind Bartimaeus how we should make time for needy people.
Sermons on Mark
ark 10:45 To mark the Queen’s 70th Jubilee celebrations, we’ll be comparing and contrasting Queen Elizabeth and Jesus Christ. Jesus was a real historical figure who claimed to be a King. But what is so special about him and his reign? And what are the implications for us today?
Mark 10:45 To mark the Queen’s 70th Jubilee celebrations, we’ll be comparing and contrasting Queen Elizabeth and Jesus Christ. Jesus was a real historical figure who claimed to be a King. But what is so special about him and his reign? And what are the implications for us today?
e world is a messed up place. We see it on the news, and we experience it in our own lives. Where is God in all this? If he’s good and loving, why does he allow it?
Mark 15:40-16:8 Climate change, conflict, political upheaval, terrorism…Why would you want to bring a child into such a world? Growing numbers don’t. But the events of the first Easter weekend change everything. This is where true hope is to be found – for ourselves and for our world.
Mark 15:15-39 Many are worried about the rising cost of living. Few are worried about the cost of sinning. But we should be. In the sufferings of Jesus we see the true cost of sinning, and it is horrifically high. And it leaves us with a simple choice.
Mark 14:53-15:15 There have been some famous trials in history – Socrates, Galileo, OJ Simpson – but none as important as that of Jesus. The fate of the world depended on the outcome. And how we respond to it will determine the outcome at our own trial, when we appear in the dock at the final judgement.
Mark 14:26-52 ‘We are the heroes of our time’ proclaimed the winning song at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. We like to think of ourselves as the hero of our own story, but the Bible assures that we’re not. Jesus is the hero we need.
Mark 14:1-25 When things are broken – your TV, your car, your heart – it is not good. But sometimes broken is beautiful. In this passage we find a broken body and a broken flask. They speak of Jesus’ devotion to us, and the devotion he calls us to in response.
Mark 13:1-37 Imagine if, as with Covid and terrorism, we also had five spiritual threat levels for Christians in the UK. Where would you put the current threat level? How big a spiritual threat is there to believers? What action should we be taking? Jesus tells us in this final block of teaching before his death.