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Mark 11:12-25

October 06, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

Preached on Sunday the 2nd of October, 2022.

Mark 11:1-11 | The King's Public Entrance

September 26, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

Preached on Sunday the 25th of September, 2022. For much of Jesus's ministry, he intentionally withdrew from the crowds and rejected fame. Yet when it was time for him to enter Jerusalem for the final time, he intentionally made his entrance as public as possible. Why did he do this? He was declaring that he is one, the King long-promised by God. Such a claim is as valid today as it was then, for God has declared that every knee shall one day bow to this King. Will you bow to him now in gl...

Mark 10:46-52 | The Blind Beggar Who Would Not Be Silenced.

September 20, 2022 01:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MB

Preached on Sunday the 18th of September, 2022. Blind Bartimaeus shares many striking similarities with all of us in modern times. He too had only heard the news of the Lord Jesus Christ but never had the blessing of physically meeting him. Still, his faith in the Lord was so strong and persistent that he allowed nothing to stand between him and Jesus. Is it so with us? Is our faith at all similar to this blind beggar who received the amazing words from the Lord: "your faith has made you ...

Mark 10:32-45 | A Ransom for Many

September 13, 2022 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

Preached on Sunday the 11th of September, 2022. "The Lord gently corrects his disciples' selfish expectations by giving them the ultimate reason for self sacrificial love and service - "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Mark 10:17-31 | With Man It Is Impossible, but All Things are Possible with God

September 05, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB

Preached on Sunday the 4th of September, 2022. "What is the way of entrance into God's glorious kingdom? What a crucial question! For eternal life can only be found in God and His kingdom. The rich young man in this passage is a vivid case study, showing that with man's efforts and achievements it is completely impossible to enter the Kingdom; but with God and His grace, all things are possible."

Philemon | Freedmen of the Lord

August 30, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

Preached on Sunday the 28th of August, 2022. An apostle, a slave and a slave-owner are all brought together in this wonderful letter of insight into the true nature of Christian love.

Mark 10:13-16 | Bring Nothing, Receive Everything

August 22, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

Preached on Sunday the 21st of August, 2022. We are so used to bringing something to the table. Our jobs, sports teams and standing in society depend on it. Our standing before God is totally different. There is nothing we could offer him but our sin, shame, and guilt. If we think we could offer him anything good, we underestimate our sinfulness and underestimate his holiness. It is impossible to earn acceptance from God. That work is reserved for Christ alone. In this passage Jesus call...

Mark 10:1-12 | God Paints Marriage as a Portrait of Christ and the Church

August 16, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

Preached on Sunday the 14th of August, 2022. The covenant of marriage is a beautiful portrait of the reality of Jesus and His Church. Jesus reminds us in this passage about the exclusive one man, one woman, life-long union as defined by God from creation. This cuts against the cultural drift at many levels. Divorce can only be seen as an emergency exit that God has provided because of our hardness of heart. Jesus knows no such hardness of heart. He will never need an emergency exit from ...

Mark 9:42-50 | What Is Better For You

August 08, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Preached on Sunday the 7th of August, 2022. We all understand the importance of truth for our lives. When we visit a doctor, we want a truthful and accurate diagnosis, no matter how confronting it may be. God's love is too great for him to flatter us and not teach us the truth. In this passage, the Lord Jesus speaks plainly about mankind's greatest danger, an everlasting fire on account of our sins before God. He calls on us all to give our highest attention to the escaping of this danger,...

Mark 9:30-41 | The Son of Man Crucified and Resurrected

August 02, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB

Preached on Monday the 1st of August, 2022. In this passage, the Lord Jesus intentionally withdraws from public ministry to make room for something of even greater importance. He took time aside with his disciples, and especially the twelve as the foundations of the church, to ensure that they understood what was absolutely central to Christ and his mission. What is this great, central truth? The Lord Jesus Christ has come to be killed in the place of sinners, and that he will rise again f...

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