Sermons on Mark

“Journeying with Jesus”

Mark 10:46-52 {Prayer}             Our Old Testament reading this morning from Jeremiah talks about a journey.  A journey which exiled Israelites will take from their captive city of Babylon back to their homeland, back to Israel, back to Jerusalem.  Jeremiah describes this journey as one which will be flat, straight, through a desert but yet…

“Holding On”

Mark 10:17-22 {Prayer}             As you drive around town this time of year, you see these white signs with a picture of dog on them.  These white signs say “Welcome PKC and Hunters.”  Essentially … welcome all of you raccoon hunters.             Seeing those signs, reading our gospel, glancing at previous sermons for a creative…

“To Laugh the Last Laugh”

Mark 5:21-43             {Prayer}             King Solomon starts Ecclesiastes 3 saying that “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.”  In verse four he says there is “a time to weep and a time to laugh.”  There is a time to mourn, to complain, to shed tears, to lament…

“Who’s First”

Mark 12:28-34 {Prayer}             In high school but mainly in college, if I had to ride with someone and there was a group of us going, there was always a race to the car.  It didn’t matter if we were driving two blocks to the local convenient store or if we were going 20 minutes…

“Lifesaving Station”

Mark 11:15-19 {Prayer}             On a dangerous sea coast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a crude little lifesaving station.  The building was just a little hut with only one boat and a few devoted members who kept a constant watch over the sea.  With no thought for themselves, they went out day and…

“Worship Wars”

Mark 1:21-28 {Prayer}             Hymnals or screens.  Liturgy out of hymnals or Creative Worship printed out in bulletins.  Organ or piano or praise teams.  Robes or suits or jeans and a polo or sweater.  Children’s message or not.  Traditional worship or Contemporary worship.  Stage and auditorium or gym or an altar area and sanctuary.  These…

Angel Eyes

Mark 16:1-8 (ESV)The Resurrection16 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from…

More Than Meets the Eye

Mark 14:22-25 (ESV)Institution of the Lord’s Supper22 And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” 23 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. 24 And he said to them, “This is my blood of…

Denying Eyes

Mark 14:26-31 (ESV)Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 27 And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ 28 But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” 29 Peter said to him, “Even though…