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Mark 6:14-29

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... of this “Elijah” is linked with the fate of the “Son of Man,” Jesus. Indeed, 9:10–13 is to be taken as the commentary on 6:14–29. The similarities between John the Baptist and Elijah help to explain the way John’s death is narrated in Mark. Herod, who both fears John and resents him, is made to resemble Ahab, the king of Israel, in his attitude toward Elijah; Herodias, who schemes to kill John, resembles Jezebel, Ahab’s wife, who had a special hatred for Elijah (see 1 Kings 16:29–19:3; 21 ...

227. Signs of the End of the Age

Luke 21:5-38

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... them that some of them will be put to death (see Acts 7:54–60, Stephen is stoned; 12:1–2, James the brother of John is executed). Finally, Jesus encourages his followers to stand firm and so save themselves. (Luke has omitted the last part of Mark 13:13, which is noted in italics: “but he who stands firm to the end will be saved,” because the Lucan evangelist has not been talking about the end of the age.) 21:20–24 The discourse now advances to Jesus’ description of Jerusalem’s fate. During ...

228. Building Trust

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

David Coffin

... s decks, Jonah was awakened by the ship’s captain. After Jonah asked to be thrown overboard, the Lord calmed the sea afterward. Again, the Lord can be trusted. Simply reading and hearing of such events is not enough to grow as a disciple in Mark’s gospel. The disciples must experience the Lord’s finding them in their respective times of chaos and upheavals in life and trust to be delivered. In the opening illustration, many families of alcoholics and addicts will accompany their loved one to treatment ...

229. Prophet Without Honor

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

David Coffin

... instead. They told the young man that while they knew him and his family background, they could not see him as their “pastor-per se,” he would always be associated as an employee at the major manufacturer in town. Welcome to the world of Jesus in our Mark 6 lesson today. The story of Jesus being rejected in his home town of Nazareth is also cited in Matthew 13 and Luke 4. This means it was well known by all of the synoptic gospel writers. In Luke’s gospel, the home town crowd expects some special ...

230. Can You See Where We're Going

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

William G. Carter

... a prestigious place, to move us to a better address. As appealing as that is, it is one request Jesus cannot grant. "It's not my business," he said. "The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45). But Bartimaeus said, "Let me see again." That is one task Jesus can perform; he can make it possible for people to see. The question is whether or not we really want to have our eyes opened. In my denomination, there is a weekly magazine full of church ...

231. John the Baptist Beheaded

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... The ruler was shocked! He went away sorrowful for he had many possessions. The ruler had heard the word sown; his life had borne much fruit. But in the end the lure of wealth choked out the seed that had been sown. His life yielded nothing! And, Pilate (Mark 15:1-15). Mark paints him, too, as one who is sympathetic to the plight of the Sower. "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" he pleaded with the crowd (15:9). No! The crowd wanted Barabbas. Pilate knew this was all wrong. It was all ...

232. "Good Friday People In An Easter World"

Mark 15:37-47, Mark 16:1-6

Sermon

... who stood by his cross when all the men had fled. Forgive us, when we need the glory of Easter morning to bring us to faith; when we need to see in order to believe. Grant us the faith of those who believed even before the resurrection. Amen. Scripture: Mark 15:37-47 and 16:1-6 Hymn: [Tune: Sine Nomine, often sung as "For All The Saints") 1. Sing to the Lord, on resurrection day; From cross to tomb, we follow on Christ’s way, Your faithful people, here to praise and pray. For Easter wonder! Alleluia! 2 ...

233. Where Is My Guest Room?

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the chips are down, are willing to do what the old Gospel hymn says: “Stand up, stand up for Jesus?” What a beautiful story St. Mark gives us in these few verses in Chapter 14. The story of a man who made sure that Jesus had a place to celebrate the ... GOD.’ The soldier is not unknown. He is known to God.” And so he is. The same is true of this man we meet in Mark’s Gospel. His name did not appear in any newspaper headlines. But it is written in God’s Book of Remembrance. How much the Church owes ...

234. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... the name of the Lord. Though oil was often used as a medicine (Luke 10:34), this is not presented as a medicinal treatment. Rather, it is an outward and physically perceptible sign of the spiritual power of prayer, as well as a sign of the authority of the healer (Mark 6:13). It corresponds to healing prayer as water does to baptismal prayer. It is done in the name of the Lord, for as in baptism (Acts 2:38), the name of Jesus is invoked in prayer as the power and authority of the act. 5:15 This action will ...

235. Failing the Test and Spiritual Failure—Hardness of Heart

Mark 6:45-56

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... ;3(4) it recalls Yahweh “passing” by Moses on Mount Sinai (Exod. 33:17–23) and Elijah on Mount Horeb (1 Kings 19:9–14)—Jesus as Yahweh “treads on the waves of the sea. . . . When he passes me, I cannot see him” (Job 9:8, 11).4The fourth idea (Mark says that Jesus “intended [?thelen] to pass by them”) best fits the scene. Here and in 6:50 Jesus’s divinity comes to the fore, and this becomes a divine epiphany (manifestation of God in Jesus) to them. 6:49 they thought he was a ghost. The ...

236. Lord of the Sabbath

Mark 2:23-3:6

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... a new, ideal king (Messiah) would be descended (seen as foretold in the, OT, e.g., Jer. 22:4; Ezek. 34:23–24; 37:24–25). In Mark 11:6–10 Jesus is hailed as the one who brings the kingdom of David and in 10:46–48 is called “Son of David.” In 12 ... e.g., Rom. 10:9; 1 Cor. 8:6; Phil. 2:9–11; John 20:28). Now the question is whether we are to read the term in Mark 2:28 in the full sense of Christian devotion or in the more general sense of “the one in charge.” The capitalizing of the word by the ...

237. The Healing of a Deaf and Mute Man

Mark 7:31-37

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... intelligent) proclamation of the church. 7:37 He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak seems to picture Jesus as bringing the blessings associated with the time of God’s favor promised in or prophecies such as Isaiah 35. It is interesting to think that Mark may have intended his readers to recall this very or passage, with its reference to the area of Lebanon (Isa. 35:1–2; the same area as Tyre and Sidon), its promise of healing miracles (35:5–6), and the prospect of an ingathering of people by ...

238. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:1-6, James 4:13-17, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

239. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:7-12, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

240. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:13-20, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

241. The Open Hand

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... had eaten consecrated bread set aside for the priests. Jesus said that "the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27). Man was not created to be the victim and slave of Sabbath day rules and regulations. From the beginning God intended ... ? Or to kill it?' But they remained silent. He looked round on them with anger, for he was grieved at the obtuseness of their hearts" (Mark 3:5).2 The opposite of an obtuse heart is an open heart. The opposite of closed minds is the mind which is caught up ...

242. The Bible Study

Matthew 10:1-42

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... before women and men. I mean, we can, but how would they know we weren't thinking something else besides that we trust Jesus? MARK: Good point. People, I mean, "women and men," can't read our minds. WENDY: It really doesn't make sense. MAGGIE: It really doesn ... MAGGIE: Look, here, it says Jesus will deny us. Why would He deny us if He loves us? REGGIE: Simply because we have denied Him. MARK: You mean if we deny Him. WENDY: Deny Him what? REGGIE: We don't exactly deny Him anything. It's just that we deny that ...

243. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

... . Paul laid down another identity: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control." (Galatians 5:22-23) The apostle assured the Church that a Christian is easily identified by these marks, not by the nail marks on one's hands, or marks on the forehead or symbols and signs. Yes, it is true that, in the second Corinthian letter, Paul makes bold reference to his own stripes and scars (11:24-29) but he spoke of them as a consequence, not ...

244. Knowing the Secret

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Thomas Long

... ? No, because Jesus immediately began to tell them the whole secret, that he faced suffering, rejection, and death, and Peter rebuked him. Peter does not really understand the secret. Jesus is the suffering Son of God, and that is a hard secret to learn. That is why Mark tells us the secret in the beginning. He wants us to know that Jesus is the Son of God when all hell breaks loose on Golgotha. No reasonable person who takes one look at this pitiable Galilean dragging the luggage of the world’s scorn up ...

245. Driven To Serve

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... Marcelis was an evangelist extraordinaire. He was passionate that others would not suffer as he had suffered. He was out there seeking the lost ” people who did not know what he knew. Christ does not expect us to comb the beaches as Mark did telling people that God loves them, though there are young Christians who do that every summer. Most of us have not been called to be that kind of evangelist. But we are called to live out the love of Christ in our families, in the workplace and in our ...

246. Why We Believe In God

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... s why life is a pilgrimage for us, why we look for the meaning of our lives in the future, why we carry our question marks with us toward that far horizon. William Wordsworth put it beautifully in one of his poems. He describes our life as a journey across a ... He's haunted by that place where he was most himself. And he spends his life trying to find it again. What are the question marks in your life? What are you asking? "Does my life have meaning? Is there a purpose for it all?" Do you know what those ...

247. God’s Greatest Gamble

Mark 12:1-12

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... chickens, so He could get from us just exactly what He wanted. But the God of the Bible, the God of Jesus Christ, did not do that. God created us and gave us freedom...and accountability. That’s the point of the parable in the 12th chapter of Mark. We are not naked chickens, not puppets on a string, not robots who can be programmed to always produce the same results. We are human beings. And that is what makes our lives so exciting...and dangerous; both to ourselves, and to God. God’s creation of us ...

248. The Beginning of the Story

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and brings us to the heart of the matter. He’s a recovering alcoholic, and he’s always able to tell you that this is his 3,125th or his 3,240th day of sobriety. If you and I had been in the shape he was, we would want to mark that day too. About 9 years ago – Roger was a hopeless drunk on the verge of losing everything. Down under the bridge that spans the Mississippi River here in Memphis - a long way from the Father’s House, Roger came to himself, repented and believed the Gospel. He began that ...

249. Do You Know How to Listen?

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... His clothes became dazzling white. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Peter said to the Master, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” Mark tells us that he did not know what to say, they were so frightened. Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” That has always been the Christian’s primary task — to ...

250. Be Hatched or Go Bad

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... with an opportunity for faith. It is that opportunity the angel reveals to the women in the commission he gives in verse 7. The women, who had come expecting to anoint a dead body, are now told to recall and embrace as true the words Jesus had uttered in Mark 14:28 (“But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”) Jesus has not been “raised” as some ghostly creature to some ethereal plane. Jesus’ body was not in the tomb because he had been resurrected and was on his way to Galilee to ...

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