Mark 3:31-35
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: God is forming a new family centered on Jesus Christ.
The Rejected King & His Dejected People
Psalm 34
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: The rejected King brings his joy to his dejected people.
Our Family Portrait - Veritas Fifth Anniversary
Acts 2:41-47
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: The gospel creates undeniable, identifiable church members who devote themselves to this newly created life.
The Sin That Will Never Be Forgiven
Mark 3:22-30
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus warns against a hard hearted rejection of the Spirit’s testimony concerning him.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis; Commentaries on Mark by James Edwards, Mark Strauss, and RT France; The Unpardonable Sin: An Essay by Andy Naselli; What Is the Unforgivable Sin? by Jonathan Pennington; The Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit by William Combs; What Is the Unforgivable Sin? Hope For Those Feeling Too Far Gone by David Mathis; What Is Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? by Rick Phillips
The Crowds and the Call
Mark 3:7-19
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus calls us to be his new covenant community.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Daniel Akin, James Edwards, & Mark Strauss; The Cross At a Distance by Peter Bolt; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard Hays
Jesus and the Sabbath
Mark 2:23-3:6
Pastor Garrison Greene
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Danny Akin, Mark Strauss, and James Edwards; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard Hays; The Cross from a Distance by Peter Bolt; King’s Cross by Tim Keller; Lord of the Sabbath by Kevin DeYoung
Jesus and Fasting
Mark 2:18-22
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus’s coming changes everything.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Daniel Akin, James Edwards, & Mark Strauss; The Cross At a Distance by Peter Bolt; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard Hays
He Came to Call Sinners
Mark 2:13-17
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus came to save sinners.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Mark Commentaries by RT France, James Edwards, and JC Ryle; Parents, Tell Your Kids They Are Sinners by Mike McGarry
Authority to Forgive
Mark 2:1-12
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus’s authoritative word grants our need for forgiveness.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Mark Commentaries by Brooks, Strauss, and Ryle; The King’s Cross by Tim Keller; The King’s Pardon by Vaughn Roberts; The Strange Persistence of Guilt by Wilfred McClay
The Safekeeping of the Splendorous God
Jude 24-25
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Praise the preserving and presenting God.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Dick Lucas, Tom Schreiner, and Tomas Manton; BDAG ed. by Frederick William Danker; Knowing God by JI Packer
