Mark 4:26-29
Guest Preacher James Risner
BIG IDEA - The good news of God’s kingdom grows God’s way for God’s glory.
Be Careful How You Hear
Mark 4:21-25
Pastor Garrison Greene
HOMILETICAL IDEA: Be careful how you hear the word of Christ.
OUTLINE:
1) The Word of Christ Must Be Faithfully Heralded (vs. 21-22)
2) The Word of Christ Must Be Faithfully Heard (vs. 23-25)
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Let’s Study Mark! By Sinclair Ferguson; The IVP NT Commentary Series: Mark by Ronald Kernaghan; Holman NT Commentary: Mark by Rodney Cooper; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard B Hays; The New International Greek NT Commentary: Mark by RT France; The Pillar NT Commentary: Mark by James Edwards
The Parable of the Sower
Mark 4:1-20
Guest Preacher Jeff Cornett (Refuge Dayton)
BIG IDEA: The Holy Spirit prepares the soil of the heart to receive the gospel message. Those who the Spirit does not prepare to receive the gospel are hardened to the gospel. Those who by the Spirit's power hear and accept the gospel will bear an abundance of good fruit.
Family First?
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