Will You Be Forgiven? - Mark 2:1-17

Date:  10/03/10
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Will You Be Forgiven?
Scripture: Mark 2:1-17

Description:  At the beginning of chapter 2, Mark reveals new dimensions of Jesus’s identity and mission. Mark’s stories show that Jesus has the unique ability to forgive sins, and that this is precisely what he came here to do. The only question, then, is whether you will come to Jesus for forgiveness.

Jesus's Liberating Authority - Mark 1:16-45

Date:  09/26/10
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Jesus's Liberating Authority
Scripture: Mark 1:16-45

Description:  In this passage Mark tells a group of stories designed to show that Jesus came preaching the kingdom with a remarkably distinctive authority. But these stories also reveal a paradoxical truth: submission to Jesus’s loving authority sets you free.

Who Is Jesus? - Mark 1:1-16

Date:  09/19/10
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Who Is Jesus?
Scripture: Mark 1:1-16

Description:  If we are to understand why Mark labels his story about Jesus as “good news,” we must first see how he answers the three questions at the heart of his story: Who is Jesus? What did Jesus come here to do? And what does that require of us?