Rooted Community Church

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It feels like someone chopped off the end to the book of Mark - and that's the point. The description of the resurrection of Jesus ends abruptly, asking the question: What are you going to do about Jesus?

What's the clearest picture of the God of the Bible? According to the gospel of Mark, it's Jesus Christ, crucified on the cross. You look at Him, your life will change.

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As Jesus is arrested, he claims several times that all this is written. Prophecy is fulfilled as Jesus stands trial for a crime he didn't commit. Peter betrays Jesus by denying him three times. What connects all these stories is that by remembering the words of Jesus, we find life and redemption from our past.

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Jesus has one final meal with his disciples. As they celebrate passover, Jesus reveals how intricately God is involved with the details of their lives, as a confidence-booster to their faith, and ours.

You can cause yourself to love someone. You can bring yourself to love things more. In Mark 14, a very expensive display of perfume shows the difference between someone who has made an effort to treasure Jesus and someone who has been ruined by their treasures.

Unquestionably the weirdest chapter in the book of Mark, Jesus gives a prolonged monologue about the future. But which future? See how seeming end times prophecy is for you to be less afraid and more certain, not less certain and more afraid.

"Watch Out!" A command from Jesus proves to be a radical re-evaluation of who we choose as role models.

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Do you like being told what to do? When Jesus says "give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's", he revealed how deep our struggle is with authority. Hear how Christians are called to live in a political climate they find disagreeable.

Jesus tells his final parable, about his own rejection, and for once the audience understands. But it's also a story about victory, about Easter, and about how to truly make Jesus the cornerstone of your life to bring balance.

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What if Jesus came to your house? Hear this unique perspective on Palm Sunday, and what Jesus expects from you, from Pastor Ben.

Jesus steps in to protect the purity of his church.

An incomplete understanding of humility has led many Christians to believe ambition is bad. Jesus' most blunt conversation on greatness helps us redefine the God-given desire to be great.

Jesus shocks everyone watching: He lets someone walk away. What he says next reveals how deep idolatry runs, and how desperately we need real transformation.

Jesus takes a question about divorce and gives an answer that challenges and encourages your worldview.

Jesus has some plain words about hell, in order to offer powerful words about the kingdom of God. Here's a message the world can't offer without Jesus.

Do you believe in yourself? Jesus seems to suggest we might believe in ourselves a little too much. Doubt actually can lead to greater faith and dependency and fulfillment in Christ.

God turned Jesus radioactive for a moment to get you to pay attention to one command: "This is my Son. Listen to him". That is unfortunately easier said than done, but God promises if you will listen, you will be transformed.

According to Jesus, the most important person you'll ever say no to is yourself. There is no shortcut to growth, just as there was no shortcut for Jesus to avoid the cross. You must deny the parts of you that want something opposed to Christ.

You can kinda tell what the weather is going to do, right? Jesus appeals to that skill and compares it to your spiritual discernment muscles. Everyone can learn and grow in hearing God.