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Gospel Of Mark | Who Is The Greatest - Part 23 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 9:33-41 We hear that question a lot, especially on sports talk shows. We’re used to hearing dogmatic debates over who someone considers is the ‘greatest’ at their craft. Our passage this week seems to indicate that the choice of Jesus taking only three of His disciples up the mount to witness His transfiguration has stirred...

Gospel Of Mark | Help My Unbelief - Part 22 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 9:14-28 Last week, we followed Jesus up to the top of a mountain where we reflected on the glory of His transfiguration. What a ‘super moment’ that must have been! However, this Sunday we will follow Jesus down the mountain and examine what evil can do in the life of a child being attacked by demons, and what doubt can do in th...

Gospel of Mark | Supermoments - Part 21 | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 9:1-13 Last week, we looked at what we called a "watershed moment" in Mark 8:27-38, when Peter made "the great confession" that Jesus is indeed the Christ. This week, we will follow Peter, James and John up the Mount of Transfiguration and examine one of the most amazing 'super moments' in all of scripture . . . the moment when J...

Gospel of Mark | Who Do You Say...? - Part 20 | Pastor Chris Heller   We define a watershed moment as a turning point, the exact moment that changes the direction of an activity or situation. This week, we will witness just that. Jesus has performed countless miracles before his disciples, and now he demands a response. "Who do you say I am?" Looking forward to this Sunday as we examine our commit...

Gospel Of Mark | Do You See Anything? - Part 19 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 8:22-26 Join us this Sunday as we return to the gospel of Mark for Part 2 of our series, “This is Who He Is!” This second part of our journey through Mark will lead us to a blind man in Bethsaida, where Jesus will once again reveal another aspect of who He is. If you are in a season of life where you’re struggling to see Go...

Gospel of Mark | Be Opened - Part 18 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 7:31-37   Last week, we witnessed how the Syrophoenician woman’s simple request for crumbs led to the healing hand of Jesus upon her daughter. This week, we come to a healing miracle that is only recorded in Mark. We will witness Jesus pulling aside a mute and deaf man, touch him, sigh, and say the unthinkable . . . “BE OPENED!” Do yo...

Gospel Of Mark | Even The Crumbs - Part 17 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week, we looked at Mark 7:1-23 and saw how Jesus responded to the hypocrisy of the Pharisees who were criticizing the disciples for violating the rules of the Sabbath. They “honored God with their lips, but their hearts were far from him.”   This week, we're going to pick up in verse 24, where we encounter Jesus still seeking...

Gospel Of Mark | Part 16 | Pastor Jon Adams   "They honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.” Jesus famously quoted these words in one of his classic rebukes of the Pharisees. The Pharisees were hypocrites. Their entire approach to God was wrong.    While we don’t encounter Pharisees today, the problem of hypocrisy lives on, not just in our world, but in the church as well. It see...

Gospel Of Mark | Wavewalker - Part 15 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week, we witnessed Jesus feed the 5,000 with just five loaves and two fish. We asked ourselves, "What small thing could we give to Jesus that He would want to multiply?" This Sunday, we encounter another one of the more famous passages of scripture -- the time Jesus walked on water. Come as we explore why he did that, what was acco...

Gospel Of Mark | Part 14 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week, we watched a root of bitterness lead to the murder of John the Baptist. This week, weary from the relentless crowds and grieving the death of John the Baptist, Jesus and his disciples try to go into seclusion to rest. But the crowds keep coming. Though exhausted, he doesn’t look away . . . he looks on them, and does so with compassion. Wh...

Gospel Of Mark | Part 13 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week we witnessed what can happen to those whom God has called into the spotlight. This week we will witness what harbored anger, bitterness, and hatred can lead to from the murderous plot of Herod’s wife, Herodias. Join us this Sunday as we learn to cultivate uncommon responses to poor treatment so that we do not allow a grudge to grow a root...

Gospel Of Mark | Part 12 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last Sunday, we were challenged to ascend beyond ‘mediocre faith’ and behave the way we believe. This week, we will follow Jesus, who is now at the pinnacle of his fame, as he travels back to his hometown of Nazareth, only to be rejected. It seems like now, more than ever, believers are tempted to be ashamed of their faith in Jesus Christ. Join us t...

Gospel Of Mark | Part 11 | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 5:21-43 Last week, Jesus stopped his teaching and crossed to the other side to free a man from demonic possession in order to send a message of hope throughout the Gentile region. This week, we will follow Jesus as he leaves the other side and goes back to the crowds, where he will be interrupted by three people whose faith was being challenged...

Gospel of Mark | Part 10 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week, Jesus got into the boat with his disciples to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. They encountered a storm on the water that would both test and grow their faith. However, nothing could prepare them for what they were about to encounter on “the other side.” Join us this Sunday as we discuss the reality of evil, the strategy of dar...

This Is Who He Is | Part 9 | Pastor Chris Heller   We all may not be in the same boat but we all are in the same storm. When it seems like life is crashing and the waves are high, listen to the voice who says 'peace be still'.

This Is Who He Is | Part 8 | Pastor Ben Frei   Healthy things grow! It's true of plants, it's true of organizations and, as we will see this week, it is true of people! Jesus, in one of his most well-known parables, shows us what happens when the truth of God's Word is planted in a person's heart. Does the Word produce fruit, or is it choked out? And why? We will find out this Sunday as Pastor Ben...

Gospel of Mark | Part 7 | Pastor Jon Adams   Mark is a book of action and we’ve seen Jesus “immediately” healing the sick, teaching the crowds, and choosing his followers. While there has been some resistance to Jesus so far, this week he will face new levels of rejection. Opinions, criticism, judgment, feedback — in Mark 3, the resistance to Jesus gets turned way up.  As we follow along Mark’s st...