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In this message from the Gospel of Mark series, Pastor Jason Smith takes us to the shores of the Gerasenes, where Jesus encounters a man possessed by a legion of demons. Through this account, we see that sin never stays where we put it, that Jesus's authority reaches into the darkest places, and that no one is too far gone for the hope of the Gospel. Whether you're walking with Jesus or...

Chad Mason preaches Mark 4:35–41 — the story of Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee. In this message, Chad explores the contrast between how the disciples and Jesus each interpreted the same storm, unpacks why the disciples were more terrified after Jesus stilled the waves than during them, and addresses the hard theological question: if God can calm storms, why doesn't he stop all...

Mark 4:21–34 | Pastor Jason Smith FBC Boerne — Gospel of Mark Series Corrie ten Boom was furious about the fleas. Imprisoned at Ravensbruck, assigned to a barracks crawling with them, it felt like the final evidence that God had abandoned her. Her sister Betsy quoted 1 Thessalonians 5:18 — give thanks in all circumstances — and eventually, reluctantly, Corrie did. Months later she learned the guar...

Continuing our series through the Gospel of Mark, Pastor Daniel Justice unpacks the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1-20) and a question every believer eventually faces: how do we make sense of the mixed responses we see to Jesus around us? Through four soils and one sower, Jesus prepares His disciples, and us, to sow faithfully no matter the soil, because the harvest is certain. Subscribe to new mes...

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Mark 3:7–19 | Pastor Jason Smith FBC Boerne — Gospel of Mark Series "I would like three dollars worth of Gospel, please. Not too much. Just enough to make me happy, but not so much that I become weird." D.A. Carson wrote that. And it names something most of us carry but rarely say — the quiet desire for the benefits of Jesus without the cost of surrender. In this message from Mark 3:7–19...

How does someone end up standing outside a soldier's funeral with a hateful sign, genuinely convinced they're serving God? That's the opening question of this Memorial Day weekend message — and Mark 2 provides a sobering answer. It doesn't happen overnight. It's a slow drift, usually starting with a good heart and a real desire to honor God. But when religious activity get...

"Jesus at the Table" | Mark 2:13–22 | Pastor Jason Smith FBC Boerne — Gospel of Mark Series A tax collector in first-century Judea wasn't just unpopular. He was a traitor — a fellow Jew collecting money for Rome, using extortion and power to squeeze his own people. If he walked into your home, it became ceremonially unclean. Jesus walked up to his booth and said, "Follow me.&qu...

Mark 2:1–12 | Pastor Jason Smith FBC Boerne — Gospel of Mark Series Four men hear that Jesus is back in Capernaum. Their friend is paralyzed. The house is overflowing. So they carry him up to the roof and tear it open. The crowd expects a healing. Jesus looks at the man and says: "Son, your sins are forgiven." In this message from Mark 2:1–12, Pastor Jason Smith unpacks why that sentence...

We spend a lot of time thinking about what the church is. This week Pastor Jason asks a different question: where is the church going ? From Ephesians 5, we see the church as the purchased bride of Christ — not tolerated, not managed, but loved and died for. And the journey ends not with quiet rest, but with a wedding feast. Revelation 19 pictures heaven as a celebration: feasting, rejoicing, unio...

Mark 1:35–45 | Pastor Jason Smith FBC Boerne — Gospel of Mark Series Everyone is looking for you. The disciples said it to Jesus like it was breaking news. For most of us, it's just Tuesday. In this message from Mark 1:35–45, Pastor Jason Smith opens with unusual honesty about his own exhaustion — a week alone in Wyoming with no cell signal, returning to a totaled car and a flooded house — an...

It's a question most churches avoid — but Pastor Jason Smith addresses it directly: where does authority actually lie in the church? Not with the pastor. Not with the board. Not with the person who gives the most or speaks the loudest. In this Wednesday Night Recharge message, Pastor Jason walks through what Scripture actually teaches about church authority and leadership — and the answers ar...

Here's a math problem worth sitting with: if you discipled one person a year, and they did the same, the entire world could be reached in 34 years. Fill a stadium every day for a thousand years and you'd still fall short. That's not just a clever illustration. It's the logic of the Great Commission. In this Mission Sunday message, Pastor Chad Mason makes the case that every fol...

There's a stat that might stop you in your tracks: chronic loneliness is more dangerous to your health than smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. And in 2016, for the first time in recorded history, the average American lifespan actually declined — driven not by disease, but by isolation. God called it in Genesis 2: "It is not good for man to be alone." In this week's Wednesday Nig...

Most of us know the church answer: Jesus has authority in our lives. But Pastor Daniel Justice opens this message by pressing on the harder, more honest version of that question — who actually gets the final word in your decisions? Who wins when your feelings and God's Word collide? From the synagogue in Capernaum to the door of Peter's house at sundown, Mark 1:21–34 makes a relentless c...

Every Sunday we see people pass through the waters of baptism. Regularly we come around the Lord's Table together. But have you ever stopped to ask — why? What is actually happening in these moments, and why does God call the church to do them together ? In this Recharge! message, Pastor Daniel Justice opens Romans 6 and 1 Corinthians 11 to walk through the two ordinances God has given the lo...

In this expository sermon from Mark 1:16–20, Pastor Jason Smith unpacks one of the most countercultural moments in all of Scripture: Jesus doesn't wait to be sought out. He walks along the shore of Galilee and calls fishermen — the ones already passed over by the system — and says simply, Follow Me. What makes this passage so striking is what it says about who Jesus chooses, how He chooses th...

What does the church do together? This semester on Wednesday nights, we're working through that question one practice at a time. This week: corporate prayer — and then we actually did it. Pastor Jason Smith opens with two stories: Adoniram Judson, the first American foreign missionary, sustained in a Burmese prison by a church praying an ocean away — and the early church in Acts 4, a ragtag g...

What does God actually require of you—and what if the answer changes everything? In this powerful Easter message from Genesis 22, we walk through the story of Abraham and Isaac—a moment that feels almost too heavy to bear. But this story is not ultimately about what Abraham gives. It’s about what God provides. At the center of the Bible is a single question: Where is the lamb? And at the center of...

The cross is everywhere now, polished into jewelry and framed as tasteful art, but it was never meant to feel safe. During Holy Week, we press into the offense of the cross and ask what we lose when we get too familiar with the most brutal symbol in Christian faith. If you’ve ever wondered why Christians would cherish something so violent, this conversation is an honest place to start. We talk thr...

A crowd can sing “Hosanna” with full lungs and still have no idea who they’re praising. That tension sits at the heart of Mark’s Gospel, and it’s why Palm Sunday can turn into “Crucify Him” in just days. We walk through Mark with one guiding question: how can people see Jesus, honor Jesus, even follow Jesus, and still miss the real Jesus?  Pastor Jason Smith traces a theme that Mark repeats on pur...

Worship isn’t a performance—it’s a response. But what are we actually responding to when we gather? In this message, we explore how worship flows from what God has already done through Christ and why it must be something we actively participate in together. Key Takeaways:  Worship is a response to who God is and what He has done   We gather to participate, not to observe   Worship is corporate—it...

What happens when everything God intended keeps failing—until one finally gets it right? In Mark 1, we see Jesus step into our story and succeed where everyone else has fallen short. In this sermon, we explore how Jesus fulfills Israel’s story as the true Son of God—faithful in the wilderness, victorious over temptation, and announcing the arrival of God’s kingdom. Scripture: Mark 1:9–15; Psalm 2:...

What happens when the church sees the need—but does nothing? This message confronts passive faith and calls believers to action. In Mission – Good Works , Pastor Jason Smith teaches that while we are saved by grace alone, God has designed our salvation with a purpose: to walk in the good works He has already prepared. Key Takeaways: Salvation is entirely by grace, not earned by works We are saved...

The Gospel of Mark reveals Jesus as the long-awaited King who enters history with authority, power, and compassion. As we walk verse by verse through this fast-moving Gospel, we will see who Jesus truly is and what it means to follow Him as His disciples. The world waited centuries for the promised Messiah. When He finally arrived, the message that prepared the way wasn’t power, politics, or prosp...