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Today’s message may sound a little bit like déjà vu. Wasn’t it only a few chapters ago that Jesus fed thousands of people with only the contents of a young boy’s lunch? And here He is doing it again. Why so repetitive? Was this just a mix-up on the author’s part? As Pastor Terry will assure us in today’s message, this was a unique and meaningful miracle in its own right. We’ll find that it bears m...

We have an overabundance of evangelism tools available to us today. With thousands of books written on the matter, and a surplus of pamphlets, tracts, salvation cubes and other mediums designed to make spreading the Gospel easier; it has become quite the opposite. Those resources can serve their purpose and be helpful tools, but ultimately, as Pastor Terry reminds us in today’s message, we have an...

What would you do if a friend was perilously injured or ill? Would you do your best to treat them with your limited knowledge or get them to medical help? It seems so simple, but we are really good at overcomplicating things. As Pastor Terry explains in today’s message, we can’t expect to win people over to Christ on our own. Whether we are a brand new Christian or a seminary graduate, it is compl...

When we read the stories of Jesus healing and preaching to the crowds, we generally give very little thought to the crowd themselves. Our focus is understandably on our Savior. But, as Pastor Terry challenges us in today’s message, we can understand Jesus better if we consider the crowds that flocked to Him, and in turn His reaction to them. The majority of them came just to get something from Him...

Living a Christian life will often feel like trying to row a boat upstream. Mankind as a whole is spiraling down further and further into immorality and a state of deception. Today’s passage gives us an account of the disciples battling against a raging storm on the Sea of Galilee. As Pastor Terry points out, the disciples united contest against the elements is a beautiful, challenging image of wh...

In today’s passage, we witness one of Jesus’ most baffling miracles: the feeding of the five thousand. After a full day of ministry, the disciples were tired and hungry, as was the crowd. There was no easy solution. No local restaurants to cater… no markets nearby to supply such a large quantity of food. But, as Pastor Terry explains in today’s message, Jesus wasn’t going to let a simple physical...

So many people in our world are completely and utterly lost. As Jesus looks at us, He sees us as sheep, desperately in need of a shepherd. He longs to be that Shepherd. It breaks His heart to see us wander and follow after false teachers who take advantage of us and lead us astray. As Pastor Terry encourages us in today’s message, it is time to follow compassionate, loving voice of Jesus. When we...

Herod liked John the Baptist. He would go out of his way to listen to him preach in the dungeons. He seemed to enjoy hearing the Truth that John was proclaiming. Sadly, Herod never allowed that truth to break through his hardened, sinful heart, and he ultimately had John murdered at the bidding of his evil wife. As Pastor Terry warns in today’s message, it is very dangerous to live at the edge of...

If a missionary went out today with little more than the clothes on their back, many in the church might accuse them of poor planning. Yet, when Jesus sent His disciples out in groups of two to minister in His name, He specifically told them to pack light. As Pastor Terry explains in today’s message, the directions Jesus gave His disciples offer us a number of insights into how God wants us to car...

Every believer has been commissioned by Jesus to go and do great works in His name. This isn’t something we can do on our own. One of the beautiful things about the Church is that we share this unified purpose and desire to spread the Gospel. As Pastor Terry encourages us in today’s message, in bringing this Good News to our world, we need the Holy Spirit and we need each other. With a Christian b...

Jesus can do anything. He is all-powerful. But, as we examine today’s passage with Pastor Terry, we are challenged to ask why Jesus didn’t do any miracles in His hometown of Nazareth. Scripture tells us he could not do any works there because of their unbelief. Jesus certainly had the capability to shock and awe them with miracles, but that’s not what they wanted. They didn’t want Him. They were a...

Jesus longs to transform lives. His own family and the friends He grew up with thought He was crazy. While most of us would avoid confronting such a hostile crowd, Jesus made a point of trying to reach out and share the Truth with them. As Pastor Terry continues to lead us through the book of Mark, we are reminded of just how loving and gracious our Savior is. He looks on us with compassion and go...

Some believers never seem to sit down and take a break. Their zeal for God’s kingdom is admirable, and usually comes from good intentions, but, as Pastor Terry warns in today’s message, it is possible to be too busy for Jesus. He doesn’t want us to only do for Him, but also to be with Him. Just as He encouraged His disciples to do, we need to purposefully take time to rest, both physically and spi...

Deep in all of our hearts is a desperation. We may put up a brilliant façade, disguising our emptiness, loneliness and fear, but deep down we all struggle. We deceive and distract ourselves, putting trust in relationships, material possessions or other temporary things. But, it is often in moments of extreme loss, pain or hardship that this desperation creeps to the surface and reveals itself. As...

From a human perspective, there is nothing more final than death. As we continue on in our study of Mark, we encounter the story of Jairus losing his beloved daughter. No parent ever wants to imagine losing a child. It’s absolutely heartbreaking. But to Jesus, death is seen as weak and temporary. As Pastor Terry encourages us in today’s message, when we find ourselves in moments of desperation, wh...

It’s easy for us to read the beautiful stories of healing found in Scripture and write them off as belonging to a different time and place. We love to imagine what it must have been like to witness His miracles firsthand, but we certainly don’t expect to see anything like that in our own lives. Well, as Pastor Terry reminds us in today’s message, our expectations are too low. If we place our faith...

God’s power is unfathomable. It’s hard for us to imagine ourselves in the shoes of the woman we encounter in today’s passage. She had been oppressed by her bleeding disorder physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually. She was exhausted and to the point of desperation. In that moment, Jesus passed by. As Pastor Terry continues to examine the book of Mark in today’s message, we are reminded o...

For many of us, the miracles of Jesus seem more like fantasy than reality. We may believe that they really happened, but we doubt they can happen in our lives. We battle addiction, depression, anxiety… the list could go on and on. We often feel like these are issues that have no real solution. But, as Pastor Terry challenges us in today’s message: have we tried Jesus yet? Jesus can take even the m...

If anyone might have seemed like a lost cause, it would have been the demon possessed man we find in today’s passage. This man had become a vessel for a legion of demons. That’s 6,000 demons! He was so out of control that even chains couldn’t contain him. Yet, Jesus’ mission was to save him. As Pastor Terry points out in today’s message, this story illustrates the power and compassion of Jesus. He...

As traumatic as the storm on the Sea of Galilee was for the disciples, it was a necessary part of their journey to understand who Jesus was. They were able to catch a glimpse of the magnificent scale of God’s power in that moment. As Pastor Terry explains in today’s message, nobody wants to go through a storm in life, but it is in contrast to the darkness and fear that we experience in those storm...

When we know there’s a tornado or hurricane or even your standard thunderstorm on its way, most of us take cover. We find a safe place. The storms of life are often hard to take cover from. In today’s message, Pastor Terry will take a close look at the disciple’s reaction when they faced a very real, terrifying storm. From a human perspective, they had every reason to fear for their lives, but wit...

Many believers underestimate their role as sowers of God’s truth. It’s easy to get discouraged and feel as though our seeds are falling on everything but good soil. When we don’t see any results, it’s difficult to keep going. In today’s message, Pastor Terry encourages us to take heart. Our efforts are not in vain. Even if we never personally see the results of our witness, it doesn’t mean they ar...

We have an urgent mission as Christians. When we accepted Christ’s gift of salvation, it started a fire within us. That fire was not meant only for our warmth and comfort. It was meant to be shared; to be spread to everyone around us. As Pastor Terry reminds us in today’s message, all of us are surrounded by people who are living in darkness. It may be family members or coworkers. Maybe a best fri...

The challenge we can take from the parable of the Sower is two-fold. Not only are we challenged to have hearts that are receptive to the truth of Christ that has been sown into our lives, but we are expected to be sowers of that truth ourselves. In today’s message, Pastor Terry reminds us that spreading the Gospel it is not just the job of the Pastor behind the pulpit. All of us are called to spre...

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