Unshaken: Chapter a Day

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 12. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail A coin bears Caesar’s image, but you bear God’s. That single contrast frames our walk through Mark 12 as we trace how Jesus disarms traps, clarifies truth, and calls us back to the heart of the law. We open with the parable of the tenants, where a simple story uncovers a long pattern of rejecting God’s messengers and foreshadows the rejection of the Son. It’s a moment that exposes...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 11. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Palm branches wave, tables turn, and a single question silences the smartest critics—Mark 11 is a masterclass in what real worship looks like when the King arrives. We open with Jesus riding a colt into Jerusalem, not for spectacle but to fulfill Zechariah’s promise and redefine power with humility. The crowd cries “Hosanna,” yet the moment hints at a deeper tension: expectations...

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Send us Fan Mail What if greatness looks nothing like the ladder we’ve been climbing? We walk through Mark 10 and watch Jesus challenge our instincts on marriage, children, money, leadership, and what it means to truly see. The chapter opens with a hard but hopeful word on divorce, pushing past legal loopholes to reveal God’s heart for covenant love. Marriage, in Jesus’ frame, isn’t a contract of...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 9. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Light blazes on a mountaintop, then real life hits in the valley. We walk through Mark 9, where the Transfiguration reframes the law and the prophets around Jesus alone, and a desperate father prays the most honest prayer many of us have ever whispered: “I believe; help my unbelief.” From unveiled glory to gritty deliverance, this chapter asks whether our faith is just admiration...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 8. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail What if the path to real rest runs straight through surrender? We walk through Mark 8 with clear eyes and open hands: a hungry crowd fed in the wilderness, religious leaders demanding signs without faith, a warning about leaven that spreads through the heart, a blind man’s sight restored in stages, and Peter’s soaring confession followed by a sharp rebuke. The through-line is both...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 7. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Religion loves clean hands. Jesus wants a clean heart. We walk through Mark 7 where the Pharisees’ cherished traditions collide with a sharper standard of holiness: what defiles a person doesn’t come from the outside but from within. That shift isn’t a downgrade of devotion—it’s an upgrade to the core, moving from ritual performance to inner transformation. Along the way, we unpac...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 6. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Doubt can look ordinary—familiar faces in Nazareth shrugging at a carpenter who won’t fit their box. From that small-town skepticism to a king torn between conscience and applause, Mark 6 shows how unbelief shrinks our vision while Jesus keeps shepherding with truth and compassion. We walk through the chapter’s turning points: the rejection that limits blessing, the sending of the...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 5. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Start with a rush of sand and sea spray: a man no chain can hold falls at Jesus’ feet, a woman reaches through a crowd for the hem of a garment, and a grieving home hears the words that turn mourning into movement. Mark 5 isn’t a collage of miracles; it’s a map of how holiness confronts everything we fear—spiritual oppression, chronic suffering, and death itself—and writes a diffe...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 4. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail We walk through Mark 4 from the parable of the sower to Jesus calming the storm, tracing how God’s kingdom grows while our fears flare. We explore why parables reveal hearts, how small beginnings become shelter, and why rest is an act of trust. • four soils as portraits of the heart • light meant for sharing, not hiding • parables distinguishing insiders and outsiders • the myster...

Send us Fan Mail Mercy can’t wait for a better day. We sit with Mark chapter three and watch Jesus heal on the Sabbath, confront brittle traditions, and reveal a kingdom where compassion outruns control. The crowds surge, unclean spirits fall, and the Son of God calls twelve ordinary men to carry an extraordinary mission—preach the gospel and push back darkness with real authority. We pull apart t...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 3. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 2. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail A packed house, a torn-up roof, and a word that stops the room: “Your sins are forgiven.” Our conversation through Mark 2 starts with that shock and follows the thread—why Jesus answers the deeper need first, how healing becomes proof of authority, and what it means for us when forgiveness takes center stage. The story of the paralytic isn’t just a miracle; it’s a window into divi...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Mark 1. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Blink and you’ll miss three miracles. Mark 1 explodes out of the gate with urgency—John’s prologue, Jesus’ baptism and temptation, the first disciples dropping nets, demons silenced, a fever lifted, and a leper restored with a touch and a word. We walk through that rapid arc and slow it down just enough to see the threads: authority that doesn’t bluster, compassion that crosses bo...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Matthew 28. Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.