Wayside Bible Chapel

We conclude this Mark sandwich with Jesus' parable that revealed the nation's past, the heart of those testing Him, and their future. We ended with the question about to whom we owe finances, and Jesus wise response which exposed the hypocrisy of the questioners.

Jesus had taken over the temple grounds, ridding it of merchants and healing the blind and the lame. The chief priests tried to trap him with the question of where his authority came from. Jesus asked who gave John the Baptist his authority. Now its them who were the ones who were trapped.

Mark put the cleansing of the temple between the accounts of the fruitless fig tree to connect the disciples with Jeremiah 7 and 8. It went along with Jesus prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem and the horror that would come to pass. That is why He wept. He looks for fruit in our lives too. The passage concludes with Jesus' promise of how we can deal with the things that keep us from being f...

Dan Rawlins' call to worship from Sunday, October 4, 2026. Asked to remove the false gods from a cartoon of the world's deities, the AI chatbot Grok left one figure standing, Jesus, and then went further: that Jesus is the Son of God, that God raised Him from the dead, and that He is King of kings and Lord of lords.

The day Jesus entered Jerusalem people were choosing their lamb for sacrifice. Jesus was presenting Himself as the Lamb of God, humble and riding on an unbroken colt of a donkey. On the other side of town they were welcoming Pilate and his legion of soldiers. People were choosing between eternal peace in Christ at His invitation or the temporal peace of Rome that came by force of the sword. We cho...

Bartimaeus was blind, but he could see that Jesus was the Messiah. His faith that Jesus was the Messiah gave him back his sight. He trusted in the mercy of God. Do we see? The sermon recounts a similar miracle in our day.

The kingdom God is upside down from the kingdoms of man. The disciples were having a hard time understanding the heavenly perspective. Jesus told the servant is greatest of all. That was the example He was setting for them, which they would follow in time. Jesus' ultimate service to us was His sacrificial death on the cross to make us His bride.

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It is impossible for those who trust in their wealth to enter the kingdom of God. But with God's gracious help, we can turn our hearts away from the things of the world to Jesus and live for Him.

A little child is the perfect picture of how we should be with our heavenly Father. Their faith and dependency on their Father is how we should be with God. By contrast, the rich, young, ruler was dependent on his money for security and could not look to God for all his needs. The faith and trust of a child receives the kingdom of God but the lack of trust and faith prevents our acceptance of the...

Our passage this week is on Jesus' teaching on divorce. It helps to know the discussion in the Jewish world at the time. We can also see how Jesus taught to properly interpret the Scriptures.

Today's passage covers a severe warning to those who harm the little ones, whether children or new believers. It is followed by series of warnings to resist sin lest we find ourselves destined to eternal punishment. We master sin, or it masters us.

The heavenly perspective of greatness is humble dependence on God and loving service towards our fellow believers. That was followed by the lesson that the one who is not against us is for us, and the encouraging promise of reward for blessing our fellow believers.

The sermon covers two topics: The Jewish Messianic thought as related to Christian theology and the reason for the disciples inability to cast out the demon from the boy whose father cried out for more faith.

Transfigured is a translation of the Greek word metamorphos from which we get metamorphosis. The Son of God burst through His chrysalis of human flesh and spread His wings of light, pure, glorious light. The darkness fled. The two prophets of old in glory were illuminated even more by Jesus' glory and spoke of His departure.

Jesus rebuked Peter for minding the things of men more than the things of God. Then He went on to explain how we need to lose our life to find it, meaning giving up our natural desires and cravings to have the life of God in us. This passage challenges us to live in Christ and have our minds transformed that we might truly have life.

This is probably the most important sermon you could read. Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do you say I am?" He asks each person who ever lived something similar. The sermon explores what people thought then and now and challenges us to answer and then live accordingly.

Welcome to Wayside Bible Chapel's Live Stream. Please join us virtually or in person in our sanctuary on Sundays at 10:30 am! Watch on our streaming service: https://Waysidechapel.sermon.net/21474586

Welcome to Wayside Bible Chapel's Live Stream. Please join us virtually or in person in our sanctuary on Sundays at 10:30 am! Watch on our streaming service: https://Waysidechapel.sermon.net/21474586

Welcome to Wayside Bible Chapel's Live Stream. Please join us virtually or in person in our sanctuary on Sundays at 10:30 am! Watch on our streaming service: https://Waysidechapel.sermon.net/21474586

Welcome to Wayside Bible Chapel's Live Stream. Please join us virtually or in person in our sanctuary on Sundays at 10:30 am! Watch on our streaming service: https://Waysidechapel.sermon.net/21474586

Faith is more important than health. In our passage today Jesus encourages a man little by little to have the faith to receive physical healing. The miracle pictures our gradual growth in faith and trust in our Savior.

Faith is more important than health. In our passage today Jesus encourages a man little by little to have the faith to receive physical healing. The miracle pictures our gradual growth in faith and trust in our Savior.

Sometimes we can be so clueless as to what the Lord is trying to speak to us. This passage seems to show Jesus was disappointed with the disciples' response to his warning. The warning is something we need to heed, and Jesus' questions to the disciples should also warn us not to be block heads.

Sometimes we can be so clueless as to what the Lord is trying to speak to us. This passage seems to show Jesus was disappointed with the disciples' response to his warning. The warning is something we need to heed, and Jesus' questions to the disciples should also warn us not to be block heads.