Sermon text: Mark 10:1-12 In this passage, Jesus refuses to settle for loopholes and instead calls us back to God’s vision of shalom—relational wholeness rooted in creation, covenant, and trust. This teaching confronts our tendency to manage anxiety by seeking quick relief through control, distance, or cutoff, especially when relationships become costly. Rather than softening the truth, Jesus allows the weight of brokenness to remain, inviting us to surrender our anxiety and submit to God’s restoring work. The cross assures…
Sermon text: Mark 9:30-50 Formation, Fellowship, and the Way of ShalomJesus reshapes His disciples by undoing their pursuit of greatness and redefining identity around fellowship rather than achievement. Through strong yet protective words, He warns that unchecked influence can harm fragile faith and fracture community, while calling His followers into a refining, cross-shaped formation. This passage reveals that true discipleship leads not to status or control, but to shalom—a community marked by humility, care for the vulnerable, and a peace…
Sermon text: Mark 9:14-29 Moving from Performance to Prayerful Dependence…Ministry can be sincere, active, and still fall flat when it quietly shifts from dependence on Jesus to reliance on experience or technique. True authority is not generated by confidence or performance, but received through prayerful dependence—even when faith is honest and mixed with doubt. When prayer becomes our posture rather than a method, we discover that authority flows not from what we do for God, but from staying connected to…
