Teaching | The Marriage Myth | Gospel of Matthew
Is marriage a contract, or a covenant? Is the love that lasts a lifetime a fiery passion of desire, or something else? Is divorce a necessary evil to “be true to yourself,” or a rupture of a deep unio...
11 Aug 202346min
Teaching | If Your Brother or Sister Sins | Gospel of Matthew
What do we do when other followers of Jesus fall into sin and wander away? John Mark explores Jesus’ teaching on dealing with sin in the church. Even though it's one of the most abused teachings of Je...
4 Aug 202339min
Teaching | Unless You Change and Become Like Little Children | Gospel of Matthew
Jesus’ call for his apprentices to become like children is one of his most misunderstood teachings. John Mark explores the cultural background to Jesus’ words and argues that living like a child -- de...
28 Jul 202339min
Teaching | On Listening | Gospel of Matthew
At the fulcrum point in Matthew’s gospel, Jesus goes up on a high mountain where he is transfigured before his apprentices. Over their fear, the apprentices hear a voice from heaven saying, “listen to...
21 Jul 202343min
Teaching | Take Up Your Cross | Gospel of Matthew
What if control is actually an illusion? What if yielding is actually the path to freedom and joy? John Mark explores Jesus' call to deny your self and take up your cross and follow Him. In a culture ...
14 Jul 202354min
Teaching | Who Do You Say I Am? | Gospel of Matthew
"How you answer the question, 'who do you say I am,' will define you."John Mark explores Simon Peter's confession of Jesus as the Christ. He shows us that in seeing Jesus rightly, we move from fear to...
7 Jul 202353min
Teaching | Jesus on Becoming a Non-Anxious Presence | Gospel of Matthew
In this well known, but often missed-out-on story of Jesus walking on the water, we notice the writer Matthew’s key insights from Jesus’ life and teaching about becoming a “non-anxious presence” in a ...
30 Jun 202351min
Teaching | We’re All Thomas Now | Gospel of Matthew
Jesus warns and encourages his disciples about what will come as they live into his Kingdom mission. What would it look like to live as a disciple, free of all fear, fully alive to his power?Key Scrip...
23 Jun 202348min
