Teaching | A Haunting Way to End a Sermon | Gospel of Matthew
What do we do the Jesus’ teachings in the Sermon on the Mount? Jesus ends his manifesto of life in the kingdom of the heavens, not with a pep talk or feel-good story, but with a warning about what hap...
16 Jun 202351min
Teaching | Here Comes the Wolf Pack | Gospel of Matthew
With so many voices claiming to be the truth, how do we discern what is from God and what isn't? John Mark examine's Jesus's warning to beware false prophets in the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus's thr...
9 Jun 202348min
Teaching | The Golden Rule | Gospel of Matthew
We all know the Golden Rule, but do we actually live by it? John Mark teaches on how this summary of the teachings of the Bible was familiar during the time of Jesus, but how Jesus makes it even more ...
2 Jun 202340min
Teaching | The Tyranny of Living for the Approval of Others | Gospel of Matthew
Are you tired of trying to earn other's approval? John Mark looks at the first of Jesus's teachings of practicing righteousness before others to be noticed by them in Matthew chapter six. He encourage...
26 Mai 202349min
Teaching | Jesus on His Most Radical Idea: Enemy Love | Gospel of Matthew
Is it practical to love our enemy? John Mark exegetes from Jesus's final teaching in Matthew chapter five on enemy love. He challenges us to take this teaching seriously by showing historical and pers...
19 Mai 202352min
Teaching | Jesus on Breaking the Chain of Violence | Gospel of Matthew
Is following Jesus really incompatible with violence? John Mark looks into Jesus's teaching about returning evil not with more evil but with good. He wraps up by acknowledging how many of us are resis...
12 Mai 202346min
Teaching | Jesus on Objectification and Oppression | Gospel of Matthew
When Jesus recounts the Laws from the Torah, he doesn’t simply address the behavior, he gets to the heart of sin. John Mark explores Jesus's commandments surrounding lust and divorce and highlights ho...
5 Mai 202354min
Teaching | Jesus on Anger | Gospel of Matthew
Is anger wrong? John Mark looks at Jesus's teaching on anger in the Sermon on the Mount, and argues that Jesus is teaching us to guard against nursing a grudge, harboring resentment, and partnering wi...
28 Apr 202352min
