In Mark chapter 2, the people questioned Jesus about fasting and we still have questions about fasting today. Why would I do it? Do people still do that? Is fasting just for the super Christians? We will discuss the importance and the power found in spiritual disciplines and discover how they can lead us into a deeper and more intimate relationship with Jesus.
Christians can get quite sleepy and stuck and stuffy, unnecessarily. When it is a season where God is doing new things we should join the party (not grumble because the new wine is threatening to burst our old wineskins).
Pastor John leads the discussion this week as we continue our series on the Book of Mark.
Mackenzie Matthews leads our discussion this week as we continue our Series on the Book of Mark
In this message Mackenzie Matthews explores Mark 2.13-17 and the ways Jesus saw and invited the most socially despicable people (tax collectors) to belong with Him. The statement Jesus makes at the end of this account is a profound one: that He came not for the healthy but the sick. This message will challenge you to evaluate how you extend Gods welcome to those you come in contact with and it will encourage you to see yourself righty: a deeply flawed sinner covered in perfect grace.
Overview of eschatology and apocalyptic literature - eschatological approaches (4:1-11:18), apocalyptic literature (11:19-20:15)
In this currently contentious topic, Christians must distinguish between “gender ideology,” and those trapped in the ideology. The Bible commands us to refuse to sacrifice either truth or love. We know that humanity’s rebellion in the garden introduced sin into the human experience. And sin has so deeply ravaged what it means to be human, and our experiences of embodied life, that our own identities are deeply fractured. We finally consider historically how gender dysphoria has moved from a rare psychological symptom to a social phenomenon—fed by a particular ideology that comes through the educational institutions, and is enabled by a technology we did not have before. Further Reading: 1. Ryan T. Anderson, When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment 2. Carl Trueman, Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution 3. Matt Walsh’s film, “What is a Woman?” 4. Five-minute video, search YouTube for: “John Money: The Origins of Gender Identity”