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MARKed By Compassion & Conflict- Week 4
Sermon begins at about 20 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues a series called, “MARKed by Compassion & Conflict”. This is part of our MARKed: A Year in the Gospel of Mark. This week’s passage centers on MARK 3:7-19
Aubrey Schneider begins the sermon by reading the Mark passage.
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Sermon Slide Notes:
Resources:
Prayer Walk Info and Holy Here app
Lectio Davina Approach to Scripture PDF
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MARKed By Compassion & Conflict- Week 3
Sermon begins at about 20 minutes
Guest Pastor Ali Cranmer joins us and continues a new series called, “MARKed by Compassion & Conflict”. This is part of our MARKed: A Year in the Gospel of Mark. This week’s passage centers on MARK 2:23-3:6
During her message, Ali uses a clip from The Chosen series. This may be muted during the playback of the sermon. This is from season 2, episode 6 of the series.
Pastor Andrew Schmidt begins the sermon by reading the Mark passage.
You can listen to the sermon below, or you can subscribe to our Celebrators Podcast wherever you listen.
Sermon Slide Notes:
Slide: Jesus is Our True God Know
Know God = Know Jesus
Slide:
Pharisees
-Separatists
-Middle Class Ministers
-Believed in Written Law- Torah- First 5 books of the Bible
-Believed in the Oral Law
-Did not like Jesus because he challenged the Oral Tradition.
Chosen Clip-
34:27- 40:06
Slide:
So what did you notice?
What tension did you feel?
Slide:
Law
Messiah
Empire of Self
Slide:
Religion is not Jesus. Jesus is freedom — and when a good thing becomes a ruling thing then it is no longer good, thing it is a religious thing.
Resources:
Prayer Walk Info and Holy Here app
Lectio Davina Approach to Scripture PDF
Free Online Bible: BibleGateway
Free SmartPhone Bible App: YouVersion
MARKed By Compassion & Conflict- Week 2
Sermon begins at about 21 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues a new series called, “MARKed by Compassion & Conflict”. This is part of our MARKed: A Year in the Gospel of Mark. This week’s passage centers on MARK 2:13-22
Nick McGonigle begins the sermon by reading the Mark passage and sharing his thoughts on it.
You can listen to the sermon below, or you can subscribe to our Celebrators Podcast wherever you listen.
Sermon Notes:
Jesus compares and contrasts things that do not go together:
Fasting & a wedding
New cloth on old clothing
New wine in an old wineskin
He is making the point that fasting right now would not go with him being present in the flesh.
“The purpose of fasting is to heighten awareness of God’s presence so one can pray and be more sensitive to his voice.” -Michael Card
There is also comparing and contrasting in the story right before this (Mark 2:15-17)
Do these things go together?
Pharisees (separtists) & “sinners” (outcasts)? “No”
Jesus & sinners? “Yes”
In Mark 2:17 Jesus explains how and why he goes with sinners.
There is also the following comparison throughout Mark including this passage (2:13-15):
The crowd & disciples (followers of Jesus)
“The crowd comes and goes, but a disciple follows Jesus as a permanent way of life. What accounts for the difference? The call of Christ.” -Jason Meyer
Will we respond to the call of Jesus to follow him as his disciple?
Resources:
Prayer Walk Info and Holy Here app
Lectio Davina Approach to Scripture PDF
Free Online Bible: BibleGateway
Free SmartPhone Bible App: YouVersion
MARKed By Compassion & Conflict- Week 1
Sermon begins at about 38 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt begins a new series called, “MARKed by Compassion & Conflict”. This is part of our MARKed: A Year in the Gospel of Mark. This week’s passage centers on MARK 2:1-12
You can listen to the sermon below, or you can subscribe to our Celebrators Podcast wherever you listen.
Sermon Notes:
Surprise #1: Teachers of the law don’t recognize Jesus is from God. (Mark 2:6-7)
Surprise #2: Jesus ministers to the man based on the faith of his friends. (Mark 2:5)
Surprise #3: Jesus elevates forgiving sins over healing physical condition (Mark 2:5)
Jesus has authority to forgive sins which profoundly impacts lives in the here and now. (Mark 2:9-12).
Surprise #4: We have the authority to forgive in Jesus’ name which profoundly impacts lives in the here and now. (John 20:21-23; Matthew 18 (especially verses 18-20)
Action Step: Summer Prayer-Walk initiative using Holy Here app
Your faith in Jesus carries authority to bring profound impact
So get up and walk (and pray)
Resources:
Prayer Walk Info and Holy Here app
Lectio Davina Approach to Scripture PDF
Free Online Bible: BibleGateway
Free SmartPhone Bible App: YouVersion