Questioning Jesus
Jesus answers questions about taxes, marriage, and the law in Mark 12:13-34; all intended to entrap him…
By What Authority?
Speaker: Patrick Barber
Text: Mark 11:27-12:12
Image: The Pharisees Question Jesus; James Tissot
The Withered Fig Tree
Speaker: Patrick Barber
Text: Mark 11; Jeremiah 7
Image: The Accursed Fig Tree; James Tissot (1836-1902)
What Will It Cost?
Speaker: Gary Burke
Text: Rom. 10:8-10; 1 Tim. 6:12-13
Image: The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen; Mattia Preti (1680)
Expectations
Speaker: Patrick Barber
Text: Mark 10:46-11:11
Image: Gustave Doré: Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem
Jesus and the Rich Young Ruler
Speaker: Patrick Barber
Text: Mark 10:17-31
Image: Christ and the Rich Young Ruler; Heinrich Hofmann (1824-1911)
Jonah, the Recalcitrant Prophet
Speaker: Rick Rossing
Text: Matthew 12:38-41; Book of Jonah
Image: Jonah and the Whale; Carlo Antonio Tavella (1668-1738) via Wikimedia Commons
Jesus and the Children
Mark 10:13f
image: Christ Blessing the Children, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1472-1553
Communion Service
Speaker: Patrick Barber
Our 29 June worship service combined the Sermon with the taking of the Lord’s Supper, with multiple readings and shorter vignettes rather than a full sermon. The audio splices together the readings as well as the parts of the lesson.
Who Is the Greatest?
After his disciples began to argue about which of them was the greatest, Jesus brought to him a child…
Speaker: Patrick Barber
Text: Mark 9
Image: Christ Among Children, Jacob Willemsz de Wet (1632-1675)
Up and Down the Mountain with Jesus
“Help my unbelief,” the plea of a parent with a demon-possessed child
Ready for Resurrection
Speaker: Patrick Barber
Text: Mark 6
on the death of John the Baptist