Sermons

This week Pastor Dennis Allan continues our series on the Gospel of Mark by leading a conversation on Mark 6:1-6a. Jesus returns to His hometown with His disciples, but rather than receiving a warm welcome, He is met with rejection and opposition, so much so that the people try to kill Jesus. Through the story… Read...

This week we hear from Reverend Eleanor Williams, founder of the North Side Partnership Project and a long-time minister in the African Methodist Episcopal church, as we continue our series on the Gospel of Mark. Rev. Eleanor walks us through the story of Jesus encountering a man possessed by a legion of demons and what… Read...

This week, Amanda Wagner walks us through two passages, one located in Mark 2 and the other in Mark 3. Both passages focus on Jesus and the Sabbath. By the religious standards of the day Jesus is disobeying Jewish Sabbath law. He and His disciples have picked food and Jesus has healed a person, both… Read...

Pastor Dennis Allan walks us through Mark 2:13-17 where we see Jesus invite Levi, a tax collector, to become one of His followers and we see Jesus attend a party at Levi’s house filled with “tax collectors and sinners.” Levi is reviled in Jewish religious culture and “tax collectors and sinners” are known to be… Read...

Amanda Wagner walks through a story recorded in Mark 1:35-39. It’s the story of Jesus, whose days are filled with people in need coming to Him and begging for help, intentionally withdrawing to pray. Immediately before this story Jesus heals many people and immediately following it Jesus heals a person with leprosy. Everywhere Jesus goes… Read...

Pastor Shaq Hager continues our series on the Gospel of Mark by focusing on Mark 1:21-28. Jesus enters a synagogue and teaches with authority, astonishing the people. A demon, possessing a person who attends the synagogue, confronts Jesus. Jesus responds to the demon by casting it out of the person and, symbolically, the synagogue. It’s… Read...