Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

Today in Mark 6:30-44, we reach one of Jesus’ best known miracles: the feeding of the 5,000. This particular miracle had such an impact that its one of the only miracles that each of the Gospels record and in many ways, this miracle is the grand finale of Jesus’ public ministry in Galilee. In our passage today, Mark is unmistakably helping us see that Jesus is a revolutionary good shepherd – and that changes everything about everything.

Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

Mark is making it clear that unbelief, rejection, and hostility are the context in which Jesus’ mission advances. We forget how helpful this would have been to Mark’s first readers in Rome as they underwent their own persecution. Today, in Mark 6:7-30, we get insight into the basic anatomy of Jesus’ mission – and our role in it. Up until now the disciples have been extras and bystanders, but that is all about to change.

Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

In Mark 6:1-6 we see Jesus as the subject of both radical belief and radical rejection. Not just a product of a modern mindset, the message of Jesus has always been offensive to some. If we are to truly understand, however, who Jesus is, then we must confront His offensiveness and wrestle with our own unbelief.

Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

Today, in Mark 5:21-43, Jesus and his disciples return to Capernaum. What follows, upon arrival, are two powerful stories of healing and hope. Both stories in this passage are about fear, faith, and how trusting Jesus leads us from one to the other. Through these eye witness accounts we see the amazing grace of Jesus displayed powerfully through healing and resurrection.

Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

This week in Mark 5:1-20 we hear the eyewitness account of a man demonized to the point of self-destruction. Through the description of this man's broken condition, we see parallel to our own hearts, and look to Jesus' unique power and authority to save and heal.

Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

Today, we’re jumping right back in where we left off: Mark 4:35-41. In this section we get another eye-witness account of the life of Jesus, one that involves a Galilean hurricane. The purpose of this story is not to highlight some virtue, like in Aesop’s Fables. Rather, Mark is continuing to pull back the curtain to reveal more and more of who Jesus was – and is. Today, he offers us additional insight into the unique identity of Jesus and, in this case, how it specifically applies to our fears, big and small.

Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

Today in Mark 4:21-34, we have three short parables that communicate one unique idea each about the kingdom of God. Simply put, the kingdom of God refers to the rule and presence of God over the hearts and lives of his people, by his Spirit. Jesus claimed to be leading the in-breaking of the kingdom as the long-awaited and much-anticipated King of Kings. In our parables today Jesus highlights three aspects, or dynamics, of the kingdom. This is incredibly encouraging as Jesus is helping us understand how God is at work in our lives and in our world – even today and, perhaps more profoundly, how we can be a part of it.

Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

Today in Mark 4:1-20 we explore one of Jesus’ most well-known parables, the parable of the sower (cf Mt 13; Lk 8). This parable explains why we react to the Gospel in so many different ways. Jesus highlights that how we respond to him and what our relationship with him looks like ultimately depends on the condition of our heart – and it's the condition of our heart that determines the course of our life, in this one and the next.

Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

In Mark 3:31-35 Jesus pulls back the curtain even more, as he describes his true family and invites us all into it. Pastor Adam explains the significance of our adoption into God's family, while tying in the theme throughout Mark of being inside and outside the Kingdom and reign of God.

Mark, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

Today in Mark 3:22-30, we see, afresh, the stunning and sobering reality of Jesus. First, the tri-lemma of Jesus, is he lunatic, liar or Lord? Then, the identity of Jesus, who he says he is? Also in the offer of Jesus, what is he really claiming? Finally, the warning of Jesus, where he is telling us to put our hope?