Messages
A collection of sermons and messages Mark has given over the years
New messages are added as they become available
Mar 28, 2026, 4:30 PM
By Jesus’ day, the Israelites had been under foreign control for more than 600 years. They had a brief period of independence under the Maccabeans, but it came at the cost of eventually falling under Roman rule. A promise was made to David that he would have a son forever to reign in his place. This son of David came to be called Messiah or Christ, meaning the Anointed One. Now Jesus comes on the scene, a mighty prophet, working miracle after miracle and teaching about the kingdom of God! Could He be Messiah?
Mar 21, 2026, 4:30 PM
We’re all here preparing to go to college or to help you prepare to go. College continues your investment in education, but education is a means to an end. The end is a career. But a career is not an end either. It is a means to gain wealth or prestige or meaning or just to get out on our own so we can live life how we want. In his book, The Weight of Glory, C.S. Lewis wrote: “It would seem our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak….We are far too easily pleased.” Our hope, our dreams, our goals are far too small compared with what Jesus offers. Paul fights for us, pleads with us, to choose what really matters and hang onto it with all our might.