Not everybody can be first, but everybody can be last

Not everybody can be first, but everybody can be last (Click in the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 9:33-37
September 20, 2015

When they reached the house, Jesus asked them, “So, what were you guys arguing about along the way?”

Dead silence.  Nobody said anything, because they had been arguing about who was the greatest!

Jesus looked around at them and then said, “Come here. Continue reading ...

Let go

Let go (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 10:13-16
October 4, 2015

Jesus was angry.  His disciples were turning people away.  They were turning people away and scolding them for trying to bring their children to Jesus to bless them, and that made Jesus mad!

Jesus was angry!  Hear him!  It’s not (gentle voice):

Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.Continue reading ...