Sound Words

Is the end of the world near?  Can you look at the newspaper headlines and discover when Jesus will return?  In Mark 13:28-36, Jesus warns his disciples not to use wars and earthquakes as barometers for calculating the day of his coming.  Christ tells us to view all upheaval in the world as a sign that he will come to consummate his kingdom and judge the world.  Listen as Pastor David calls us to live our everyday lives for Jesus at the End of the Age.

What drove men to crucify God’s own Son?  What caused the anger, the resentment, and the plotting against God’s King?  You must be thinking of some earth-shattering reason.  No one scowled at Jesus on the cross and accused him of making them feel too comfortable.  But don’t we make Jesus out to be a comfortable savior when we treat him as less than a radical revolutionary?  In Mark 12:1-12, we find that God did not send his Son into the world as one religious option for an improved life.  Instead, Christ stands as God’s final Word of salvation to a lost world.  Listen as Pastor David pleads for us to see Jesus as God’s Savior-King who conquered death on a blood-spattered cross.

Do you manage your sin well? Perhaps you envy what others have, but you keep those feelings out of plain sight. Maybe you struggle with lust, but you never tell crude jokes at work. In Mark 9:43-50, Jesus challenges us to view the fight against sin as a deadly battle, not a harmless flirtation. In fact, our unwillingness to put sin to death is nothing short of prideful rebellion against the Kingdom of Christ. Listen as Pastor David challenges us to offer our lives sacrificially in the service of King Jesus.

What if no one ever spoke to you?  How would that affect the relationships that you have?  Would your marriage and friendships suffer?  We need words to function in relationships.  In this sermon, Pastor David encourages us that the sovereign God of the universe has not remained silent.  In fact, even the judgment of God can be a gracious act.  A God who speaks to his people, whether in discipline or blessing, is a God who cares.  Listen as Pastor David explains how Christ has ended the silence forever.

When you hear someone mention the Kingdom of God, you might think about something powerful, majestic and overwhelming. It must be something huge that arrests the attention of this world. Our first instinct is not to point to a farmer throwing some seed on the ground, going to bed, and getting up morning after morning to see if anything happens. In Mark 4, Pastor David points out that much of our frustration about living lackluster lives comes down to an issue of trust. Listen as Pastor David calls us to trust a Savior who chose to conquer, not in a grand military campaign, but on a cross.