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Mark Steve Estes Mark Steve Estes

Jesus and the Children

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Mark 10:13-16
May 11, 2025

Mark 10:13-16, NIV: People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.

Mark 10:13-16, ESV: And they were bringing little children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

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1. The story

  • The setting is unclear

  • What age were these children?

  • Why were the disciples rebuked?

2. Jesus rebuked disciples who kept children from him

  • Parents become angry when they think their child has been wronged

  • How might adults today hinder children from coming to Jesus?

  • Jesus praises parents who do the opposite

3. Jesus blessed the children who were brought to him

  • Consider what it means to bless someone

  • What sort of blessing were the parents seeking?

  • Consider the manner in which Jesus blessed them

  • What exactly was the result?

4. Accepting the kingdom of God like a little child

  • What Jesus doesn’t mean

  • What Jesus does mean

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Mark Mark Estes Mark Mark Estes

Growth in God’s Kingdom

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Speaker: Mark Estes
Scripture: Mark 4:26-29
February 16, 2025

Mark 4:26-29, NIV: He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain — first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”

Mark 4:26-29, NLT: Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens. And as soon as the grain is ready, the former comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest has come.”

Sermon Outline

1. Introduction: Parables as allegory

  • E.g. Pilgrim’s Progress

  • Prodigal son

  1. Some church fathers took it too far

  2. Hyper-allegorical

  • Avoid over-allegorizing and de-allegorizing

  • E.g. wicked tenants

  1. Pharisees knew Jesus was talking about them

2. Why are parables hard to understand?

  • Key: Mark 4:10-12

  • Jesus’ two-fold purpose in telling parables

  1. Reveal the truth to his disciples

  2. Conceal the truth from the Pharisees

  • Why do this?

  • Parables were a form of judgment on Israel

3. The parable of the growing seed

  • Symbolism

  • Four principles

  1. In both the growth of corn and the work of grace, there must be a sower

  2. In both the growth of grain and grace, much is outside our understanding or control

  3. True life shows itself gradually

  4. Grain isn’t harvested until it is ripe

4. Applications

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Mark Wendell Stoltzfus Mark Wendell Stoltzfus

Who, Then, Is This?

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Speaker: Wendell Stoltzfus
Scripture: Mark 4:35-41
August 25, 2024

Mark 4:35-41: On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Sermon Outline

1. The fisherman and the sea

  • Simon Peter

  • Sea of Galilee

2. Jesus in the boat

  • He had been teaching all day

  • He still had a lesson to teach that night

3. The storm

  • More than experienced fishermen could handle

  • Eventually, the disciples ask Jesus to help

  • Jesus rebukes the storm, then rebukes his disciples

4. The disciples’ reaction

  • “Who then is this?”

  • These sinful men realize they’re in the presence of the Holy One

  • Jesus’ lesson for his disciples

5. The storms we encounter

  • What makes us afraid?

  • “Why are you so afraid?”

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Mark Dave Royes Mark Dave Royes

True Spirituality and Spiritual Fruit

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Mark 11:11-25
February 18, 2024

Sermon Outline

1. A parable of empty religion

  • A lens for what Jesus is about to do

  • How false religion works

2. An explanation of authentic spirituality

  • Genuine belief in God’s power

  • Dependence on God in prayer

  • The forgiveness of your Father in heaven

3. Hope for true change

  • Christ was sacrificed for our sins

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Mark Stephen Coleman Mark Stephen Coleman

God's Ways, Our Ways

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Speaker: Stephen Coleman
Scripture: Mark 5:21-43
July 2, 2023

Sermon Outline

1. God's timing is not our timing

  • The synagogue ruler and the hemorrhaging woman

  • How does Jesus prioritize?

2. God's ends are not our ends

  • Jesus restores, cares for the hemorrhaging woman

  • Jesus came to give life to the spiritually dead

  • The end is life for those who are in Christ

3. God's means are not our means

  • Foreshadowing Calvary

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Mark Wendell Stoltzfus Mark Wendell Stoltzfus

Son of David, Have Mercy on Me!

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Speaker: Wendell Stoltzfus
Scripture: Mark 10:46-52
November 6, 2022

Mark 10:46-52: And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.

Sermon Outline

1. Previously in Mark...

  • Jesus predicts his betrayal, humiliation, death, and resurrection

  • James and John request the most honorable spots

2. Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus

  • Not given his own name

    • Bar means "son"

  • Begged for a living because of his blindness

  • Invisible to society

3. Jesus, Son of David

  • Came to serve

  • Bartimaeus knew he had nothing to offer Jesus

  • James and John thought they had something to offer Jesus

  • Bartimaeus calls, Jesus hears. Jesus calls, Bartimaeus runs to him

4. Conclusion

  • When God calls, he creates in us what he's looking for

  • When people around us overhear our conversations, do they hear about Jesus?

  • If you are unsaved, run to Jesus, for he is calling

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Mark Chuck Garriott Mark Chuck Garriott

Love and Power: Impossible Repentance

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Speaker: Chuck Garriott
Scripture: Mark 10:17-27
April 24, 2022

Mark 10:17-27: As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good — except God alone. You know the commandments: 'You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

"Teacher," he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy."

Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "God, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

At this the man's face fell. He went away sad because he had great wealth.

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be saved?"

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”

Main point: To understand and apply gospel repentance, three questions must be answered.

Sermon Outline

1. What do you believe about yourself?

  • Rich man asks, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”

  • Self sufficient

2. How well do you see?

  • Rich man does not see he's in the presence of God

  • Rich man is blind to his need for a savior. at this time

3. What is the focus of your love?

  • Rich man: "What must I do?"

  • Jesus: "Sell everything you own, give the money to the poor, and follow Me." (A different I, the “I AM”)

  • The rich man walks away sad, unchanged, but with much to think about.

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