Untamed Discipleship
Have we domesticated Jesus in the name of personal comfort and convenience? Have we reduced the Christian life to something as innocuous as just being nice? Is our faith too tame? When we read the Gospel of Mark, we encounter a Jesus who is not "meek and mild" but on the loose - silencing demons, calming storms, touching lepers, healing the sick, going toe-to-toe with religious and political leaders, preaching wildly and passionately about God's kingdom, which is exploding into the present. Jesus is not a tame Messiah. And he calls us to follow him as untamed disciples - people who dare to join God's kingdom movement with reckless abandon.
During this sermon series on the Gospel of Mark, we will try to keep up with Mark's fast-pace storytelling as he takes us on a journey that bristles with urgency and is pregnant with the possibility of transformation at every turn. It is a journey with an untamed Savior who wants to change us; and then, through us, change the whole world!
| Title | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Kingdom of God Has Come Near! | Sun, 01/09/2011 | Preaching: Brian Keepers Text: Mark 1:1-20 In the movie Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell plays the role of a fictional Nascar champion... |
| A New Teaching... With Authority! | Sun, 01/16/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony - Mike Stewart Preaching: Brian Keepers Text: Mark 1:29-31 It was a late Friday night on January 27th, 1956.... |
| The Healing Power of Forgiveness | Sun, 01/23/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony - Rita Van Krimpen Preaching: Brian Keepers Text: Mark 1:40-2:12 One of the puzzling things about Mark’s... |
| Creating Controversy | Sun, 01/30/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony - Patrick Cisler Preaching: Megan Hodgin Text: Mark 2:13-28 Have you ever been challenged? Has anyone ever... |
| Who Is My Family? | Sun, 02/06/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony - Gabe and Anna Kalmbacher Preaching: Brian Keepers Text: Mark 3:7-35 In her excellent sermon last Sunday,... |
| Go and Tell Your Story | Sun, 02/20/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimonies - Kathy Wood, Keith Lightner, Linda Milanowski Preaching: Brian Keepers Text: Mark 4:35-5:20 My seven-year-... |
| Do Not Fear, Only Believe! | Sun, 02/27/2011 | Preaching: Brian Keepers Text: Mark 5:21-43 After spending time on the other side of the lake, in Gentile country, Jesus and his... |
| Shake Off the Dust! | Sun, 03/06/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony - Dick Schaap, Angela Tracy Preaching: Sarah Palsma Text: Mark 6:1-29 A family reunion: |
| Speak Plainly | Sun, 03/13/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony -Mike Goorhouse, Bob Bruins, Mike Thorsby Preaching: Megan Hodgin Text: Mark 7:1-37 I want to invite you to... |
| Take Up Your Cross! | Sun, 03/20/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony - Kim Bos Preaching: Brian Keepers Text: Mark 8:27-9:1 Chapter 8 marks a turning point in Mark’s Gospel.... |
| Getting the Mountain into the Valley | Sun, 03/27/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony - John Paul (JP) Sundararajan Preaching: Jim Baar Text: Mark 9:2-13 |
| I Believe; Help My Unbelief! | Sun, 04/03/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony - Marilyn Kolean Preaching: Brian Keepers Text: Mark 9:14-29 Do you wonder why they couldn’t do it? Why... |
| Suffering Servants. Sacrificial Slaves. | Sun, 04/10/2011 | Preaching: Keith Lightner Text: Mark 9:30-50, 10:32-45 In Mark 10, Jesus and his disciples are continuing on their way to Jerusalem. And... |
| Upside Down Faith | Sun, 04/17/2011 | Preaching: Megan Hodgin Text: Mark 11:1-19 For thirteen weeks, fourteen counting today, we have been journeying through Mark's version of the... |
| The Messiah Is on the Loose! | Sun, 04/24/2011 | Audio: -Sermon -Testimony - Steve Braunius Preaching: Brian Keepers Text: Mark 16:1-8 It’s a strange and rather abrupt way to end the... |