The Crowds and the Call

Mark 3:7-19

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Jesus calls us to be his new covenant community.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Daniel Akin, James Edwards, & Mark Strauss; The Cross At a Distance by Peter Bolt; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard Hays

Jesus and the Sabbath

Mark 2:23-3:6

Pastor Garrison Greene

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Danny Akin, Mark Strauss, and James Edwards; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard Hays; The Cross from a Distance by Peter Bolt; King’s Cross by Tim Keller; Lord of the Sabbath by Kevin DeYoung

Jesus and Fasting

Mark 2:18-22

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Jesus’s coming changes everything.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Daniel Akin, James Edwards, & Mark Strauss; The Cross At a Distance by Peter Bolt; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard Hays

Authority to Forgive

Mark 2:1-12

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Jesus’s authoritative word grants our need for forgiveness.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Mark Commentaries by Brooks, Strauss, and Ryle; The King’s Cross by Tim Keller; The King’s Pardon by Vaughn Roberts; The Strange Persistence of Guilt by Wilfred McClay

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The Doom of the Ungodly

Jude 14-16

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The ungodly are headed for the most dire judgment.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; BDAG ed. by Frederick William Danker; Commentaries by Thomas Schreiner, Dick Lucas, and Matthew Harmon; The Doctrine of Hell: Apologetic Problems by JD Greear; Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Identifying False Teachers

Jude 8-13

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Those who contend for the faith need to identify ungodly leaders.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Jude by Matthew Harmon; The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude by Thomas Schreiner

Contending, Angels, and Sexual Immorality

Jude 5-7

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: We need to remember that God will judge, and therefore we shouldn’t practice or approve of sexual immorality.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Jude by Matthew Harmon; The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude by Thomas Schreiner; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery ed. by Wilhoit, Ryken, and Longman; Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth by Thaddeus Williams; Is God Anti-Gay? by Sam Allberry; After Virtue by Alistair McIntyre