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Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus has authority over evil and has come to deliver those oppressed by it.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Christ-Centered Exposition: Exalting Jesus in Mark by Daniel Akin; Preaching the Word: Mark by Kent Hughes; Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis; Spiritual Warfare (sermon) by Timothy Keller
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus’s Lordship over the storm invites our faith and fear.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do by Paul Tripp; Rejoice and Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord by Michael Reeves; ESV Expository Commentary: Matthew, Mark, Luke; The Encyclopedia of Biblical Imagery; The Heart Is Not A Cup (There’s A Better Metaphor) by Scott Swain
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: God is patiently at work to grow his kingdom.
Guest Preacher James Risner
BIG IDEA - The good news of God’s kingdom grows God’s way for God’s glory.
Pastor Garrison Greene
HOMILETICAL IDEA: Be careful how you hear the word of Christ.
OUTLINE:
1) The Word of Christ Must Be Faithfully Heralded (vs. 21-22)
2) The Word of Christ Must Be Faithfully Heard (vs. 23-25)
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Let’s Study Mark! By Sinclair Ferguson; The IVP NT Commentary Series: Mark by Ronald Kernaghan; Holman NT Commentary: Mark by Rodney Cooper; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard B Hays; The New International Greek NT Commentary: Mark by RT France; The Pillar NT Commentary: Mark by James Edwards
Guest Preacher Jeff Cornett (Refuge Dayton)
BIG IDEA: The Holy Spirit prepares the soil of the heart to receive the gospel message. Those who the Spirit does not prepare to receive the gospel are hardened to the gospel. Those who by the Spirit's power hear and accept the gospel will bear an abundance of good fruit.
BIG IDEA: God is forming a new family centered on Jesus Christ.
BIG IDEA: The rejected King brings his joy to his dejected people.
BIG IDEA: The gospel creates undeniable, identifiable church members who devote themselves to this newly created life.
BIG IDEA: Jesus warns against a hard hearted rejection of the Spirit’s testimony concerning him.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis; Commentaries on Mark by James Edwards, Mark Strauss, and RT France; The Unpardonable Sin: An Essay by Andy Naselli; What Is the Unforgivable Sin? by Jonathan Pennington; The Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit by William Combs; What Is the Unforgivable Sin? Hope For Those Feeling Too Far Gone by David Mathis; What Is Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? by Rick Phillips