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Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: To daily live life in light of death requires a Heart of Wisdom.
OUTLINE:
A Heart of Wisdom.
1) regards God as home (v1-2)
2) laments over the misery of sin and death (v3-13)
3) prays boldly for endless vitality (v14-17)
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: God is good to his people, even in their sin.
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: To enjoy the exceeding joy, we need changed more than we need our circumstances changed.
OUTLINE
1. The Drought
2. The Deluge
Pastor Brian Drake
BIG IDEA: When Enmity is strong and God seems gone, the Word of the LORD lets Hope live on...
In Sorrow-Filled Longing
In Sleep-Defying Prayer
In Scripture-Ripened Singing
RESOURCES: Psalms (Evangelical Biblical Theological Commentary) by James M Hamilton Jr.; Psalms (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Tremper Longman III; Psalms By The Day by Alec Motyer; Voicing God's Psalms by Calvin Seerveld; Psalms (Kidner Classic Commentaries) by Derek Kidner; Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortland; Renewal As a Way of Life by Richard Lovelace; The Voice of the Heart by Chip Dodd; 'Emptied Out' article in Christianity Today May/June 2022 by Kyle Rohane.
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: The LORD defeats the world-wide insurgency and delivers the righteous through the Blessed man who is His anointed King.
OUTLINE:
Psalm One - Who is in this world?
Psalm Two - What is going on in this world?
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus is King.
OUTLINE:
1) Jesus Is The Sovereign King
2) Jesus Is The Anticipated King
3) Jesus Is The Meek King
4) Jesus Is The Sacrificial King
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Stein, Edwards, Strauss; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospel by Richard Hays; Making Sense of God by Tim Keller; Renewal As A Way of Life by Richard Lovelace
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus is calling the blind and opening eyes.
OUTLINE:
1) He does it in the most unlikely people (v. 46)
2) He does it because he delights in mercy (vs. 47-49)
3) He does it by his word, through faith (vs. 50-52)
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Pillar New Testament Commentary: Mark by James Edwards; Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund
Pastor Brian Drake
BIG IDEA: Jesus is leading his followers on the life-giving way of service.
OUTLINE:
1) Behold Jesus Leading the Way
2) Forsake the Self-Serving Way of the World
3) Embrace the Life-Giving Way of Jesus
RESOURCES:
ESV Study Bible; The Gospel According to Mark by James R Edwards; The Cross of Christ by John R.W. Stott; Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament by Mark L. Strauss; On the Road with Saint Augustine by James K.A. Smith; Preaching For the Rest of Us by Robby Gallaty and Steven Smith; The God who goes Before You by Michael S. Wilder and Timothy Paul Jones; bibleoutlines.com; blueletterbible.org; ‘Pray Beyond the Sick List’ article by David Powlison
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: We ought to treasure Jesus above all else.
OUTLINE:
1) There Is No Mere Morality That Can Save (vs. 17-22)
2) There Is No One Who Can Serve Two Masters (vs. 23-27)
3) There Is Nothing Worth Choosing Over Jesus (vs. 28-31)
RESOURCES:
ESV Study Bible
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: Mark by James Edwards
King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus by Timothy Keller
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Let all come to Jesus Christ in humility and dependence.
OUTLINE:
1) The Clear Importance of Children
2) The Christian Imitation of Children
RESOURCES:
ESV Study Bible
BDAG ed. by Frederick William Danker
Baker Exegetical Commentary on the NT: Mark by Robert Stein
Mark: Jesus, Servant & Savior by Kent Hughes
Let’s Study Mark! by Sinclair Ferguson