Just Jesus

What Do You Say?

September 25, 2022 • Pat Bills

Before we take a pause in our series about the gospel of Mark, we join Jesus for a direct dialogue about who he truly is. Finally, Peter offers his famous declaration, "You are the Messiah." Join us as we unpack this tremendous statement of faith while asking how we might also respond.

It Takes a Second

September 18, 2022 • Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby

This morning we welcome a friend and scholar, Dr. Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby. Amy teaches at ACU and has a gift for preaching and teaching. This morning she will preach from our text in Mark and invite us into the imagined world of scripture... where we allow Jesus to touch us for the second time.

The Problem with Bad Bread

September 11, 2022 • Pat Bills

This morning we join Jesus in the boat for a conversation between him and the disciples. And there is a problem... they have no bread and still fail to understand the previous stories about bread. "Do we still not understand?" Listen in as we seek to enter into this dialogue while asking how we might learn and understand the problem with "bad bread."

Arguing with Jesus

September 4, 2022 • Eddie Sharp

Pharisees... they just don't let up do they? This morning we find these irritants arguing with Jesus only to be met with a deep sigh and a penetrating question. Join us as we overhear this conversation and learn how we might (again) listen to Jesus sigh and ask, "How might we follow Jesus differently from the Pharisees?"

August 28, 2022 - Compassion for the Crowds

August 28, 2022 • Pat Bills

This morning there are more crowds and more hungry mouths to feed. And instead of Jesus sending the disciples out to get food, Mark says that Jesus “has compassion for the crowds” while turning loaves and fish into a feast. Again we see the miraculous care of Jesus for those who are in need- are we willing to sit and join the feast Jesus provides?

The Deep Sigh of Jesus

August 21, 2022 • Pat Bills

We don’t typically think of Jesus using “spit” to heal someone of a disease or evil spirit but this morning we are reminded that his ways are not our ways. Join us as we follow Jesus to the Sea of Galilee and witness an unorthodox healing and results in a crowd exclaiming, “he has done everything well.”

Gentile Dogs

August 14, 2022 • Josh Tracy

It is without a doubt one of the strangest and most disturbing stories in all the gospel accounts. Jesus is approached, while in a home, by a foreigner who longs for her daughter to be healed. And yet his response seems cruel and unusual. Join us as we unpack what Jesus might possibly mean when he calls out a “gentile dog” and offers healing anyway.

Listen to Me

August 7, 2022 • Pat Bills

Again we hear Jesus contrasting his message with the teaching of the Scribes and Pharisees. Jesus invites those to listen, again, to him above the heart and tradition of the religious rulers. Are we willing to examine our heart and truly hear the message Jesus longs to give?

Touching Jesus

July 31, 2022 • Pat Bills

Wherever Jesus went there were crowds longing to touch him and be healed. And this morning we see the desperation of the crowds longing to touch even “the fringe of his cloak.” Join us as we explore how we might be bold enough to come - even rush - toward Jesus to touch him and be healed.

5000 Fed

July 17, 2022 • Pat Bills

All the gospel stories tell of Jesus feeding 5000 people (even though it was probably more!). But isn’t this story about more that simply feeding people who are hungry? Join us as we unpack this familiar story while tying it back to the Old Testament image of God feeding his people in the wilderness.

Death of a Friend

July 10, 2022 • Pat Bills

“For Jesus‘ name had become known…” And for John the Baptist, this meant imprisonment and death. This morning we are reminded of the gruesome story of how power and ego seek to destroy those who threaten to take power away. Have we really counted the cost of following Jesus? Are we willing to stand with Jesus as his name becomes known?

Called and Sent

July 3, 2022 • Pat Bills

Jesus calls and Jesus sends. Here in Mark’s gospel we find a bold commission as Jesus sends out the twelve, two by two, “to proclaim that all should repent.” Are we willing to be sent for that mission? Join us as we explore this simple yet fearless challenge.

Amazed by Unbelief

June 26, 2022 • Annette Sharp

This morning Jesus is rejected again but this time the rejection is by those in his hometown. Join us as we listen to one of our faithful women preach a word on how we might join Jesus in his faithfulness in the midst of our own unbelief.

Don’t Fear-Believe

June 19, 2022 • Pat Bills

It begins with a synagogue leader named Jairus begging Jesus to heal his dying daughter. Then, while on his way, Jesus is interrupted by a bleeding woman which delays his arrival to the home of the dying child. But it’s too late; the girl had already died and all seems lost. Until… Jesus speaks up and says: “Do not fear, only believe.” Join us as we find ourselves in this story and boldly wonder if we are willing to hear Jesus.

Across to the Other Side

June 5, 2022 • Collin Packer

This morning we hear a word from our friend and gospel partner, Collin Packer. Join us as Collin explores the story of how Jesus invites his disciples “across to the other side - in a boat - and into a storm. What might the “other side” look like in our world and time? Are we willing to hear Jesus say, “Peace be still?”

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