True to form, St Mark leaves out a number of details in the account leading up to Transfiguration of Jesus. Why? St Mark continues to attempt to focus his challenge to the reader: Who is Jesus?  And this section brings us to the first ‘climax’ of his gospel. Very worth your while listening. SB_20160424_Shaw

St Mark records two incidents in Jesus’ life and work that none of the other three Gospel writers include: the healing of the blind man, and the healing of the deaf and mute man. Mark also includes some details in these two accounts, which is interesting since Mark usually is very brief, usually including few […]

Mark 16 is a passage of Scripture that might leave you wondering.  It might seem odd that Jesus is missing in these verses!  Doesn’t Mark want his readers to see Jesus as God’s Son and to believe in the gospel? Pastor Scott unpacks this passage in today’s sermon. SB_20160327_Shaw

Gospel writer Mark includes the account of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem at the start of Passover week. In what way is his entry both humble and triumphant? Hear this Palm Sunday sermon from Pastor Shaw as he explains how this text points to Jesus’ credentials as the Messiah. SB_20160320_Shaw

Do we sin because we are sinners, or are we sinners because we sin?   Which do we desire more, clean hands or a clean heart?   Listen as Pastor Shaw describes the significance of Jesus’ encounter with the Pharisees over the degree and origin of our sin. SB_20160313_Shaw

In today’s passages from Mark’s gospel, Jesus empowers his disciples for apostolic (and miraculous) ministry but also allows them to encounter barriers that seem impossible.   Is their obedience hindered by their insistence that they see first the final outcome of the task before them? What about us? Pastor Shaw describes these encounters in today’s sermon. […]

Here Pastor Shaw relates three successive scenes from Mark’s gospel account to show that we cannot expect or judge the shape or movement of God’s mysterious advance in redemptive history. SB_20160228_Shaw