Sermons on Mark 1:21-28

Sermons on Mark 1:21-28

Sermon for Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, who is your enemy? I want to lean into that today. In fact, I want to take a couple steps back and we’re working around this gospel text of Mark chapter 1, where really the whole of chapter 1 is laying out what Jesus is coming to do: the wrongs He’s making right, the ills that He’s fixing,…

As One Who Has Authority

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text is from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. So I have a question for you. Do you recall the Great Declaration of Independence that was spoken long before 1776? Now this Great Declaration of…

Astonished at His Teaching

[Machine transcription] So if you were to be asked, name about a half a dozen miracles of Jesus, what six would you come up with in your mind? You’d probably mention his first, the water into wine at the wedding at Cana. You’d mention probably blind being able to see and deaf being able to hear, lame being able to walk even. You’d mention the feeding of…

They Were Amazed at His Teaching

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. “The people were amazed at His teaching.” We sometimes miss the fact that Jesus was a Rabbi, or teacher. But unlike most rabbis of His day, Jesus traveled around to various places and went to teach. But where did He usually go first? He usually went to the…

Confessions of a Demon

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. The most common form of demonic possession is unbelief. The most common form of demonic possession is unbelief. What you and I are more familiar with is the temptations with which you and…