Over the last 2000 years, Jesus Christ has hugely affected the course of history and many individual lives. But many have heard confused or confusing messages about him and the impact he’s made. So we’ve gone back to some of the earliest information we have – a short booklet in the Bible called “The Gospel of Mark” – to try to explain who Jesus is, what he did and what it means for us today. On this web page is a growing list of talks which began to be recorded in October 2020. They are by our pastor – David Last – and they go consecutively through the story of Mark. Each comes with its own webpage which contains some supporting media to help with thinking and learning from the gospel. We hope you’ll have a listen and respond to what you hear. Click on the “Full details” link to get to webpage or you can simply jump to a video version of the talk on YouTube using the second link.
You’ll notice that the talks below refer to particular sections of the gospel of Mark using chapter and verse numbers. If you’re not familiar with the Bible, you may not have come across this before. Every book of the Bible is broken down in this way, to make it easier to refer to particular parts. So, for example, when you see a reference like “Mark 1:1-13” it means the talk is about verses 1-13 in the chapter 1 of Mark. Whenever you read a Bible, whether online or printed, you will find these numbers printed among the words. Click here for an example of that: Mark 1:1-13 on Bible Gateway.
And thank you to NASA for the picture of the earth used to advertise this series on the front page of our website.
| Talk No. | Date | Title | Passage | Full details | Just Video |
| 1 | 6th October 2020 | The Son of God | Mark 1:1-13 | HCTW-1 | – |
| 2 | 16th October 2020 | No-one speaks like this | Mark 1:14-28 | HCTW-2 | – |
| 3 | 22nd October 2020 | Everyone is looking for you | Mark 1:29-39 | HCTW-3 | – |
| 4 | 7th November 2020 | Breaking through barriers | Mark 1:40-2:12 | HCTW-4 | – |
| 5 | 30th November 2020 | The wrong people | Mark 2:13-2:22 | HCTW-5 | HCTWV-5 |
| 6 | 6th December 2020 | Sabbath! | Mark 2:23-3:6 | HCTW-6 | HCTWV-6 |
| 7 | 13th December 2020 | Fame | Mark 3:7-19 | HCTW-7 | HCTWV-7 |
| 8 | 9th January 2021 | Mad, bad or the Son of God? | Mark 3:20-30 | HCTW-8 | HCTWV-8 |
| 9 | 15th January 2021 | Hearing test | Mark 3:31-4:9 | HCTW-9 | HCTWV-9 |