Over the last 2000 years, Jesus Christ has hugely affected the course of history and countless individual lives. But many have heard confused or confusing messages about him. 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 by our pastor – David Last – which 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. 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. 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. | Title | Passage | Full details | Just Video |
| 1 | The Son of God | Mark 1:1-13 | HCTW-1 | – |
| 2 | No-one speaks like this | Mark 1:14-28 | HCTW-2 | – |
| 3 | Everyone is looking for you | Mark 1:29-39 | HCTW-3 | – |
| 4 | Breaking through barriers | Mark 1:40-2:12 | HCTW-4 | HCTWV-4 |
| 5 | The wrong people | Mark 2:13-2:22 | HCTW-5 | HCTWV-5 |
| 6 | Sabbath! | Mark 2:23-3:6 | HCTW-6 | HCTWV-6 |
| 7 | Fame | Mark 3:7-19 | HCTW-7 | HCTWV-7 |
| 8 | Mad, bad or the Son of God? | Mark 3:20-30 | HCTW-8 | HCTWV-8 |
| 9 | Hearing test | Mark 3:31-4:9 | HCTW-9 | HCTWV-9 |
| 10 | Four-way split | Mark 4:10-20 | HCTW-10 | HCTWV-10 |
| 11 | Was it all just luck? | Mark 4:21-34 | HCTW-11 | HCTWV-11 |
| 12 | The great unknown | Mark 4:35-41 | HCTW-12 | HCTWV-12 |
| 13 | Do you mind? | Mark 5:1-13 | HCTW-13 | HCTWV-13 |
| 14 | Crisis decision | Mark 5:14-20 | HCTW-14 | HCTWV-14 |
| 15 | Trust me | Mark 5:21-34 | HCTW-15 | HCTWV-15 |
| 16 | All is possible | Mark 5:35-43 | HCTW-16 | HCTWV-16 |
| 17 | Take me home | Mark 6:1-6 | HCTW-17 | HCTWV-17 |
| 18 | Stop and listen | Mark 6:7-13 | HCTW-18 | HCTWV-18 |
| 19 | He’s not dead | Mark 6:14-29 | HCTW-19 | HCTWV-19 |
| 20 | No rest for the weary | Mark 6:30-36 | HCTW-20 | HCTWV-20 |
| 21 | One more thing | Mark 6:37-46 | HCTW-21 | HCTWV-21 |
| 22 | Not a ghost | Mark 6:47-56 | HCTW-22 | HCTWV-22 |
| 23 | Control freaks | Mark 7:1-8 | HCTW-23 | HCTWV-23 |
| 24 | It’s not the food | Mark 7:9-19 | HCTW-24 | HCTWV-24 |
| 25 | Test your mind | Mark 7:20-23 | HCTW-25 | HCTWV-25 |
| 26 | No, little dog | Mark 7:24-30 | HCTW-26 | HCTWV-26 |
| 27 | The personal touch | Mark 7:31-37 | HCTW-27 | HCTWV-27 |
| 28 | Untold kindness | Mark 8:1-10 | HCTW-28 | HCTWV-28 |
| 29 | Embarrassment | Mark 8:11-21 | HCTW-29 | HCTWV-29 |
| 30 | Walking trees | Mark 8:22-30 | HCTW-30 | HCTWV-30 |
| 31 | No fear of loss | Mark 8:31-38 | HCTW-31 | HCTWV-31 |
| 32 | A tale of the unexpected | Mark 9:1-8 | HCTW-32 | HCTWV-32 |
| 33 | Disappointment | Mark 9:9-19 | HCTW-33 | HCTWV-33 |
| 34 | Out of control | Mark 9:20-29 | HCTW-34 | HCTWV-34 |
| 35 | The back of the queue | Mark 9:30-41 | HCTW-35 | HCTWV-35 |
| 36 | You’d better take care | Mark 9:42-50 | HCTW-36 | HCTWV-36 |
| 37 | Freedom | Mark 10:1-12 | HCTW-37 | HCTWV-37 |
| 38 | Making a contribution | Mark 10:13-31 | HCTW-38 | HCTWV-38 |
| 39 | A different attitude | Mark 10:32-45 | HCTW-39 | HCTWV-39 |
| 40 | War | Mark 10:46-11:11 | HCTW-40 | HCTWV-40 |
| 41 | Just believe | Mark 11:12-25 | HCTW-41 | HCTWV-41 |
| 42 | Patience runs out | Mark 11:27-12:11 | HCTW-42 | HCTWV-42 |