He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 10:1-12Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
You’d better take care (HCTW 36)
He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 9:42-50Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
A legal problem
After a number of group attacks, an individual comes to Jesus. This scribe wants to ask which law in all 613 of the Old Testament commandments comes first and provides the core principle that unites all the others. Jesus’ answer
Seven husbands?
Another group tackles Jesus’ authority to teach in the temple. These Sadducees try to show how Jesus’ belief in resurrection fails to understand Moses’ law. But he easily turns it around to show how they fail to understand God who
The back of the queue (HCTW 35)
He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 9:30-41Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
Render to Caesar
Jesus has told a parable about paying rent to a remote landlord. His opponents knew it was about their misbehaviour and went away angry. Now they send others to exploit Jesus’ words in order to trap him. He says it’s
Answer the question!
Opposition to Jesus is becoming stronger. Given his challenge to worship in the temple, a committee of leaders come to throw hostile questions at him, looking to trap him. But Jesus manages the situation brilliantly, pushing back against the group
Out of control (HCTW 34)
He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 9:20-29Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
You ask too much!
Though his disciples know Jesus is God’s anointed king, they do not understand the implications. God’s kingdom is built by God’s power, not human strength. So Jesus must die, trusting his father to raise him. The disciples, however, cannot see
Let man not separate
In the previous sermon we looked at Jesus’ conversation with his opponents and disciples about divorce. His teaching shocked and challenged them. This sermon goes out from Jesus’ words to look at the topic more broadly. Although each area can