Pastor Shaun walks through this passage, revealing Jesus’ compassion to those who realize the extent of their desperation and reflecting on a corresponding declaration of the kingdom given to a Gentile audience.
Shaun Spencer continues his focus on Jesus’ dialogues about cleanliness, discussing the relative significance of the internal and the external and the the cycle of guilt and self-righteousness that results from our frequent over-valuing of common worldly markers of success.
Shaun Spencer talks about the cleanliness traditions of the Pharisees and Jesus’s message in response to these traditions.
Shaun reflects on our commonality with the disciples’ lack of belief, as shown in the story of Jesus’ walk to them on the water, describing too the form of the antidote in the person of Jesus.
On Easter Sunday, Shaun Spencer speaks on Jesus’s Resurrection, and the coming Resurrection.
Shaun Spencer continues through Mark’s depiction of Jesus’ distinction as a kingly figure by discussing how his authority manifests in his care for the 5000.
Pastor Shaun reflects on the warped choices of the weak “king” Herod, our all-too-frequent mirror of them, and the beautiful contrast to be found in the kingship of Christ and our fitting devotion to him.
Shaun talks about the translation of Jesus’ sending of the disciples to our situation–God’s provision over the mission on which He sends us, the authority extended through us, and the mission’s urgency.
Shaun discusses the unbelief that comes from a false familiarity with Jesus, and how we might respond to this commonality we have with the people of Nazareth by worshiping and working to cease confining Jesus.
Shaun Spencer discusses the qualities of faith demonstrated by the bleeding woman and the man with a dying daughter in this passage, and how our faith can grow correspondingly as we focus on God’s might, love, and the lavishness of his grace.
