August Gate Church

In this week's text, Noah shows us what will build a church, and the amazing blessing of christian community.

In this week's text, Noah teaches us about what are the things that can destroy a church body, and how we should be wary of gossip and its effects.

In this week's text, we see Jesus heal a man who is blind both spiritually and physically, and the implications of that in our lives.

In this week's text, we see Jesus heal a man who is blind both spiritually and physically, and the implications of that in our lives.

In this week's text we see Jesus feed 4,000 people and the Pharisees demand a sign which leads him to warn his disciples about their example.

We would be amiss if we did not pay attention to yet another miracle from Jesus. Jesus shows us compassion to an unbelieving world in this week's text.

Isaiah 53:1-12

In this week's text, Mark gives us a story that illuminates the implications and outcomes of faith in Jesus.

This week Jesus answers the question asked of him by the Pharisees in last week's passage. But in typical Jesus fashion he points them to the fact that their hearts are sin sick and they are in need of a Savior not more rules.

This week Jesus encounters the religious leaders for the first time in a while. They are concerned with the traditions of men and Jesus rebukes them for their self-righteousness that leads to their hardness of hear.

This week's text may seem a bit repetitive if we do not ask the question, who is Jesus? In all of his miracles, healings, and teachings, Jesus has been pointing to his identity as the Christ, our Savior. But the incorrect perception of the disciples and the crowds have led them to see him in an incomplete light, which is often our problem as well.

This week we encounter a famous miracle of Jesus, the feeding of the 5,000. It is plain to see that this miracle was used to point to Jesus' divinity but as we dig deeper we will see parallells and promises fulfilled from the Old Testament.

This week's text may be a bizarre story but Mark uses it to show us the mission of God by comparing John the Baptist and Herod. John was a righteous herald of the Gospel and Herod was a wicked ruler. We have to understand that nothing will save the world but the Gospel and that unless we believe the world is lost without it we will not boldly proclaim it.

This week Jesus gives us wisdom for taking the gospel to an unbelieving world. Our obedience to Jesus should flow out of an astonishment of what he has done for us and that should drive us to be relentless in telling the world around us about it.

In this weeks text we see the desperate situations of a father whose daughter is facing death and a woman who is chronically ill. Mark shows us how Jesus has the power over both their sickness and death. And in this Mark points to Jesus death, burial, resurrection and ultimate power over sin, death and the grave. Mark shows us that our desperation should lead us to faith in Jesus for our ultimate healing.

In this weeks text we see the desperate situations of a father whose daughter is facing death and a woman who is chronically ill. Mark shows us how Jesus has the power over both their sickness and death. And in this Mark points to Jesus death, burial, resurrection and ultimate power over sin, death and the grave. Mark shows us that our desperation should lead us to faith in Jesus for our ultimate healing.

In this week's text we see Jesus heal a man severely possessed by demons. We see that Jesus has ultimate power over evil but that we were once inwardly what this man was outwardly and that Jesus is our only hope.

This text may be the most irrelevant for the western evangelical church, simply because we don't believe that we have storms. We often cover up things by appearing to be fine. Mark uses this very real story to show us Jesus' power over nature and also his power over the storms in our lives.

We all have expectations for everything and most of us have very specific expectations about the Kingdom of God. As Jesus does, he turns our expectations on their head in this week's text.

We all have expectations for everything and most of us have very specific expectations about the Kingdom of God. As Jesus does, he turns our expectations on their head in this week's text.