Sermon Series

Sermon Series

“The Gospel for the Busy Life”

Mark’s account of the Gospel is the shortest, covering just 16 chapters. But those chapters are passionate and fast-paced. On select Sundays in 2023 and 2024, Adam Faughn and Noah Davis will be preaching through this entire book, helping you to be drawn closer to Jesus.

This list will be updated, but here are the dates, texts, and titles that are scheduled thus far in this study:

  • January 1, 2023: “3 Questions about Jesus” (series introduction)
  • January 8: “The Beginning of the Gospel” (Mark 1:1-8)
  • January 22: “The Beauty of Baptism” (Mark 1:9-13)
  • January 29: “The Kingdom is at Hand” (Mark 1:14-15)
  • February 5: “Fishers of Men” (Mark 1:16-20)
  • February 19: “Authority!” (Mark 1:21-34)
  • February 26: “Priorities of Jesus” (Mark 1:35-39)
  • March 12: “How Jesus Deals with Our Messes” (Mark 1:40-45)
  • March 19: “We Never Saw Anything Like This!” (Mark 2:1-12)
  • March 26: “The Evangelism Method of a New Follower” (Mark 2:13-17)
  • April 2: Breaking Paradigms” (Mark 2:18-22)
  • April 16: “The Right Time to Do Right” (Mark 2:23-3:6)
  • April 23: “Handling Rising Popularity” (Mark 3:7-12)
  • April 30: “Only 12” (Mark 3:13-21)
  • June 25: “Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit” (Mark 3:22-30)
  • July 2: “Being in Jesus’s Family (Mark 3:31-35)
  • July 9: “The Parable That’s Not for Everyone” (Mark 4:1-20)
  • July 16: “The Kingdom of God Is…” (Mark 4:21-34)
  • July 23: “In the Eye of the Storm” (Mark 4:35-41)
  • July 30: “Swine Over the Savior” (Mark 5:1-20)
  • August 27: “Dealing with the Near and Far” (Mark 5:21-43)
  • September 3: “Rejected? Keep Working!” (Mark 6:1-13)
  • September 10: “When Evil is Spoken Against” (Mark 6:14-29)

Sermons beyond these (dates to be determined) :

  • “A Miracle in the Shadow of Grief” (Mark 6:30-44)
  • “Nothing is Impossible with Jesus” (Mark 6:45-56)
  • “Truth or Tradition?” (Mark 7:1-13)
  • “Healing a Heart Problem” (Mark 7:14-23)
  • “Jesus Loves the Outcast” (Mark 7:24-37)
  • “4000 and More” (Mark 8:1-10)
  • “Seeing Spiritually” (Mark 8:11-26)
  • “I Don’t Get to Make the Edit” (Mark 8:27-33)
  • “Following No Matter What” (Mark 8:34-9:1)
  • “Listen to Him!” (Mark 9:2-8)
  • “All by God’s Plan” (Mark 9:9-13)
  • “Help My Unbelief!” (Mark 9:14-29)
  • “Afraid to Ask for the Truth” (Mark 9:30-32)
  • “Receive a Great Child” (Mark 9:33-37)
  • “How to Not Lose Your Reward” (Mark 9:38-41)
  • “Sacrifice It All!” (Mark 9:42-50)
  • “God’s Plan for Marriage” (Mark 10:1-12)
  • “Be Like a Child” (Mark 10:13-16)
  • “Lacking One Thing? It’s Difficult!” (Mark 10:17-31)
  • “Asking for Greatness” (Mark 10:32-45)
  • “Have Mercy on Me!” (Mark 10:46-52)
  • “Hosanna” (Mark 11:1-11)
  • “Move a Mountain” (Mark 11:12-14, 11:20-26, 13:28-31)
  • “What is Worth Cleansing?” (Mark 11:15-19)
  • “Authority” (Mark 11:27-33)
  • “The Beloved, Rejected Son” (Mark 12:1-12)
  • “Answering Every Charge” (Mark 12:13-27)
  • “The Greatest Commandment” (Mark 12:28-34)
  • “The True Lord” (Mark 12:35-40)
  • “Trusting God for All” (Mark 12:41-44)
  • “Is This the End?” (Mark 13)
  • “Sacrifice in a Dark Hour” (Mark 14:1-11)
  • “Betrayal and Denial” (Mark 14:12-21, 14:26-31)
  • “The Body and Blood” (Mark 14:22-25)
  • “A Most Beautiful(?) Prayer” (Mark 14:32-42)
  • “A Rabbi Betrayed” (Mark 14:43-52)
  • “When It’s Not Blasphemy” (Mark 14:53-65)
  • “I Do Not Know the Man” (Mark 14:66-72)
  • “A King on Trial” (Mark 15:1-15)
  • “Mocking…and Service” (Mark 15:16-21)
  • “The King of the Jews” (Mark 15:22-32)
  • “The Death of the Savior” (Mark 15:33-41)
  • “Respect for the Rabbi” (Mark 15:42-47)
  • “He Has Risen!” (Mark 16:1-8)
  • “Three Appearances” (Mark 16:9-14)
  • “Go!” (Mark 16:15-18)
  • “The Story Continues” (Mark 16:19-20)