by Admin21MTR | Mar 20, 2022 | Mark
One of our temptations as Christians and seekers, who are trying to understand the topic of faith, is to dichotomize the “sacred” from the “secular.” We say to ourselves, “here are the holy things” and “here are the human things.” However, the Bible makes no such...
by Admin21MTR | Mar 13, 2022 | Mark
Traditionally, Christianity in the South is a cultural thing. With this, people who grew up in and around church have certain preconceived notions as to what following God should look and sound like. Similarly, this situation was true in Jesus’ time and culture as...
by Admin21MTR | Mar 6, 2022 | Mark
If given the choice to select players for your team, you would pick the best — the skilled, competent, and those with the most potential to perform. In this, we get a sense for the type of team the captain is trying to create. But then there is Jesus in Mark 2, who,...
by Admin21MTR | Feb 27, 2022 | Mark
Each week crowds of people gather at churches to hear God’s word preached. In the crowd, there are many different types of people and reasons why they come. But amongst them all, what is it that Jesus is looking for, and above all else, what does He care about the...
by Admin21MTR | Feb 20, 2022 | Mark
As those who live in a broken world, we all struggle with various levels of guilt and shame. Sometimes we are blind to how we fail to honor God, and other times we aren’t sure how to get rid of the burden we feel. In Mark’s account of Jesus healing a leper, we see the...
by Admin21MTR | Feb 13, 2022 | Mark
As we look at the world around us, sin, evil, and injustice stir our hearts. To one degree or the next, we, as people living in a fallen world, are seeking to ask the question that Fredrick Douglas did in his autobiography. “Will not a righteous God visit for these...
by Admin21MTR | Feb 6, 2022 | Mark
According to a recent study performed by an engineer at Google, research shows that Jesus has been, by and large, the most impactful figure in world history. But why? Listen in as Pastor James unpacks this question to reveal who he was, why He came, and what He...
by Admin21MTR | Jan 30, 2022 | Genesis
If God is good, why is there evil? This is one of the biggest questions that lies on the hearts and minds of people. And so, with humility, we seek to present this question before God, but also we understand that this question is not always answered for us...
by Admin21MTR | Jan 23, 2022 | Genesis
Whether we know it or not, our life stories have shaped us into who we are and how we view, practice, and experience life. The families we come from play a big part in this, both the good and the bad. The good news of the gospel is that once we recognize the...
by Admin21MTR | Jan 9, 2022 | Genesis
As the story of Jacob comes to a close, he becomes an instrument of the blessings that flow from the grace of God. In proclaiming a blessing on Joseph and his sons, Jacob (under his God-given name “Israel”) provides insight into the mysterious ways of God. God is not...
