083-05 :: Great News Part 05 :: Resurrection
Did Jesus really rise from the dead? Did it really happen? Is it a legend thought up years after his death? Is it a hoax perpetrated by his closest followers?
Or is it possible that he really came back to life? Then, we need to ask, if he did, what difference should that fact make in our lives?
Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various
083-04 :: Great News Part 04 :: The Cross
The central Christian symbol is the Cross. Why? What’s so significant about the cross? Well, for the full answer, you need to hear next week’s message, but at the very least, we learn this week that the cross was always God’s plan for dealing with sin, even as far back as Adam and Eve. Suffering was always an integral part of what it meant for Jesus to be the Messiah.
Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various
083-03 :: Great News Part 03 :: Bad News
In order for good news to become great news, it needs to answer the problem of some bad news. Well, Jesus is trying to give us the best news in the world, and that means he has to also remind us of some of the worst news we’ll ever hear.
Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various
083-02 :: Great News Part 02 :: Identity Crisis
Have you ever been confused about Jesus? Have you ever felt that God wanted you to be confused? You aren’t alone! I’m going to show you today why Jesus sometimes intentionally confuses people.
Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Mark 3-5
083-01 :: Great News Part 01 :: The Beginning
NOTE: There’s an audio problem about 5 minutes into this recording. My microphone battery ran out, but we get it resolved in about a minute.
A Catholic man will call himself a Christian, and he will pray memorized prayers, follow the Pope, and baptize his infants. A Lutheran woman will call herself a Christian and will recite memorized creeds, sing songs by Martin Luther, and baptize her children. A Baptist family will call themselves Christian and will boycot Disney, sing songs from the 1940s, and baptize grown-ups only. A Pentecostal family will call themselves Christian and will speak in tongues, fall on the ground during worship services, and baptize grown-ups once with water and another time with the Spirit.
Which of these groups is Christian?
The truth is that even though we have come to understand Christianity to be a “religion” or a system of beliefs, the heart of Christianity is not any of that. It’s ultimately about a man named Jesus, whom the Bible calls Christ.
Come on a journey of exploration to see how a man named Mark shared the story of Jesus’ life in an attempt to show how Jesus’ story is the greatest news the world has ever heard.
Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various
