Mark 6:14-21 – From Mission Control

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Pastor Craig Davis continues his series in Mark with another of the “sandwich” passages wherein Mark takes a moment to interrupt the story with what may strike us as an unrelated tangent but is actually the true heart of the message. In this case, we have the story of Herod’s beheading of John the Baptist set in the midst of Jesus sending out his disciples, and from it we learn of a few things we ought to expect on the mission God has set before us.

Mark 6:6b-13 – Accept Your Mission

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Mark’s gospel in chapter 6 tells of Jesus sending his disciples on a mission, but as Pastor Craig Davis points out, that mission did not end with the disciples. We as Christians are called to accept the mission God places before us to proclaim his good news, whether that be in fields afar or our own backyards.

Mark 6:1-6 – Hometown Visit

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Is there truth in the saying “familiarity breeds contempt”? Perhaps not always, but in at least one case of a prophet and king returning to the town he grew up in, it is clear that the saying rings true. As his series in Mark continues, Pastor Craig Davis proclaims the gospel from an account of its rejection by those who should have known better.

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