Mark 10:46–52 ( Listen ) Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 46 And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 And Jesus stopped and said, “Ca...
Aug 18, 2024•37 min
Mark 10:32–45 ( Listen ) Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time 32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, 33 saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. 34 And the...
Aug 12, 2024•35 min
Mark 10:13–31 ( Listen ) Let the Children Come to Me 13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” 16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them. The Rich Young Man...
Aug 05, 2024•33 min
ABOUT JOSHUA CHATRAW We're excited to welcome Joshua Chatraw . His research, writing, and speaking focus on public theology, apologetics, evangelism, and culture. He'll be covering the topics of one of his books, Telling a Better Story, which presents a respectful way to defend your faith and help unbelievers imagine a more complete happiness and meaning to life. ABOUT TALKBACKS Our Talkbacks are great opportunities to see how our faith engages with the world around us. This summer, we're excite...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 24 min
ABOUT TALKBACKS Our Talkbacks are great opportunities to see how our faith engages with the world around us. This summer, we're excited to have four evenings that discuss how the gospel changes how we think about race, politics, the world, and our stories. Each Talkback, we get a chance to hear from a speaker for about 45 minutes before spending about 45 minutes in a Q&A. We encourage you to come with questions! SUMMER 2024 LINEUP May 29 - Jeffrey Heine, “A Theology of Disappointment” June 2...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 26 min
ABOUT TALKBACKS Our Talkbacks are great opportunities to see how our faith engages with the world around us. This summer, we're excited to have four evenings that discuss how the gospel changes how we think about race, politics, the world, and our stories. Each Talkback, we get a chance to hear from a speaker for about 45 minutes before spending about 45 minutes in a Q&A. We encourage you to come with questions! SUMMER 2024 LINEUP May 29 - Jeffrey Heine, “A Theology of Disappointment” June 2...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 11 min
ABOUT TALKBACKS Our Talkbacks are great opportunities to see how our faith engages with the world around us. This summer, we're excited to have four evenings that discuss how the gospel changes how we think about race, politics, the world, and our stories. Each Talkback, we get a chance to hear from a speaker for about 45 minutes before spending about 45 minutes in a Q&A. We encourage you to come with questions! SUMMER 2024 LINEUP May 29 - Jeffrey Heine, “A Theology of Disappointment” June 2...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Psalm 27 ( Listen ) The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation Of David. 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold 1 of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet 2 I will be confident. 4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell ...
Jul 28, 2024•31 min
Psalm 62 ( Listen ) My Soul Waits for God Alone To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 62:1 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. 3 How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? 4 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly th...
Jul 21, 2024•39 min
Psalm 86 ( Listen ) Great Is Your Steadfast Love A Prayer of David. 86:1 Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God. 3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day. 4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. 6 Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; l...
Jul 15, 2024•36 min
Psalm 131 ( Listen ) I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul A Song of Ascents. Of David. 131:1 O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. ( ESV )...
Jul 07, 2024•25 min
Psalm 77 ( Listen ) In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. 77:1 I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. 2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. 3 When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah 4 You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I consider the days of old, the years long ago. ...
Jun 30, 2024•34 min
Psalms 42–43 ( Listen ) Book Two Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul? To the choirmaster. A Maskil 1 of the Sons of Korah. 42:1 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 2 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?” 4 These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to...
Jun 23, 2024•36 min
Psalm 139 ( Listen ) Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 139:1 O LORD, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. 5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high;...
Jun 17, 2024•57 min
Psalm 40 ( Listen ) My Help and My Deliverer To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD. 4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray...
Jun 09, 2024•36 min
Psalm 1 ( Listen ) Book One The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked 1:1 Blessed is the man 1 who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law 2 of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the win...
Jun 02, 2024•38 min
Mark 10:1–12 ( Listen ) Teaching About Divorce 10:1 And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. 2 And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3 He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” 4 They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” 5 And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness ...
May 26, 2024•44 min
Mark 9:38–50 ( Listen ) Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, 1 and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40 For the one who is not against us is for us. 41 For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his...
May 19, 2024•37 min
Mark 9:30–41 ( Listen ) Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32 But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. Who Is the Greatest? 33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the ...
May 12, 2024•36 min
Mark 9:30–41 ( Listen ) Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32 But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. Who Is the Greatest? 33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the ...
May 12, 2024•33 min
Mark 9:14-29 Mark 9:14–29 ( Listen ) Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit 14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16 And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17 And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. 18 And whenever it seizes...
May 06, 2024•38 min
Mark 9:1-13 Mark 9:1–13 ( Listen ) 9:1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” The Transfiguration 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one 1 on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah w...
Apr 28, 2024•29 min
Mark 9:1-13 Mark 9:1–13 ( Listen ) 9:1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” The Transfiguration 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one 1 on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah w...
Apr 28, 2024•40 min
Mark 8:31-38 Mark 8:31–38 ( Listen ) Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but ...
Apr 21, 2024•37 min
Mark 8:22-33 Mark 8:22–33 ( Listen ) Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida 22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesus 1 laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes...
Apr 15, 2024•34 min
Mark 7:31-8:21 Mark 7:31–8:21 ( Listen ) Jesus Heals a Deaf Man 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” tha...
Apr 07, 2024•35 min
Mark 7:31-8:21 Mark 7:31–8:21 ( Listen ) Jesus Heals a Deaf Man 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” tha...
Apr 07, 2024•36 min
John 20:1-18
Mar 31, 2024•25 min
Matthew 21:1-11 Matthew 21:1–11 ( Listen ) The Triumphal Entry 21:1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophe...
Mar 25, 2024•37 min
Mark 7:24-37 Mark 7:24–37 ( Listen ) The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith 24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 1 And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. 25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. 26 Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 And he said to her, “Let the c...
Mar 18, 2024•33 min
