The Tribulation (Part 2)

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 13:14-23

Jesus describes the age of the church as one marked by turmoil, insecurity, and persecution, and yet none of those things means the end has come. So what exactly will it look like when the time of Christ’s return is near?

Add. Ref.: Daniel 9:27; 2 Thess. 2:1-12; Romans 8:28-39

The Tribulation (Part 1)

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 13:14-23

Jesus describes the age of the church as one marked by turmoil, insecurity, and persecution, and yet none of those things means the end has come. So what exactly will it look like when the time of Christ’s return is near?

Stand Firm (Part 3)

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 13:1-13

Jesus’ disciples are ecstatic, confident that He will be establishing the millennial kingdom at any moment. But before that can come, Jesus tells of an extended period of destruction, turmoil, and suffering that will need to occur in the age of the church before the time of the end comes.

Add. Ref.: Luke 21:12-19; Acts 4:1-31

Stand Firm (Part 2)

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 13:1-13

Jesus’ disciples are ecstatic, confident that He will be establishing the millennial kingdom at any moment. But before that can come, Jesus tells of an extended period of destruction, turmoil, and suffering that will need to occur in the age of the church before the time of the end comes.

Add. Ref: 2 Peter 3:1-18

Stand Firm (Part 1)

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 13:1-13

Jesus’ disciples are ecstatic, confident that He will be establishing the millennial kingdom at any moment. But before that can come, Jesus tells of an extended period of destruction, turmoil, and suffering that will need to occur in the age of the church before the time of the end comes.

Add. Ref.: Acts 1:28

Religion in Wrong Places

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 12:38-44

In this account, Jesus explains the wrath to be poured out against the religious leaders of Israel for their gross hypocrisy and manipulation of their religion to extort the poor and weak, illustrated by a poor widow who sacrificed greatly – giving all she had to an apostate system.

Add. Ref.: James 1:27

One Rule to Rule Them All (Part 2)

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

In this final question brought to Jesus by a scribe, He answers a long debated question among the rabbis. “Which commandment is the greatest commandment?” Surprisingly, when Jesus gives His answer, even his interrogator has to agree.

One Rule to Rule Them All (Part 1)

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

In this final question brought to Jesus by a scribe, He answers a long debated question among the rabbis. ‘Which commandment is the greatest commandment?’ Surprisingly, when Jesus gives His answer, even his interrogator has to agree.

Ask a Bad Question…

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 12:18-27

The Sadducees are a small sect of the elite priestly class in Judaism, and masterfully confront Jesus with a question that will determinatively undo Him… that is, if their presuppositions concerning the Scriptures are true.

Blank Checks to Hypocrites (Part 2)

Pastor Matt Tarr – AM Sermon

Scripture: Mark 12:13-17

“A common enemy makes strange bed-fellows,” and when the Pharisees and Herodians conjure up a scheme to trap Jesus in an impossible dilemma, Jesus stuns the crowds by exposing their evil hypocrisy.”

Add. Ref.: Deuteronomy 17:14-15