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Sermon on Isaiah 55

Sunday Morning Sermon in Psalm 73

Instead of claiming an earthly throne, Jesus announces he will be nailed to a wooden cross. Instead of preserving his life, he must surrender it entirely. But here's the startling truth: Jesus calls his followers to embrace this same path. Denying ourselves, taking up our cross, and following Jesus are not paths to death but the gateway to authentic, abundant life.

Just before Peter declares that Jesus is the Christ, Mark tells us about a strange miracle; the only time Jesus doesn't heal someone completely on the first try. A blind man receives partial sight, seeing "people, but they look like trees, walking," before Jesus gets it right the second time. This Sunday we'll see how Jesus patiently works to open our eyes completely—helping us see who He is.

In a world full of fears and distractions, Jesus warns us about the subtle but deadly danger of unbelief; the Pharisees demanding signs and the disciples forgetting bread, but underneath both is a failure to trust the One standing right in front of them. This passage challenges us to recognize the leaven of unbelief in our own hearts, while also comforting us with the patience of Savior, who lovingly guides and guards His struggling people.

This Sunday, we'll see Jesus revealed through seven loaves, a few fish, and 4,000 hungry people in the wilderness. More than a miracle of multiplication, this familiar story unveils the character of Christ Himself. Come discover Jesus who sees every need, remembers every promise, and provides beyond what we dare ask or imagine.

This Sunday we'll witness Jesus opening deaf ears and loosing mute tongues. This passage shows the heart of our Savior who doesn't love from a distance, but draws near enough to get His hands dirty in the work of our redemption. We'll see that Jesus still opens spiritually deaf ears, still looses stuck tongues, and still works in ways that leave us saying with the crowds: "He has done all things well."

This Sunday we meet the Syrophoenician woman who refused to take no for an answer. When Jesus seemingly compares her to a dog, rather than storming off in offense, she demonstrates the kind of bold, humble, yet persistent faith that delights the heart of God. Her story teaches that sometimes the most unlikely people demonstrate for us what real, authentic faith actually looks like.

The Pharisees hid their flaws behind empty rituals, but traditions led to tragedy—worship that missed God's heart. In Mark 7:1-13, Jesus exposes their folly yet offers them hope: a Hope found in His sufficiencies despite our inadequacies. Join us Sunday for “A Tragedy Steeped in Tradition” as we fix our eyes on our one and only hope: Jesus.

This Sunday, we're diving into Mark 6:45-56 to see how Jesus, our patient teacher, meets hard-hearted disciples in the midst of their storms. We'll discover how His urgency often moves us into uncomfortable situations, how headwinds reveal what's truly in our hearts, and how the Lord reveals Himself powerfully in our deepest fears.

In a weary and hungry world, we often find ourselves running on empty—emotionally, physically, even spiritually. In Mark 6:30–44, we meet Jesus, the true Shepherd, who sees the crowd not as a nuisance but as sheep without a shepherd. He feeds their hearts and stomachs. In this familiar miracle, we see far more than a meal—we see the Messiah who satisfies.

Herod's compromised conscience and Heriodias' desire for revenge results in the death of John the Baptist.

In Mark 5:35-43. Jesus is called to the house of the ruler of the synagogue for the man's young daughter was dead. Jesus tells her to arise and the people are amazed.

This week, we look at the fifth chapter of Mark, where Jesus faces the man with the unclean spirit and people are confronted by the supremacy of Jesus.

This week Jesus calms the storm in Mark 4:35-41 and we look at how our fears influence and affect our faith.

This week we look at multiple parables; the parable of the lamp, the parable of the growing seed, and the parable of the mustard seed.

This week we look at the parable of the sower and discover why knowing the secret of the kingdom of God is necessary to fully understand the parables of Jesus.

This week in Mark 3:20-35, we'll look at the relationship between Jesus and his family and what it means for a kingdom to be divided.

This week in Mark 3:7-19, Jesus appoints his twelve apostles.

This week in Mark 2:23-3:6, Jesus is once again challenged by the Pharisees, this time on the Sabbath. They begin to seek to destroy him.

This week we look at Mark 2:18-22 where Jesus is confronted on the subject of fasting.

This week in Mark 2:13-17, Jesus eats with tax collectors and sinners.

Jesus moves through Galilee to preach in the synagogues and to cast out demons. He heals a man with leprosy who spread the news of his healing so that many people came to Jesus.

Jesus goes into Capernaum and begins to speak and teach with authority and the people are astonished and begin to come to him for healing.

In today's passage, John is imprisoned and Jesus enters Galilee and begins to gather his disciples.

In this series through the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is baptized by John and the Holy Spirit descends. The Spirit then sends Jesus to the desert for forty days.

This week we begin a new series in the Gospel of Mark. In the beginning of the first chapter, we will see how the Old Testament prophecies of the coming Messiah come to fruition through the proclamations of John who will “prepare the way.”

This week at CPC we will be studying Proverbs 4:20-27 with a sermon entitled Keeping a Kept Heart and seeing what it means to be attentive to God's word.

In I Samuel 26, King Saul, rejected by God for disobedience, continues his jealousy-fueled murderous pursuit of David. While hiding, David learns that Saul and 3,000 warriors have come to seize him. Identifying Saul's location, David, under the cover of the night sneaks into King Saul's tent, and while here reveals the shocking nature of a Gospel-driven life.

This week we conclude the advent series “The Thrill of Hope” as we look at Luke 1:67-80 and Zechariah's song.

This week is part two in the advent series “The Thrill of Hope” celebrating the coming of Christmas through the eyes of Zechariah and Elizabeth.

This week, we begin a brief advent series as we look to the Gospel of Luke to celebrate the coming of Christmas through the eyes of Zechariah and Elizabeth.

As we close the week of Thanksgiving, we will look at Psalm 138 to discover what it means to give thanks “wholeheartedly.”

This week, we conclude the series in the life of Abraham. As Abraham approaches the end of his life we look back to see how God demonstrated his faithfulness to Abraham and fulfilled his promise and covenant through our savior Jesus Christ.

This Sunday we look at Genesis 24. Isaac is ready for a wife. Abraham sends a servant to find a young women from amongst his kinsmen in Nahor. It was important to Abraham that Isaac's wife be one who shares the same faith and values and faithfulness towards God. We see God's fulfilling the promises made to Abraham.

In this week's sermon, we see how God tested Abraham's obedience and faithfulness by commanding him to take Isaac to the land of Moriah, build an altar, and bind and sacrifice him as a burnt offering. Abraham obeys. At the last moment, an angel of the Lord stops him from killing Isaac. When Abraham proves his faithfulness, the Lord spares Isaac and provides a substitute sacrifice. The Lord then confirms the covenant He had previously made with Abraham.

In this week's sermon, we see how God tested Abraham's obedience and faithfulness by commanding him to take Isaac to the land of Moriah, build an altar, and bind and sacrifice him as a burnt offering. Abraham obeys. At the last moment, an angel of the Lord stops him from killing Isaac. When Abraham proves his faithfulness, the Lord spares Isaac and provides a substitute sacrifice. The Lord then confirms the covenant He had previously made with Abraham.

In Genesis 21, the long-awaited birth of Isaac, Abraham and Sarah's son arrives. Jealous for her son, Sarah wants Hagar and Abraham's son sent away. Abraham sends them off, assured of God's provision for them. He then makes a covenant with Abimelech and sojourned in the land of the Philistines.

Abraham and Sarah sojourn to Gerar. Abraham again claims Sarah is merely his sister and the king, Abimelech takes her. When God intercedes in a dream, warning the king that Sarah is another man's wife, Abimelech confronts Abraham for his lie which brought condemnation upon Abimelech and his house. When the king returns Sarah to her husband, Abraham prays and God heals Abimelech and his household.

Angels come to Sodom to rescue Lot and his family. So wicked are the men of Sodom that they seek to abuse the angels. Lot and his family escape, with reluctance. His wife turns into salt for looking back as the cities are destroyed. His two daughters, over time, fear their family line will cease unless they take matters into their own hands.

This week, God tells Abraham what he expects of him and what he should command his children to keep the ways of the Lord. God tells Abraham that he will destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and Abraham pleads for the lives of the righteous inhabitants of Sodom.

This week, Abraham is hospitable and God tells Abraham that Sarah will have a son within the year.