Sermon: “The Weak and Foolish Things” (THE GOSPEL, Part 25)

After a night of prayer, Jesus chooses 12 disciples who will be His inner-circle and go on to become His Apostles to spread the message of the Gospel to the world. While we today revere these men for their service and work in establishing the church, they were not always the iconic persons we view them as today. What can we learn from Jesus’ choice of disciples that is encouraging for us as we wrestle with following Him in our lives today?

 

What is Jesus’ real name?

What’s in a name?
The angel tells Mary that her son shall be called … well, oddly enough there is actually some debate about that. Some say that Christ is Jewish and so ought to be called by His Hebrew name. Others say that Holy Scripture is written in Greek and so THAT should be the name used. Pastor Marc tries to shed some light on the issue in this excerpt from the April 30th message “You Who are Highly Favored“.