I am writing this on Sunday morning. Right now Pastor Mike is concluding his third message of the morning and I’m certain everything in him is yearning for all present to “get” the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Beginning this coming Sunday I’m going to preach through Mark all the way up to Easter. I hope you take it upon yourself to invite those who do not yet know the Good News or do not understand who Jesus is or who have no clue what the facts of Jesus’ life on earth have to do with our day to day lives in southern Chester County.
Mark’s gospel has been called the Gospel for people with short attention spans. It’s only 16 chapters long and the word “immediately” or “at once” is used between 50and 60 times. Mark had become Peter’s friend and co worker in Rome and after Peter died (tradition has it that he was crucified upside down because he felt he was unworthy of being crucified as Jesus was) in the early 60’s, Mark decided put into writing all that Peter had told him about what Jesus had done. It’s a fast paced narrative of the powerful presence and work of God which Jesus had begun and continues to this day.
I hope you and many others join me in this adventure of discovering anew or for the first time the power and love of God.
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