“Death of Pretense”: An Easter Sermon

Preached at Trinity Baptist Church on April 8, 2012. Text:  Mark 16:1-8 I. Bible scholars are unclear as to the real ending of the Gospel of Mark.  If you look in your Bibles later this evening to catch up on some Easter reading, you’ll note that there are several “endings” to Mark 16. We areContinue reading ““Death of Pretense”: An Easter Sermon”

The apocalyptic Jesus and the urgency of His return

“Eschatological Central Figure.” That’s what a friend wrote on a picture of Jesus he got me for my bachelor party back in 1999.  “Eschatology”: meaning, end times.  It’s what one of Trinity Baptist’s members would call a “fancy word with too many syllables,” but it’s what Jesus was all about and what we forget inContinue reading “The apocalyptic Jesus and the urgency of His return”