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Follow: Uncommon (Mark 7) June 16, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

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Last summer a father in Memphis was forgotten by his family.[1]  News Channel 5 carried the story.  The father’s family was traveling from Texas when they stopped at a Memphis gas station.  They were going fill up with gas and switch drivers.  The father had been driving while another driver was sleeping in the back of the van. The plan was for the father to now sleep in the back while the other adult drove.  The father went into the gas station to pay the bill for the cash.  When he came out, his van and his family were gone.  The family thought the dad was already in the back asleep.  So they loaded up and took off.  The distraught dad called his cell phone, which was in the van, but no one answered.  He called the cell numbers for each of the other family members—all six of them—but no one answered.  He finally used a computer at a hotel next to the gas station to use Facebook to contact a friend who then was able to make contact with the family in the van.  The family had driven 100 miles from Memphis before they got word that Dad was not in the back.  The father told reports that he’s sure that the whole was just an accident.Read More »Follow: Uncommon (Mark 7) June 16, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

Follow: Take Heart (Mark 6) June 9, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

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And when evening came…he was alone on the land (Mk. 6:47 ESV).” This is how Mark describes Jesus near the end of Chapter 6.  It’s been a tough chapter.  Jesus gave the sermon in his hometown and all anyone could do was criticize the preacher and his message.  Can you imagine that?  Jesus comes to Highland and preaches and all we can do is nitpick the sermon while we’re at lunch.  That’s what happened at the beginning of this chapter.  Then, Jesus’ cousin John the Baptist was arrested, imprisoned and executed. There are few people who were closer to Jesus than John.  And now John is killed.  Such injustice!  And while trying to find a quiet spot for his road-weary apostles to rest, thousands of people crowd around Jesus, clamoring for help.  It’s been a pretty tough chapter.Read More »Follow: Take Heart (Mark 6) June 9, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message