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We've been in the Gospel of Mark for a few weeks now, and every Sunday we're covering the anchor passage, the story, the moment, the text that drives the message.

But Mark is a fast book. And there's always more in the chapter than we get to on Sunday morning.

So we started Sermon Plus.
Every week I'm recording a companion episode that goes deeper into the text, the passages we didn't preach, the Jewish background, the word studies, the questions that didn't have room in a 40-minute sermon. It's me, a mic, and the parts of Mark that deserve more than a footnote.

This week's episode is already up. Find Sermon Plus on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you listen.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Rk85Xko28k6Sb8TG5Taps?si=-Mq8o__jSUeFnr8yk6Ixyg

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/together-church-sermon/id1830271551?i=1000772597880

There's a Greek word that unlocks the entire Gospel of Mark. Euthys. Immediately.

Mark uses it 41 times — 11 times in chapter one alone. Not because he ran out of other words. Because he wanted you to feel the pace. Jesus doesn't ease in. He shows up, calls, heals, and moves toward broken people without hesitation. The kingdom of God is not stuck in neutral. It arrives with urgency because the King arrives with authority.

This summer we're going through the Gospel of Mark together, and if you've never read it, Mark wastes no time. Jesus shows up on page one and doesn't slow down. By the end of chapter one he's already preaching, calling disciples, casting out a demon, and touching a man nobody else would go near.

Week 1 was He Showed Up. Mark 1:1-45.
The kingdom of God doesn't wait for you to be ready. It just shows up.

Miss it? Watch this week's sermon at https://wearetogether.church/sermons/he-showed-up-the-book-of-mark/

And if you want to go deeper this summer, we've put together a free 9-week Book of Mark Reading Plan you can follow along with all summer long. Just visit our website at the link above.

Mark gives us two verses for the temptation of Jesus. Matthew and Luke give us three rounds of dialogue and a full theological showdown. Why does Mark barely mention it? Because Mark isn’t interested in the details of the temptation. He’s interested in the fact that Jesus went, stayed, and came back. The wilderness didn’t stop him.
In this episode we unpack what the number 40 carries in the Old Testament — Israel’s forty years, Moses’ forty days, Elijah’s forty days — and why Jesus passing the wilderness test is the most important thing that happens before his public ministry begins.

Learn more here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/together-church-sermon/id1830271551?i=1000772597880

This Sunday, we start something big.
Nine weeks. One Gospel. One question that doesn't go away:
Who is this man?

Mark doesn't ease you in. By the end of chapter one, Jesus has called fishermen off a beach, confronted darkness in a synagogue, and touched a man nobody else would go near.

He's not the safe, manageable Jesus most of us have settled for.
Starting June 14. All are welcome, believers, skeptics, and everyone in between.

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