Rev. Eric Landry - March 30, 2025
Mark 10:17-30
This Sunday, we turn to the well-known story in Mark 10 of the rich young man (he is called a “ruler” in Luke) who asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. There is much about this young man that is admirable: he is moral (having kept the commandments since his youth), he is wealthy (people often believed—then and now—that wealth was a sign of God’s favor), and he is interested in spiritual things. But by the end of his encounter with Jesus, the man is disheartened and sorrowful. He walks away from Jesus instead of following him as a disciple. Why? What kept this impressive spiritual seeker from becoming a follower of Christ? Join us this Sunday to find out about the explosive nature of Christianity and the unrelenting demands God makes of his people.
From Series: "Seeing Jesus: Gospel of Mark"
The Gospel of Mark is known for its quick pace. Jesus, as Mark tells it, does everything “immediately.” The picture of Jesus we get from Mark isn’t of a languid guru, but of a man on a mission. As we return to our spring sermon series in the Gospel of Mark, we’ll give special attention to the picture of Jesus Mark is conveying to his readers. For in Jesus, God’s king and God’s kingdom has come…and nothing can ever be the same again.