This sermon was preached while providing "Sunday Supply" (relief) at Newport Anglican Church on 17/04/2016.
In Mark 6, rejection isn’t a detour — it’s the road.
Jesus is dismissed in Nazareth, the Twelve are sent out into a world that will often refuse them, and John the Baptist’s death shows what fearful power does when God’s kingdom threatens its grip.
These scenes work like “half-time pictures”: previews of the endgame — the cross, the cost of faithful witness, and the unstoppable forward movement of the kingdom.
Bible text: Mark 6:1–29 (check against NIV 1984)
Originally preached: 17 April 2016 (Newport Anglican)
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