A leper. A cripple. A sinner. A man possessed by devils. A bleeding woman. A dead girl. All persons whose paths crossed Jesus. All broken. All dirty. By the standards of ordinary people, all untouchable.
But Jesus is no ordinary person.
The Son of God came into the world to touch it. To transform it. To make all things new. He wasn’t disgusted by our “stuff.” He didn’t avoid it, instead he touched it and made it clean.
This collection of sermons from the gospel of Mark are about those who needed a touch the most – those who were avoided, were reviled, who were written off by the world. But Jesus reached out to them and changed their lives forever, something he’s still in the business of doing today.
“Jesus reached out and touched him.” (Mark 1:41)
Series Playlist
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A Scandalous Touch
Jan 7, 2018 • 38:40
The Son of God came into the world to touch it. To transform it. To make all things new. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Untouchables Scripture: Mark 1:40-45
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Standing Room Only
Jan 14, 2018 • 34:52
An Inaccessible Savior The Needs of the Needy Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: The Untouchables Scripture: Mark 2:1-12
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Following This Savior
Jan 21, 2018 • 42:11
The invitation to follow The dangers of following The benefits that follow Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Untouchables Scripture: Mark 2:13-17 Audio Player
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No Matter How Dirty
Jan 28, 2018 • 44:13
Jesus meets us where we are Jesus doesn’t leave us like we were Jesus sends us where we need to be Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Untouchables Scripture: Mark 5:1-20
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The Only Real Option
Feb 4, 2018 • 33:37
The exhaustion of all options The bridge between despair and hope The lavish gift of life Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Untouchables Scripture: Mark 5:21-43
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Opened to All of Him
Feb 11, 2018 • 32:50
The uniqueness of His touch The sufficiency of His touch The freedom of His touch Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Untouchables Scripture: Mark 7:31-37
There’s something special about the season of Advent. It’s a season of preparation, a season of waiting. It’s the time of the year where we begin to prepare ourselves to celebrate the coming of the Lord. It’s a season that is pregnant with promise. Promise for hope. Promise for peace. For love and for joy. For God to make things new once more. And so we wait.
The final command of Jesus to those who desire to follow him was to go. To the ends of the earth. To be his witnesses. Simple, right?
What would happen if the people of God were fully committed to the work of God in the world? What would happen if when we prayed, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done,” we meant it with sincerity of heart? What if we laid aside our own dreams, desires, and ambitions and allowed God to replace them with his own? 
What does a life of faith look like? As Christians, we are told that we are to walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7), but how does that become more than a nice platitude? How does that inform every aspect of our lives? How do we be a people who press on as the people of God, even when things are hard, or when the future is uncertain, or when we have settled into the numbing monotony of day to day life?
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