Study Notes

View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week 16 in our series on the Book of Mark! We come to our final chapter and we come to the resurrection of Jesus. This week we will of course be in Mark 16, but we will also see that God is a God of resurrection throughout all of the Bible, not only in the story of the resurrection of Jesus. Study notes by Will Buschmann. PDF Version Index…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week 15 of our series in the Book of Mark. This week we arrive at the Passion portion of Passion week. We will see Jesus end up on Pilate’s doorstep for a judgment that even Pilate does not want to give. We will follow Jesus as he walk through mockery and suffering at the hands of the Romans. Then we will meditate on the fact that the…

View Previous Weeks Welcome back to week 14 in our series from the book of Mark, “The Mission of Jesus.” This week, our focus will turn to chapter 14 of the Gospel of Mark, in which the narrative arc of Jesus’ life begins a steep descent down the road of suffering. In these verses, Jesus will be anointed by a most unlikely character (a “sinful” woman), recline at table to…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to what would be Week 14 in our series in the Book of Mark, but it’s not! We are pressing pause on Mark this week because we have the distinct pleasure of hearing from Bishop C.E. Glover at Church on Sunday. Bishop Glover is the Senior Pastor of Mount Bethel Ministries and we are excited to have him back with us at Rio! This week our focus is…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week 13 in  our series from the gospel of Mark and to Mark chapter 13 where we continue to see the mission of Jesus unfold before us. This week’s chapter contains the Olivet Discourse, so named because Jesus taught his disciples on the Mount of Olives. It is primarily concerned with the future. Tribulation is coming, said Jesus, so don’t let…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week 12 in  our series from the gospel of Mark and to Mark chapter 12 where we continue to see the mission of Jesus unfold before us. There is a common thread running through all the stories from this week’s chapter. In each case, they have lost sight of something, either the claim God has to them or the infinite value of God. Look for those…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to week 11 of our study from the gospel of Mark and to Mark chapter 11 as well. Every part of this chapter contains a richness of truth that we could spend hours in, each day. But that’s not what Personal Worship is about. We want to spend about 15-20 minutes reading the word, considering its wisdom, reflecting on questions, and praying. So I…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to week 10 of our study from the gospel of Mark and, rather handily, to Mark chapter 10. Every part of this chapter contains a richness of truth that we could spend hours in, each day. But that’s not what Personal Worship is about. We want to spend about 15-20 minutes reading the word, considering its wisdom, reflecting on questions, and…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week 9 of our study in the Gospel of Mark, and the week in which we switch from seeking to understand the identity of Jesus to understanding his mission. What had Jesus come to do? What does he expect his followers to do? We are surveying all of chapter 9 this week and there are two things I’d like to say. First, there is simply no way in…