“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 26, Session 5: Jesus Is Crucified
Mark highlighted the mocking of Jesus more than any other Gospel writer. Jesus was mocked by soldiers. He was mocked by passersby. He was mocked by the two thieves occupying crosses next to Him. Ironically, we still find truths in their mocking. For example, they mocked Him for saying the temple would be destroyed and …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 26, Session 4: Jesus Is Arrested
The contrast of Jesus’ disposition in Mark 14 and the rest of Mark’s Gospel is jarring. Up to this point, Jesus has shown a remarkable sense of controlled confidence. In fact, His calm dignity stirred up awe and amazement among those He encountered. Even when predicting His own death, there wasn’t the slightest hint of …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 26, Session 3: Jesus Shares the Lord’s Supper
The providence and the planning behind the first Lord’s Supper is given to us in this passage. We see that the Lord orchestrated the very room where they would observe the Passover. He planned the meeting between a man carrying water and Peter and John and even instructed the very words that would be spoken …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 26, Session 2: Jesus Is Questioned
The Sadducees tried to set a theological trap, but Jesus revealed that the basis of their misguided question about marriage in the resurrection was flawed. Marriage is something that will not continue in the new heavens and new earth. At first glance, this might rub happily married readers the wrong way. Is Jesus minimizing the …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 26, Session 1: Jesus Enters Jerusalem
When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a colt, He fulfilled a prophecy by the prophet Zechariah five hundred years earlier (Zech. 9:9). Jesus was able to direct the disciples to the exact location and moment where they could secure the colt for Him to ride. Jesus is the Messiah who was foretold. He received worship …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 25, Session 4: Jesus Raises Lazarus
The Lord specializes in “hopeless” causes. When Jesus got to Lazarus’ grave, there was already a stench. The Lord, it seemed, was four days late. Lazarus was dead. He was deader than dead. In the hands of anyone else, this case would have been hopeless, impossible. But our God is the God of the “impossible.” …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 25, Session 3: Jesus Teaches Difficult Truths
One oddly encouraging thing about the Gospels is seeing just how confused Jesus’ disciples were. When Jesus was being literal, they took Him metaphorically. When He was being metaphorical, they took Him literally. They always seemed to be a few steps behind. Even after the miracle in John 6 when He fed the five thousand, …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 25, Session 2: Jesus Tells the Parable of the Sons
What Jesus proposed in this passage—no, in fact, commanded—is a fundamentally and wholly different way of looking at outsiders and the unsaved than we are accustomed to and inclined toward. Think of the daily outrage about “the culture” featured in evangelical social media feeds. We are offended, shocked, and often driven to attack by what should …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 25, Session 1: Jesus Tells the Kingdom Parables
As you read this right now, there are cares and worries in your life that can steal your joy in Christ if not submitted to His care. You may not be going through anything especially difficult, anything “big,” that could distract you from kingdom fruitfulness, but the danger to get off mission is always there. …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior:” Additional Resources for Adults and Students
The following are the additional resources for “Jesus the Savior,” the ninth volume of The Gospel Project for Adults and Students’ 2018-2021 study cycle. Download the study plan here. Recommended Reading: Telling God’s Story by Preben Vang and Terry G. Carter The Drama of Scripture by Craig G. Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen From Eden …
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