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Your Small Voice

What happens when a beloved biblical hero becomes the abuser? Pastor Mark confronts David’s treatment of Bathsheba and Uriah, the corrupting force of power, and the small voices that tell the truth.

Choose This Day

What does it mean to remember faithfully—giving thanks without glossing over painful truths? Reflecting on Joshua 24, Pastor Mark invites us to see existence itself as a gift and to choose gratitude, honesty, and blessing.

The Shape of Freedom

What if the Ten Commandments are not restrictions on freedom, but a gift that shows liberated people how to live together? Pastor Mark restores their context and explores what Sabbath, coveting, and neighbor-love ask of us now.

A Way Where There Is No Way

What do we do when the way forward appears impossible? Reflecting on Exodus 14, Pastor Mark explores God’s solidarity with the oppressed, the courage liberation requires, and the God who keeps making a way through ordinary and extraordinary means.

What Is Already Blessed?

What happens when God calls us beyond the familiar without handing us a map? Pastor Mark reflects on Abram, the current of God’s providential love, and the difference between seeking blessing and becoming one.

Begin Again: Flood and Promise, Part II

Scripture: Genesis 9:8–17 So often when we read the Bible, familiarity is actually not our friend. It provides a challenge. That’s especially true with stories like Noah and the ark, which many of us have heard since we were little. It…

Begin Again: Flood and Promise, Part I

What if Noah’s flood is not only a story of destruction, but also one of re-creation and grace? Pastor Mark reflects on second chances, forgiveness and God’s invitation to begin again.

Disputing with God: God's Will Be Done

What if faithful prayer includes questions, fear and even disagreement with God? In the final sermon of the “Disputing with God” series, Pastor Mark turns to Jesus in Gethsemane and the Spirit who meets us in our weakness.

Disputing with God: Persistence

What happens when a difficult biblical story challenges not only our understanding of Jesus, but also the God we have constructed for ourselves? Pastor Mark reflects on the Canaanite woman, the boundaries we draw, and the persistent love of God that refuses to leave us unchanged.

Disputing with God: Advocating for Others

In this sermon on Genesis 18, Pastor Mark Hanna revisits the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and invites us to read it through the biblical call to hospitality, not exclusion. He explores how Scripture asks us to wrestle with justice, mercy, covenant, and the ways our lives are bound together. This sermon offers permission to bring our questions, doubts, and evolving images of God into a living faith.