The sermon on Sunday, August 24, 2025, will be from Mark 12:28-34, An Encounter at the Edge of the Kingdom. “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” – Mark 12:34

Have you heard the phrase, “… so close, and yet, so far away?” 50 years ago, I needed 21 ‘merit badges’ to become an ‘Eagle Scout.’ I stopped at 19 ‘badges’ and have come to regret my unwise decision. Yet what about coming close, but missing the kingdom of God? An eternity of regret awaits those who miss Christ’s kingdom. The scribe in Mark 12:28-34 understood the demands of God’s moral law – it requires sinless perfection. But he did not understand his inability to keep the law and his need for Christ. What about you? Are you standing outside the door to God’s kingdom? Or have you entered through it? That door is Christ (John 10:1-10).

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