In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare beckons women to “sigh no more” over deceitful men but instead to give themselves over to blithe and bonny (i.e. Happiness and Cheer). Amidst the countless sighs of our lives, is that what Jesus calls us to—sigh no more, just be happier? In this message we look at two specific sighs of Jesus and how they point us to a deeper, stronger, more enduring, and more satisfying brand of blithe and bonny than Shakespeare offers!

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Cor Chmieleski
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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A mother crosses every barrier to fall at Jesus’ feet, believing that even a crumb of his power can rescue her helpless child. How profound that it was not through the religious leaders or even his own disciples but through an “outsider” that Jesus is correctly identified as the deliverer! This is good news for us: deliverance comes to the helpless through faith in another, namely Jesus Christ.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Cor Chmieleski
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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Why does it feel so good to point out what’s wrong? In Mark 7, the Pharisees find fault while standing in front of a miracle. Jesus responds with unsettling clarity. The real problem is not out there but in here. Beneath our criticism lies a craving to be right, and beneath that, a heart that cannot fix itself. This week we will see why self-improvement cannot save us and how only the cross can wake us up and set us free from the exhausting cycle of accusation.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Davis Johnson
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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