![What If I Feel Far From God? [Mark 4:21-34]](https://i0.wp.com/www.yourcrosscreek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ep-9-Thumbnail.jpeg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
Most people want to experience and even know God. But too often God seems elusive, mystical, unattainable. But maybe we’re trying too hard. Maybe it’s so much better, more attainable, and more real than we ever thought.
![Why did Jesus teach in parables? [Mark 4:1-20]](https://i0.wp.com/www.yourcrosscreek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cover.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
Why did Jesus use parables? What do they even mean? In this short section of Jesus’ parables in Mark, Jesus is doing a little show and tell for his audience. He invites us into a new way of seeing and experiencing life in the Kingdom of God. This week (in the parable of the Sower) we’ll do some soil analysis and find that our “soil” determines our experience in the Kingdom of God.
The idea of an “unforgivable sin” has caused a lot of anxiety and worry for centuries. But what is it? And what does it have to do with the Story of Jesus?
![What does a disciple look like? [Mark 3:7-19]](https://i0.wp.com/www.yourcrosscreek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/TFS-cover.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
We are products of our influences. We like what we like and think what we think mostly because someone told us it was the right thing to like and the right thing to think. The Story of Jesus gives us the ability to clearly and purposely reevaluate our life’s influences and rewrite our own stories.
![Does God want me to be religious? [Mark 2:18-3:6]](https://i0.wp.com/www.yourcrosscreek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cover-2.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
God wants us to be religious, right? Wrong. The Story of Jesus isn’t about following a list of religious rules. The Story of Jesus is the story of true love and freedom.
