Sermons on Mark 8:27-31:

Core 52 Week 8 - King Jesus Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Mar 3, 2020

All of heaven celebrates and all of hell trembles when someone declares in faith that "Jesus is King."

To hear the sermon, please visit my podcast at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697261/2891872 Core52 - King Jesus Intro: • King Jesus video from SermonCentral - “No Other King.”( ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:12-13, Mark 8:29-33, Philippians 2:9-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Struggle Never Ends Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 16, 2019

We humans think that we can be happiest when there is no struggle, when we can just coast. . .But that is not the state of society when there are still many who have not accepted and begun to live the call of Christ.

Thursday of the 6th Week in Course 2019 St. Peter Damian Life after original sin came into the human family is a continual struggle. The story of a great flood is found in more than one culture. Here in our first reading we see God establishing a covenant after the flood between Himself, Noah and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 9:1-13, Mark 8:27-33

Denomination: Catholic

Four Great Questions Of Jesus Iv: "who Do You Say I Am?" Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Sep 7, 2019

With so many voices of the secular kind vying for a following of the naïve kind, it's high time Christians vocally reassert Who Jesus Is and what kind of kingdom His is inasmuch as people do in fact choose sides.

FOUR GREAT QUESTIONS OF JESUS IV A Series of Devotional Sermons Fourth Great Question: ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:29

If Anyone Desires To Come After Me, He Must…

Contributed by Charles Wall, Jr. on Mar 14, 2021

Jesus says these 3 things are MUSTS for anyone who desires to come after Him!

In our western church culture, bigger is viewed as better. Bigger means success. Bigger means God’s blessing; God’s approval or better yet, special approval. Bigger is better! And to achieve & maintain this status everything the church does must be big – its music & “worship ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:31-38, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Setting Your Mind On The Things Of God

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 16, 2021

Keep your eyes on Jesus and His Kingdom to keep from being distracted by this world.

Setting Your Mind on the Things of God March 14, 2021 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Keep your eyes on Jesus and His Kingdom to keep from being distracted by this world. Focus Passage: Mark 8:27-38 Supplemental Passage: Therefore, since we have so ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Baptist

A Fresh Look At The Church Of Jesus Christ

Contributed by Russell Metcalfe on Mar 18, 2021

What sort of Church are we? What sort of church can we be, and become?

March 29, 1992 Mark 8:27-38 [The Relationship of Faith to Faithfulness] [27] Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Nazarene

Take Up Your Cross

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Mar 22, 2021

This expository message from Mark 8:31-38 is about Jesus' call to discipleship - to take up our cross and follow him.

Title: Take up Your Cross Text: Mark 8:31-38 Subject; How does Jesus define discipleship? Complement; Jesus says it means that you too take up your cross. Big idea: “True disciples don’t just wear a cross around their necks - they put it on their shoulders.” Introduction – we are moving toward ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:31-38, Galatians 2:20, Acts 20:22-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Declaration And A Rebuke Series

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Mar 31, 2021

Jesus has been active for over two years, and His disciples have been there to witness His teaching and miracles. He asks them a question that we all need to answer: "Who do men say that I am?". Your answer determines your eternal destiny.

So far in reading about the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus, we see that He has been active for two years or more, preaching the Word, teaching the people, performing miracles of healing, deliverance from demons, feeding crowds, stilling storms, and showing His mastery over the elements by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20, Mark 8:27-33, Luke 9:18-20

Denomination: Baptist

Life Under Different Opinions Series

Contributed by Peter Naveen Saketi on Aug 24, 2021

Without our knowledge, we adopt to live our lives based on the opinions of people. But is that what we are supposed to be?

Jesus asked His disciples in Matthew 16:13 - 19 What do people think about me? In other words.... 1. People's opinions about us: It is good to build our testimony among people and measure our lives as per the standard of social life. But do not be bound by the opinions of people. Which ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-30, Matthew 16:13-19

The Master's Guide To Your Best Self

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Aug 31, 2021

A unique, positive slant Jesus' challenge to deny self and take up one's cross. Specific stories about what that really means.

THE MASTER’S GUIDE TO YOUR BEST SELF—Mark 8:27-38 What is the one topic everybody in the world is interested in? It is not sports…not politics…not who will be the next Bachelor…not _____ (Pastor: Be creative and specific.) All you have to do to find out what people care most about is go on ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

17th Sunday After Pentecost. September 15th, 2024. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 5, 2021

Year B, Proper 19

Proverbs 1:20-33, Psalm 19, Isaiah 50:4-9, Psalm 116:1-9, James 3:1-12, Mark 8:27-38. A). THE ALLURE OF WISDOM. Proverbs 1:20-33. One day I was out shopping on one of the pedestrianised streets of Norwich, England, when a sudden commotion stopped me in my tracks. The City Crier’s vigorous ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 1:20-33, Isaiah 50:4-9, Psalm 116:1-9, James 3:1-12, Mark 8:27-38  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Heartbreaking Messiah

Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Sep 7, 2021

A sermon exploring heartbreak and suffering through peter and the disicples

Mark 8:27-38 Have you ever heard the sound of a heart breaking? Do you remember what it sounds like? Maybe it was your child's heart breaking when they found that the job market had disappeared? Maybe it was your sister or brother's heart breaking when the test results were worse than ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Who Is Jesus: A Question Everyone Must Answer

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Sep 7, 2021

"Who is Jesus" is one of the two most important questions.

Who is Jesus? Mark 8:27-38 One of the two most important questions one can ask is: “Who is Jesus?” If you were to go around and ask people today, you would get many answers. Some would be like the answers the Pharisees and Sadducees gave: “He was a crackpot.” “He was a narrow-minded bigot, just ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38, Matthew 16:13-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Are You Ready To Bear Your Cross

Contributed by Ian Bullock on Sep 8, 2021

This sermon provokes us into thinking about how we bear our cross, and whether we live in the world or not of it, drawing on some of St Pauls teachings to the early churches

In the name of the Father, son and Holy Spirit. Amen. There is a story told of a man who was struggling to carry his cross, he complained and moaned at anyone that he came in contact with. Eventually the Lord heard his complaints and paid him a visit. My son, I have heard your pain, and I want ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Anglican

"Want To Know Who Jesus Really Is? Follow Him”

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 8, 2021

A sermon about what it really means that Jesus is the Messiah.

“Want to Know Who Jesus Really Is? Follow Him” Mark 8:27-38 Jewish Rabbis are teachers and their students are called disciples or learners. They hang on the rabbi’s every word. They follow the rabbi around. They imitate the rabbi. They are trying to become like the rabbi. I heard of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: United Methodist