In This Sermon:
👑 Long before Jesus, an ancient inscription announced the birth of Caesar Augustus as "the beginning of the gospel for the world.” So, what does it mean that Jesus came proclaiming a different gospel: the arrival of the true King? In week 4 of "What Is the Gospel? An Introduction to the Christian Faith," Pastor Jacob Van Sickle looks at Mark 1 to show how the rule of King Jesus reaches into the past, the future, and your life right now.
🔑 In this sermon you'll learn:
📜 What the Priene Inscription reveals about the word "gospel" in the ancient world
🌊 Why Jesus's baptism and 40 days in the wilderness echo the story of Israel
🗡️ How the stories we love (King Arthur, Robin Hood) point to the true King who returns
⚖️ Why the gospel of the cross and the gospel of the kingdom are one message, not two
🌍 What it means to pray "on earth as it is in heaven" and to live under His rule today
🎣 Why following King Jesus means repentance, belief, and a life that's never the same
🕊️ Join us Sundays in Providence, RI — new here? We'd love to meet you!
⛪ Services: 9am & 11am at 10 Greene Street, Providence, RI
🌐 Website: sacredcity.church
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For Further Study:
- 9 B.C. Priene Inscription
- The Kid Who Would be King
- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
- Court Ruling: Heaven and Hell are “Psychologically Damaging"
- Four Spiritual Laws by Bill Bright
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