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At Calvary Baptist Church, we believe that Scripture isn’t just a book of the past—it speaks directly to the present and gives us hope for the future. In this week’s message from Mark 12:18–27, Jesus faces a theological trap set by the Sadducees, a religious group that denied the resurrection. Their question was a riddle…
November 23, 2025Life After DeathPastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes Mark 12:18-27And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and…
Have you ever felt caught between your faith and the world around you? Like when politics, culture, or workplace dynamics try to force you to choose sides—and your convictions are caught in the middle? In Mark 12:13–17, Jesus finds Himself in just such a moment. The Pharisees and Herodians—two groups normally at odds—come together to…
November 16, 2025Death and TaxesPastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes Mark 12:13-17And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk. And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not…
In a vineyard carefully prepared by a gracious owner, tenants are given the privilege to work and harvest, according to Mark 12:1-12. But when the time comes to return the fruit, they respond with violence, attacking every servant the owner sends. Finally, the owner sends his beloved son, thinking they will respect him. Instead, they…
November 9, 2025Rejected KingRicky Smith Sermon Notes Mark 12:1-12And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. When the season came, he sent…
November 2, 2025Who Gave You the Right?Pastor Alan Smith Sermon Notes I. Authority Exposed Mark 11:27-28And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28 and they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things,…
Have you ever been drawn to something that looked good on the outside but left you disappointed once you got close? Jesus experienced that very thing with a fig tree—and used it to teach a powerful lesson about our faith. In Mark 11:11–25, Jesus curses a fig tree that had the appearance of life but…
October 26, 2025FruitlessPastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes Real faith shows up in real fruit. Mark 11:11-25And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he…
Most kings enter with power, pride, and pomp. But not Jesus. When He arrived in Jerusalem, just days before His crucifixion, He didn’t ride a war horse or roll in with an army. He rode a borrowed donkey. No armor. No red carpet. Just cloaks and palm branches beneath His feet. Why? Because this King…