The Word from South Highland

April 18, 2025 | Mark 15:25-39 - What should our focus be as we consider Christ's crucifixion and death? Rev. Abby Gatliff teaches from Mark's gospel that all the signs point to Jesus Christ as the Song of God, as the King of Kings.

April 20, 2025 | Mark 16:1-8 - The words of the Easter message are simple: Jesus Christ is alive. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches that those words are true in the present tense today, and their meaning is transformative both for the world and for you.

April 13, 2025 | Mark 14:1-11 - How do you respond to Jesus in light of the events of Holy Week? Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches us that, in response to His extravagant love for us, Jesus is worthy of our entire lives.

April 6, 2025 | Mark 13:32-37 - Jesus speaks to his followers about the coming destruction of the temple, but then links that to the Apocalypse in the end times. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches from this passage about how we are supposed to live as we anticipate Christ's return.

March 30, 2025 | Mark 12:28-34 - The scribe asked Jesus about the most important commandment. Rev. Abby Gatliff teaches that Jesus doesn't want to be just your religion. He wants your heart, soul, mind, and strength. 

March 23, 2025 | Mark 12:13-17 - Christians have a real duty to our governing authorities, but a greater duty to God. In an important lesson for our times, Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches about our culture's tendency to get caught up in division, anger, and fear, when we should instead be uniting around the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

March 16, 2025 | Mark 11:12-21 - Jesus cursing a fig tree seems odd on the surface, but then he overturns tables in the temple. Rev. Cort Gatliff points out how these two events are actually closely related, and reveal to each of us ways in which we need to be cleansed.

March 5, 2025 | 2 Corinthians 5:20–6:10 - On Ash Wednesday, many Christians receive the sign of the cross in ashes marked upon their foreheads. Rev. Abby Gatliff teaches that an outward symbols doesn't make us ambassadors for Christ, but rather our reflection of the righteousness of God.

March 9, 2025 | Mark 11:1-11 - For the first Sunday of Lent, we find ourselves at Mark's telling of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches the deep ways that our Lord's arrival as King goes beyond what anyone was expecting of the Messiah.

March 2, 2025 | Mark 10:32-45 - James and John answer Jesus that yes, they can drink the cup that he will drink and receive the baptism he will receive, but they really have no idea what they're saying. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches about the true reality of what the cross means: the cup, the baptism and the ransom.