THE GOSPEL OF MARK: MARK 13

Message by Dr. Christin Taylor - March 29, 2026

Mark 13 NIV "As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!”..."

Big idea: The powers of this world are loud, but Jesus has the final word.

What looks immovable to us, in Jesus’s kingdom is already passing away.

What Jesus speaks, comes true!

“The context of Mark 13 is crystal clear. It is about the destruction of the temple that was standing in Jesus’s day. In other words, the prophecy has already been fulfilled.” Ken Schenck

What Jesus Said Came True!

• The temple destroyed

• Wars and rumours of wars

• Earthquakes

• Famines

• Abomination of desolation

• False Messiahs

• This generation won’t pass away

God speaks from the cross: “I will come and face your giants for you.”

 The world is loud, but Jesus on the cross speaks louder than all of them.

About Christin Taylor: Christin Taylor grew up a missionary kid living overseas. When she was 14, her parents retired from the mission field and moved to Central Indiana, where she went to Indiana Wesleyan University and met her Canadian husband, Dwayne. They immigrated to Ontario in 2015 with their two kids, Noelle and Nathan, and have lived here happily ever after. She has her Ph.D. in English Language and Literature and runs the Writing Centre at Laurier University. She and Dwayne have been at Westheights for the past two years and are grateful for this community.