In 1967, three Apollo 1 astronauts died in a launch rehearsal fire, and the investigation found that too much experience, not too little, had dulled the team's awareness of the danger. Success can make us forget our weaknesses.

In this message from our study of the Gospel of Mark, Pastor Jason Smith looks at Mark 9:14-29, where Jesus' disciples, who had previously cast out demons, find themselves powerless before a desperate father and his son. Jason unpacks the kind of unbelief that says "I've got this," what prayerlessness reveals about our hearts, and what we can learn from a father who prayed, "I believe; help my unbelief."

Scripture: Mark 9:14-29
Series: Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Pastor Jason Smith

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Pastor Chad opens a new chapter in our Global Church series by jumping into the book of Acts, starting with Jesus' final words before His ascension: "You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8). That single verse becomes the outline for the whole book — and this episode walks through its earliest, most explosive chapter.

On the day of Pentecost, Jews "from every nation under heaven" gathered in Jerusalem heard the gospel preached in their own languages, an early glimpse of the Great Commission in motion. Peter's sermon cuts straight to the heart of the crowd who had crucified Jesus, and 3,000 are added to the church in a single day — forcing the earliest believers to innovate almost overnight just to care for one another. The episode closes with the story of Stephen, the church's first martyr, and the persecution that scattered believers as far as Antioch — proof that what was meant for harm, God used for good. Along the way, Pastor Chad shares a firsthand report from a missions conference in Dallas, where churches and organizations are working toward a bold goal: a church for every 1,000 people on the planet.

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This week, we paused our study through the Gospel of Mark for Mission Sunday, a chance to celebrate what God has done through FBC Boerne's mission partners this year and look at what Scripture says about every believer's role in that work.

In this message, Missions Pastor Chad Mason looks at Ephesians 4:11-16, where Paul explains why God gives the church leaders: not so that a few people can do the work of ministry, but so every believer is equipped to do it. Chad walks through what it means for the whole body of Christ to grow and serve together in love, and shares how God has grown FBC Boerne's missions ministry so that every believer has a place to use their gifts, inside these walls and around the world.

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16
Speaker: Missions Pastor Chad Mason

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Pastor Jason Smith teaches through Matthew 28 and the Great Commission, tracing God's mission from Genesis to today and what it means for every believer at FBC Boerne.

What were Jesus' last words to His disciples, and why should that change how we live? Pastor Jason Smith opens Matthew 28 and traces the Great Commission all the way back to Genesis, showing how it's always been God's plan to fill the earth with His glory through ordinary people. Jason unpacks what it means that the mission continues through you, continues through the church, and never leaves you to carry it alone.

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Six days after Peter declared, "You are the Christ," and then couldn't accept what Jesus said would come next, the disciples are still reeling. So Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a mountain, and everything changes.

In this message from our study through the Gospel of Mark, Youth Pastor Garrett McCord looks at Mark 9:1-13, where Jesus is transfigured before his closest disciples and a voice from the cloud says, "This is my son, whom I love. Listen to him." Garrett walks through how God comforts his disciples in the middle of shattered expectations: by helping them see Jesus clearly, trust his character, submit to his authority, and keep trusting even when following him hurts.

Scripture: Mark 9:1-13
Series: Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Youth Pastor Garrett McCord

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If Jesus said He only did what He saw the Father doing, then what was the Father doing? In this episode, Pastor Chad Mason walks through John 5 and John 15 to show how the Father's mission of love, restoration, and drawing people to Himself became fully embodied in the life of Jesus — and how Jesus, in turn, handed that same mission to His disciples. Chad connects the dots from the Father, to the Son, to the church, and lands on a question worth sitting with: if this has always been God's mission, what does that make ours? Part of our Global Church series at FBC Boerne, setting up next week's look at the Great Commission.

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Last week, Peter got the answer right. You are the Christ. But when Jesus explained what being the Christ actually meant, suffering, rejection, and death, Peter couldn't accept it.

In this message from our study through the Gospel of Mark, Pastor Daniel Justice picks up right where that story leaves off, looking at Mark 8:34-38 and the three things Jesus confronts in anyone who wants to follow him: control, gain, and approval. Daniel keeps returning to one piercing question: where do you want the death to occur? Are you willing to die to self now and find life in Jesus, or spend your life trying to save yourself and miss the one thing you cannot afford to lose?

Scripture: Mark 8:34-38
Series: Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Pastor Daniel Justice

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Pastor Jason continues our Global Church series with a picture worth remembering: a lighthouse that's proud of its height and its stripes, but forgets that its real beauty is in its purpose — to shine light so others can be saved. That's the picture of Israel, Pastor Jason argues, tracing the theme from Genesis 12, where Abraham is blessed to be a blessing, through Exodus 19's call to be "a kingdom of priests," through Deuteronomy 4's vision of the nations asking why Israel's God is so near, all the way to Isaiah's promise of a servant who would be "a light to the nations."

Along the way, we see Israel's failure — Solomon's heart turning after other gods even after the Queen of Sheba came and praised the Lord because of what she saw in him — and how that failure doesn't end the story. It finds its fulfillment in Jesus, who declares Himself the light of the world and then tells His church, "You are the light of the world." The episode closes with a challenge for every believer: are you being a lighthouse, or just admiring your own stripes?

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