What Does Biblical Community Look Like?

**This article originally appeared on pastors.com and was authored by Rick Warren   What the public generally knows about Saddleback Church is that we have a large weekend attendance, but what the outside world doesn’t realize is that the strength of Saddleback is really in our small groups. The press reports what happens on Sunday, but they can’t see what happens all …

Five Principles for Understanding the End of Mark’s Gospel

[Some of the earliest mss conclude with 16:8] As we conclude our sermon series in the Gospel of Mark, we come to a unique set of verses accompanied by a note:  “[Some of the earliest mss conclude with 16:8]”.  In the Christian Standard Bible, Mark 16:9-20 is included in brackets, indicating that these verses are in some way different than …