Evergreen Christian Community

Mark 1:1-8Big Idea: The Good news comes in the unlikeliest places.Good NewsHebrew:Bisser [bi-sair]. Verb—good newsBesorah. Noun—the good news givenGreek:Euangelion— Eu (good) and angelion (news)Luke 2:8-141. Anticipation: The good news was predictedMalachi 3:1Challenges without hope lead to despair. Challenges with anticipation lead to joy.Isaiah 40:9-112. Desperation: The good news was needed.Isaiah 61:1-3“At no point since 2005 have a majority of Americans said the country was on the right track, according to Gallup. Whether the economy is growing or shrinking, whether the president is a Democrat or Republican, most Americans believe that we have lost our way.”  Ours Was the Shining Future, David Leonhardt 3. Deliverance: the Good News brought freedom.Isaiah 52:7-9Mark 1:14-15“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of