“Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid his disapproval and punishment? That's not morality, that's just sucking up, apple-polishing, looking over your shoulder at the great surveillance camera in the sky, or the still small wiretap inside your head, monitoring your every move, even your every base thought.” 

― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

‘The heart of the Christian faith is not a set of doctrinal propositions, however accurate the theology may be. Far less is the heart of the Christian faith found in a set of prescriptions for behaviour, however strict or liberal these prescriptions may be. The heart of the Christian faith is a person – Jesus Christ, God’s only son, our Lord and Saviour. To be a Christian is to believe the truth about Jesus, and then to confess him, in the sense of committing one’s life to Him in a life of faith and obedience.’ G Philip, 1990

Repentance Obedience Sincerity

Mark 1:14-20; 2:13-17

Context – John imprisoned Place - Galilee Content – ‘The time has come, the Kingdom of God is near’ Response – Repent & Believe

Jesus’ Preaching :

Within Everyday Life To a new Vocation With a Cost

The call to discipleship :

Criticism Conviction ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor but the

sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.’

Repentance Obedience Sincerity

‘Follow Me’Mark 1:14-20; 2:13-17