“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 DelusionRichard DawkinsThe 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