Broken And Beautiful

Broken And Beautiful

From Living Word NRA Sermon Podcast by Living Word NRA

April 12, 2026 · 54 min

About this episode

The sermon discusses the significance of sacrifice and worship through the story of a woman anointing Jesus with costly ointment.

Sermon Title: BROKEN AND BEAUTIFUL Sermon Text: MARK 14:1-9 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 14:1-9 ESV It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill himfor they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that?For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her.But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole…

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Host: PTR NIC SY

Topics covered

  • sacrifice
  • worship
  • treasure
  • faith
  • Jesus
  • anointing

Keywords

  • broken
  • beautiful
  • sacrifice
  • worship
  • Jesus
  • anointing
  • faith
  • treasure

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: BROKEN AND BEAUTIFUL, THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS, MARK 14:1-9

Places: Bethany, Simon the leper

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