November 8, 2026 · Dale Haygood · Mark 13:7–8
Summarized notes from the Sunday sermon.
Jesus told his disciples they would hear of wars and rumors of wars. He told them to stay steady when those reports came. Dale Haygood considers how that instruction helps us respond to frightening news and the temptation to read every crisis as a sign.
When rumors spread
Mark 13:7–8 gives disciples a way to hear troubling news without letting it rule them. Isaiah 55:8–9 reminds us that God sees more than we can see.
Guard against deception
In Matthew 24, Jesus warns his disciples about people who deceive others and says that the Father knows the day and hour. Dale asks us to pay attention to the ways fear can make people easy to mislead and worry can crowd out what matters to the soul.
Come back to what God has given us to do
Dale closes with Ecclesiastes 12:13 and its call to fear God and keep his commandments. When the next troubling report comes, consider what faithfulness looks like in the responsibility already in front of you.