[Mark 15] Jesus Pays the Final Price for Our Sin Debt: Mark 15, we come to the holy ground, after which our Savior renders up the final and full sacrifice for our sins. We can but look one with awestruck silence considering the magnitude of what took place over about 12 hours from Jesus’ arrest […]
READ MORE [Mark 14] The Prince of Heaven in the Courts of Man: The chief priests and elders have colluded with Judas, and Jesus is now in their clutches. Pilate questions him, the crowd vilifies Him, and Peter denies Him as in our chapter, the dread three-act drama of the crucifixion of our Lord begins in earnest. […]
READ MORE [Mark 13] Jesus Defines the End Times: In chapter 13, Jesus describes for His disciples the character and timing of His coming. He gives a very detailed description while at the same time, making clear that no man can know the day or the hour. How much can we know of the coming of Christ, […]
READ MORE [Mark 12] The Foreknowledge of Jesus: In Mark 12, Jesus delivers a parable to the scribes and elders predicting His own death, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the coming of the church age in just a few short sentences. For us it is an example of how no matter how clueless the disciples remained about […]
READ MORE [Mark 11] Have the Faith of God: In chapter 11 of Mark Jesus enters Jerusalem as the recognized Messiah. He drives out the money-changers, and scandalizes the temple leadership for all the disruption He brings to the normal operation of the temple during the feast days. He then curses a fig tree that promptly dies, […]
READ MORE [Mark 10] Jesus Travels to Jerusalem: In this chapter Jesus is making His way toward Jerusalem knowing that crucifixion and death await Him. Along the way, He speaks to the disciples about divorce and remarriage, about poverty and wealth and gives demonstration that tells us much about receiving a miracle when it is needed in […]
READ MORE [Mark 9] Does the Apostle John Yet Live Among Us? In chapter 9 of Mark, Jesus makes some very enigmatic statements about some that would live to see the kingdom come in power. Does this have meaning for us personally? At that time, some of the disciples apparently took it to mean they would never […]
READ MORE [Mark 8] Believing Jesus for Everyday Needs: In chapter 8 of Mark Jesus again multiplies loaves and fishes, feeding 4000 in all. The disciples however have not learned the lesson of God’s provisioning as they become concerned shortly thereafter because of a food shortage. Have you been slow to learn the lessons of the faithfulness […]
READ MORE [Mark 7] Have We Made the Word of God a Useless Thing? In Mark 7, Jesus confronts religious authorities with the vanity of their extra-biblical demands on the people. Have you seen this done in your personal history? Have you ever been held to an expectation, or unwritten religious law that at the end of […]
READ MORE [Mark 6] How Jesus Dealt with Failure: In Mark 6, Jesus campaigns in His home town with very disappointing results. We find because Jesus was common to them, the scripture reads that even He COULD NOT do very much in terms of the miraculous, because of the contempt they had for Him as a familiar […]
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