As we come to the final chapter of the Gospel of Mark today on Easter Sunday we will walk the text of Mark 16 to discover the prerequisite for the resurrection, the witnesses to the resurrection and finally, the signs of the resurrection. May the power that raised up our Lord Jesus from the dead…
There is a famous path through the Old City of Jerusalem today that is known as the Via Dolorosa, a Latin phrase, meaning literally the path of pain. It represents the path Jesus walked from his examination before Pontius Pilate to Golgotha where he was crucified and laid down his life for the sins of…
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our…
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?”
In our quest to follow Christ, we come to the eleventh chapter of the book of Mark. While much of Jesus’ early life and ministry was set in the northern parts of Israel, the Galilee, his destiny lay in Jerusalem. Mark 11 as well as Matthew 21, Luke 19 and John 12 all tell the…
In our quest to follow Christ, we come to the tenth chapter of the book of Mark. Mark attempts to contrast in this chapter the ways of God with the ways of the world; distinguishing the perspective of the kingdom of God from a mere human and earthly perspective. As we explore this chapter of…
Our quest to follow Christ brings us to the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Mark today. The chapter is all about spiritual transformation. We will witness a transformation of Christ on a mountaintop in Israel; a transformation of a demonized boy made whole; and a transformation of quarrelling disciples into a brotherhood of servants.…
Our quest to follow Christ brings us to the eighth chapter of Mark where we find three stories of sight; three versions of vision. Only one of the stories is literally about the human eye, but all three stories are about the human heart; the eye of the soul; the capacity to see what can’t…
Our invitation to follow Christ brings us to the seventh chapter of the book of Luke which presents three stories of common complications to any disciple’s efforts to closely follow Christ. I am asking the Holy Spirit to use these stories to awaken you to dangerous strongholds that may be present in your life and…
