“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…

There is a continental divide when it comes to biblical discipleship. Just as the watershed ridge of the continental divide separates the drainage of all river ways either into the Pacific Ocean to the west of the or the Atlantic Ocean to the east so it is with biblical discipleship. How you understand this matter…

“Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables . . .” Mark…

Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Mark 3:1-2