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Greg M, Patrick Lai, and guest bloggers write about the joys, challenges, and rewards that come with taking the Gospel to the least reached through real business.
Do We Really “Build” The Kingdom?
Since the theme of our 2025 Expo is "Rebuilding the City" (focusing on Nehemiah rebuilding after the Exile), combined with the fact that "building the Kingdom" seems to be an en vogue phrase these days, I did a study on the word "Kingdom" throughout the New Testament....
Joshua 5:13-6:27 | The Commander of the LORD’s Army and the Fall of Jericho
In Joshua 5:13, on the eve of battle in Jericho, Joshua looked up and saw a man with his sword drawn. His first thought, as would mine be, was: are you for us or for the enemy? The man’s answer implied that, in fact, the wrong question was being asked. Instead, Joshua...
MARK 14 | FROM NOW TO ETERNITY
This is part 14 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark and concludes the series.Today, we're in Mark 14:3-9. This story houses a few precious gems that don’t immediately come to the surface - we have to dig just a bit to see them. Jesus is in the house of Simon...
MARK 12, PT 2 | WHO IS YOUR PROVIDER?
This is part 13 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus completed his argument to the scribes by showing what true devotion to the Kingdom looks like, only he didn’t bother explaining it to the scribes. He called his disciples...
MARK 12, PT 1 | HIERARCHY IN GOD’S ECONOMY
This is part 12 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark. Today, we're in Mark 12:13-17. The Pharisees are desperate. Religiously pure people, their goal was to obey - and get all God’s people to obey - all 613 OT laws so that they could avoid another exile and get...
MARK 11 | ASKING IN FAITH
This is part 11 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 11:20-26. As the disciples and Jesus passed by the fig tree again, Peter noticed that it had withered (11:20-21) after Jesus cursed it (11:14). Just as God had found no fruit on the...
MARK 7, PT 2 | MAKING THINGS NEW
This is part 10 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 7:31-37. Jesus continued his tour of Gentile territory, purposefully going on a 120-mile journey through Sidon and into the Decapolis rather than going through Jewish land (7:31). Gentiles...
MARK 7, PT 1 | SUBJECTS OF ANOTHER KINGDOM
This is part 9 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 7:1-13. Traditions Traditions can be great, so long as they are a means to an end. They become a problem when the means are forgotten and all ends with a tradition. Some Pharisees gathered...
MARK 6, PT 4 | COUNTRYSIDES AND MARKETPLACES
This is part 8 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 6:53-56. Checking In In Mark 6:45, Jesus had his disciples get into the boat ahead of him and aim for Bethsaida; but by 6:53, they had crossed over and made land at Gennesaret. When they...
MARK 6, PT 3 | HEROD AND ACCOUNTABILITY
This is part 7 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 6:14-29. Backstory King Herod heard as the word spread, which means it didn’t just spread among the poor but made it into the palaces. Jesus’ name had become known (6:14). Herod became...
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