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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.
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...
MARK 6, PT 2 | HOSPITALITY AND SUFFERING
This is part 6 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 6:7-13. Relying on Hospitality Jesus had done just enough teaching to begin pushing his disciples out to make mistakes, not on their own but with another (6:7)—surely for both encouragement...
MARK 6, PT 1 | JESUS AS CARPENTER AND LORD
This is part 5 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 6:1-6. Rejection & the Hypostatic Union Jesus knew rejection and disdain. He knew the pain of not being accepted in his hometown. He went to Nazareth and was teaching in the Synagogue....
MARK 4, PT 2 | SOLVING PROBLEMS FROM THE TOP DOWN
This is part 4 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 4:35-41 Jesus was often tired. He ran a sprint-marathon. He ran until he was out of gas, but then retreated to rest. He always initiated rest when he needed it. So after an exhausting day,...
MARK 4, PT 1 | SOWING IN WORKSHIP
This is part 3 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark.Today, we're in Mark 4:26-29. Now the Kingdom of God is compared to a man scattering seeds on the ground (4:26). The man is clearly not God in this parable because he sleeps and rises and lives out his days...
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