MARK 6, PT 2 | HOSPITALITY AND SUFFERING

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...
MARK 6, PT 1 | JESUS AS CARPENTER AND LORD

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...
MARK 4, PT 2 | SOLVING PROBLEMS FROM THE TOP DOWN

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...
MARK 4, PT 2 | SOLVING PROBLEMS FROM THE TOP DOWN

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...
MARK 4, PT 2 | SOLVING PROBLEMS FROM THE TOP DOWN

MARK 2 | WHEN A CLIENT VANDALIZES YOUR HOME

This is part 2 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark. Background Matthew 4:13 says Jesus left Nazareth and settled (or lived) in Capernaum in Galilee. 2:1-12 In this passage Jesus is at home in Capernaum (Mark 2:1), and people are coming to him from all villages...
MARK 1 | THE SPEAKING AND THE DOING

MARK 1 | THE SPEAKING AND THE DOING

This is part 1 of a multi-part series on the book of Mark. 1:1 The word gospel was used in the ancient world often for military victories, but the apostles and writers of the Scriptures co-opted it for language of being saved from the enemy’s kingdom into the Kingdom...