Reading: Mark 10:32-52 Context: How does Jesus’ detailed third passion prediction demonstrate His conscious choice to suffer? I imagine. He is with His disciples and He’s outlining what will happen to Him. He’s deliberate. He’s not in a rush. This is what will happen. It’s not a matter of identifying it in terms of what […]
Read More WIWO: Mark – Episode 18: The Way of the Cross“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Do all things without grumbling or […]
Read More KMCD 21: The Kingsman Works it OutReading: Mark 10:1-31 Context: How do Jesus’ teachings on divorce reflect God’s original design for marriage relationships? Divorce is alien to God. His original design was that those who married would be married for life. Divorce was a response to rebellious hearts that didn’t want to take on the original design. Going back to God’s […]
Read More WIWO: Mark – Episode 17: Marriage, Children, and WealthThey witnessed Elisha walking with Elijah. They saw him at the river. They waited as both men crossed. Only Elisha returned, though, and he was not the same. They witnessed the disciples walking with Jesus. They saw them go up. They waited. But Jesus did not come back with them. And after a while, when […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Not The SameReading: Mark 9:33-50 Context: What prompts Jesus’ teaching about greatness and service in God’s kingdom? The lads are quarrelling before they reach the crib. He asks them why they’re arguing. They keep shtum, as if you can do that with a man who knows. The nature of their quarrel is about who is the greatest. […]
Read More WIWO: Mark – Episode 16: Humility and ServiceReading: Mark 9:1-32 Context: How does the transfiguration confirm Jesus’ identity for the three disciples who witness it? Here’s the confirmation – it’s one thing to be told that He’s the son of God, it’s another thing to witness His transfigured form revealing the glory of the only begotten son of God. That kind of […]
Read More WIWO: Mark – Episode 15: Glory and DiscipleshipHosting well is something we’re not naturally equipped for. That might seem a strange thing to say. Most of us would consider ourselves reasonably welcoming people. We hold the door. We smile when someone new walks in. We’re not deliberately cold or unkind. But there’s a significant difference between not being hostile and actually being […]
Read More KMCD 18: The Kingsman as a Good HostReading: Mark 8:22-38 Context: How does the gradual healing of the blind man parallel the disciples’ gradually developing understanding? Throughout the journey of discipleship, the disciples see what Jesus does, but they don’t always understand it at the time. Indeed, they will often misunderstand what He does, and it will take gradual learning to understand […]
Read More WIWO: Mark – Episode 14: The Great Confession“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” Romans 15:13 (ESV) There is a word that gets worn smooth with use, until it barely means anything at all. Hope. We say it lightly — […]
Read More KMCD 17: Hope, The Fellowship and the KingsmanReading: Mark 5:21-43 Context: What social barriers does the bleeding woman overcome to reach Jesus, and why is this significant? This scripture does not indicate the social barrier, but we can infer the following: she has a disease, which doesn’t make her socially acceptable for starters. The nature of the disease, apparently, would make her […]
Read More WIWO: Mark – Episode 9: Faith and Healing
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