This Sunday is Palm Sunday but we are just moving ahead in Mark's Gospel because we looked at the Triumphal entry there just a few weeks ago. So the Sadducees…
Though often referenced, it seems to have started with Benjamin Franklin, "in this world the only things certain are death and taxes." The two sort of come together in this…
Continuing in Mark's Gospel we come to what some have called the parable that got Jesus killed. Not an exaggeration. While some parables were difficult to understand, some Jesus had…
This week we finish chapter 11 with a confrontation between the powerful Jesus and the "powers that be" in Jerusalem. They are all, "Who gave you the right...!?" just as…
Moving forward a little in Mark 11 we find Mark connecting, in that "Markan sandwich" method, two stories that have not always played well with folks. The outer story is…
For this first Sunday of Lent we move into the last third of Mark's Gospel which is wholly devoted to what is usually called "Passion Week". So, this week the…
We will finish Mark 10 this week. Another healing story but with a couple notable differences from others. It is the miracle restoring sight to a man named Bartimaeus. That…
Moving on in Mark 10 we find Jesus giving the most clear prophecy of what was to come and the disciples continuing to misunderstand and ask the wrong questions. Yet…
Going back to the passage in Mark we looked at last week. Didn't quite get to the end and Jesus says something that is often misunderstood and misused. We will…
This week we come to the familiar story of "The Rich Young Ruler". The incident is recorded in all three synoptic Gospels and the common title comes from comparing them.…