This week we will look at an interesting healing story. The story that prompted George Bernard Shaw to say, "This was the time when Jesus was not a Christian!" I…
The next section of Mark's Gospel is connected to what we looked at last week but Jesus drills down on his distinctions. He moves from the Pharisees to the general…
This week's passage in Mark moves back to Jesus' conflict with the Pharisees. Issues about hand washing and caring for aging parents. What could be more relevant? But the first…
Finishing up Mark 6 today. Jesus sends the disciples ahead, they have a hard time, and then he walks across the water to them. They thought they saw a ghost…
As we noted last week Mark does one of his story tucked inside a story forms. Here he writes of the martyrdom of John the Baptist between the sending and…
This week we move forward a bit in Mark 6. We see the disciples become apostles, that is, going from ones who follow to ones who are sent. Jesus gives…
We will move into the first few verses of Mark 6 this week. Jesus returns home to Nazareth and things do not go well. Good background for thoughts about welcoming…
We move into Mark 5 this week but continue the miracle stories Mark gathers together. After the storm at sea Jesus and company land and seem to meet up with…