February 21, 2025
‘But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”’ (Mark 5:36 ESV). A synagogue ruler named Jairus came to Jesus, begging him to come and heal his sick daughter. Jesus went with him. As they were on the way, messengers came to inform them that she
February 20, 2025
“And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled” (Mark 5:20 ESV). In the region of the Gerasenes, on the Eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus encountered a man who was beset by a “legion” of unclean spirits. He commanded them
February 19, 2025
“And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful” (Mark 4:18-19 ESV). Jesus told a parable about a sower who sowed seed
February 17, 2025
“And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart” (Mark 3:5 ESV). The Pharisees brought out the full range of emotion from our Lord Jesus. When He tried to show them the spirit of the Sabbath, they clung to the letter of the law, even that which they themselves had
February 16, 2025
“And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay” (Mark 2:3-4 ESV). What friends these were! Neither
February 15, 2025
And immediately he called them…” (Mark 1:20 ESV). “And immediately” (Greek: “καὶ εὐθέως, kai eutheós”) is a recurring phrase throughout the gospel of Mark. The phrase moves the story along with an intensity unique among the gospels. Each gospel reveals a different aspect of Christ: – Matthew reveals Christ as King (Lion).– Mark reveals Christ as
March 11, 2024
“And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom” (Mark 15:37-38 ESV). At the sound of Jesus’ last cry, the thick curtain separating the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple, was rent from top to bottom, opening
March 9, 2024
“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives” (Mark 14:26 ESV). On the Thursday night before His crucifixion, Jesus and His disciples sang a hymn together after finishing the Passover meal. O what joy it must have been to hear His voice sing praises to God! How wonderful
March 7, 2024
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” (Mark 13:31 ESV). Jesus answered the disciples’ question concerning the last days by describing the signs leading up to it. He talked about how many things would come to pass, but concluded that His words would never disappear. When we study, memorize
March 5, 2024
‘Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?”‘ (Mark 12:24 ESV). Jesus gave a devastating critique of the Sadducees’ theology, saying that they were ignorant of the Scriptures and the power of God. The Sadducees were a sect of Judaism