Slow to Understand

Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread?  Do you still not see or understand?  Are your hearts hardened?  Mark 8:17 (TNIV) The human being is an amazing work of art.  The body and the mind have many intricate systems that wonderfully function to achieve marvelous results.  We... Continue Reading →

Jesus, Only a Carpenter?

“Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. Mark 6:3 (NIV) “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is... Continue Reading →

Dead or Asleep?

And he went in and said to them “Why are you raising a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”  Mark 5:39 (Byington) There may be some who claim to be experts on the state of the dead.  However, since they have not stepped across that frontier and explored that wonderland and... Continue Reading →

Don´t Look There, Look Here!

While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. "Your daughter is dead," they said. "Why bother the teacher anymore?"  Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, "Don't be afraid; just believe." Mark 5:35-36 (NIV) We live in a created environment with set rules which govern it and... Continue Reading →

Who Touched Jesus?

At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him.  He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”  Mark 5:30 (TNIV) It may be difficult for us to understand the mysterious force Jesus mentions that flowed out of Him and healed the ailing woman.  We could speculate and attempt to... Continue Reading →

Where Jesus Sends

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.  Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”  Mark 5:18-19 (TNIV) When we... Continue Reading →

Jesus, Sleeping on the Job?

Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” Mark 4:38 (NIV) Storm raging all around and Jesus seems to be fast asleep.  Does this sound like us sometimes? Don´t we get the sensation once in a while where we... Continue Reading →

Mustard Seeds of the Kingdom

Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?  It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.  Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that... Continue Reading →

The How of the Seed

So he went on to say; “In this way the kingdom of God is just as when a man casts the seed upon the ground, and he sleeps at night and rises up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows tall, just how he does not know.”  Mark 4:26-27 (Reference Bible) Jesus is back... Continue Reading →

Hiding the Lamp

He also said to them: “A lamp is not brought out to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Is it not brought out to be put on a lampstand?”  Mark 4:21 (NWT) The first and easiest interpretation to place upon this text is that we should let our light shine... Continue Reading →

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