As Jesus spent time in the Temple courts, some of the leaders were trying to find a way to have him arrested or even killed. Several came to him with a trick question.
It’s not surprising to see that many Jewish religious leaders wanted to arrest Jesus. He was undermining their authority and besmirching their...
Some Christians don’t pay attention to Jesus’ hyperbolic teaching style or broader biblical teaching on God’s nature, and we turn Mark 11:2...
In the day of Jeremiah, the Temple had become like a den of thieves. The people felt they could hide, safely protected from divine judgment, because they had access to the Temple.
When Jesus entered the Temple on the day after his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, those who had welcomed him the day before...
Throughout his ministry, Jesus had proclaimed the coming of the kingdom of God. For first-century Jews, this implied that a divinely anointed royal figure would soon expel the Romans from Judea.
As Jesus and his disciples journeyed near Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus heard that Jesus was about to pass his way...
“We want you to do whatever we ask of you.” Wow! Now that’s some request. It’s as if they wanted a blank...
Peter was probably hoping for a word of reassurance, something like, “Don’t worry, Peter, you’re in.” But what he heard from Jesus...
Mark 10:17-27 is one of those passages in the Gospels that makes most of us terribly uncomfortable. Like the man who asked Jesus how he might inherit eternal life, we also have “many possessions.”
Does Jesus mean we should seriously think about cutting off our body parts if they’re involved in sin?
Have you ever been caught red-handed? I think of a time when, as a boy, I was playing baseball in the backyard...
The story of the Transfiguration shrouded in mystery, reveals something of the divine nature of Jesus. He was certainly much more than a human messiah, that’s for sure.
Mark 9:1 is one of the more puzzling statements of Jesus. He said that some of those “standing here right now” would not die “before they see the Kingdom of God arrive in...
An Introductory Note from Mark: ...
I don't look down on Peter as a fool. Neither did Jesus, for that matter, since he upheld Peter as a leader...
For centuries, Holy Week was the focal point of the Christian calendar.
In the middle of primetime, I sink into the couch, feet propped up on the coffee table, legs forming a desk for...
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately,” I confessed to my husband Brad over dinner recently. “I’ve got writer’s block or something. I feel like I’ve got nothing to say.” ... ...
We all want to succeed at our jobs. It’s part of our makeup as human beings. We are passionate about growing and...
