Unfolding Scripture: Mark 13 (The End is Near?)
Mark 13 is titled The Eschatological Discourse. Eschatology is a part of theology that focuses on the last things: death, judgment, Heaven, and…
Mark 13 is titled The Eschatological Discourse. Eschatology is a part of theology that focuses on the last things: death, judgment, Heaven, and…
Mark 12 begins with the parable of tenants in a vineyard (12:1-12) who, after abusing a variety of their landlord’s slaves and servants…
In Mark 11, things are coming to their pivotal point: Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection. This chapter begins with the scene we celebrate…
The first section of Mark 10 (1-12) contains some of Jesus’ most explicit thought on marriage. He is initially challenged by the…
Mark 9 begins with one of the most vivid images in all of Scripture: the Transfiguration (Mark 9:2-10). This is the moment where…
Mark 8 begins with Jesus again miraculously feeding a large crowd (~400o people) using only seven loaves of bread (Mark 8:1-10). While last…
Mark 7 presents us with three distinctive scenes, each of which leaves us with questions to reflect on and lessons about the…
Mark 6 is a longer chapter (fifty-six verses) that contains six notable stories: Jesus’ rejection at Nazareth (1-6), a sending forth of the…
The fifth Chapter of Mark’s Gospel deals with three miraculous healings performed by Jesus, First, a Gerasene man freed from His possessions, second,…
The fourth chapter of Mark’s Gospels focuses a great deal on parables – stories Jesus used to reveal the Kingdom in a gradual…