Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Three-Mile-Per-Hour God (Mark 5:21-43)

January 26, 2010 – 12:44 pm

Christianity, when it is true to itself, proclaims the power, healing and transformation which is found in Jesus Christ.  The moment that any Christian movement loses its focus on the person of Jesus Christ, it ceases to be fully, wholly Christian.  It is the person of Jesus Christ which makes us the people of God.
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The Indestructibility of Christ (Mark 4:35-41; 13:1,2)

January 21, 2010 – 4:00 pm

In these two texts from Mark’s gospel we find a stunning contrast.  We are met with that which appears to be indestructible, but is, in fact, quite destructible; and that which appears so vulnerable and destructible and which is, in fact, indestructible.  In Mark 13 the disciples are walking with Jesus and they are admiring [...]

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The Extravagant Sower (Mark 4:1-20)

January 19, 2010 – 3:47 pm

Jesus’ parable of the Sower is often treated as the parable of the Soils.  We spend a great deal of time analyzing the different soils in the passage, because after all, the Sower and the seed are always the same; it is the quality of the soils that results in different levels of responsiveness.  Jesus [...]

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The Lord of the Sabbath is Here! (Mark 2:23-3:6)

January 14, 2010 – 11:08 am

This passage opens with Jesus simply walking through a field with His disciples.  Mark, along with the other gospel writers, takes note of several times when Jesus is just walking along, going from one place to another, and along the way things happen and lives are changed.  Recall the time Jesus was walking along on [...]

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