Week 6. READ: Mark 10:1-16 Show Time The ethics of discipleship is explored in part in Mark 10:1-31. This section has the makings of a teaching manual or catechism. The topics in these verses include discipleship in marriage (vv. 2-10), discipleship and children (vv. 13-16) and discipleship wealth and possessions (vv. 17-31, the week 7 study). The...

Week 8: READ: Mark 7:24-37 Show Time There is an abrupt scene change as Jesus set course to leave Galilee and head to the gentile region of Phoenicia.  This appears to be a solitary trip for Jesus and there is no indication that his disciples are anywhere to be seen.  Why did Jesus up and leave Galilee...

Week 7: READ: Mark 7:1-23 Show Time As the next act begins, the mood has changed from the frenzy of the crowds wanting to touch Jesus as well as the throngs of people hauling their sick on mats so he could touch and heal them.  This scene opens up with the religious leaders plotting against Jesus.  They...

Week 6: READ: Mark 6:30-56 Show Time Do you remember a time when you did something on a “shoestring?”  For those of you too young to be familiar with this saying, it refers to having fun or doing a project around your home for just a few dollars.  It is quite amazing how far a couple hundred...

Week 5: READ: Mark 6:14-29 Show Time John the baptizer was in the line of the great Jewish prophets of the Old Testament.  As Mark 1 tells us, God sent John to get people ready for the coming of the LORD.  He was like a herald in the Roman Empire who came to announce the coming of...

Week 3: READ: Mark 5:21-43 Show Time Jesus and the disciples cross the sea one more time in chapters 4-5.  The exact location along the shore of the Sea of Galilee is not given.  They departed from the gentile dominated southeast side and were met immediately by a Jewish leader as they went ashore.  This is a...