A sign from heaven 24/04/2022
The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven. He sighed deeply and said, “Why does...
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Mark's Gospel
Apr 22, 20222 min
He has done everything well 22/04/2022
People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” ...
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Apr 20, 20223 min
Greek woman and her daughter 20/04/2022
“Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the...
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Apr 6, 20223 min
Messed up inside 06/04/2022
He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts...
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Apr 4, 20223 min
Clean hands or dirty hands 04/04/2022
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating...
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Mar 31, 20223 min
He saw the disciples 31/03/2021
Read Mark 6:45 - 52 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. [Mark 6:48 NIV] From...
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Mar 29, 20223 min
They were satisfied 29/03/2022
Read Mark 6:30 - 44 They all ate and were satisfied, [Mark 6:42 NIV] From <https://www.bible.com/en-GB/bible/111/MRK.6.NIV> [Photo by...
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Mar 27, 20224 min
Come with me and rest 27/03/2022
Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by...
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Mar 25, 20225 min
A troubled conscience 25/03/2022
Read Mark 6:14-29) But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!” [Mark 6: 16 NIV] From...
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Mar 23, 20224 min
On a mission 23/03/2022
Read Mark 6:6b - 12 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. [Mark...
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Mar 21, 20223 min
Amazed at their lack of faith 21/03/2022
Read Mark 6:1-6. He was amazed at their lack of faith. [Mark 6:6 NIV] [Photo by Ross Sneddon on Unsplash.] Jesus clearly expected these...
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Mar 19, 20224 min
My wee lassie 19/03/2022
Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23He pleaded earnestly with him, “My...
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Mar 17, 20223 min
Freed from Suffering 17/03/2022
Read Mark 5: 25-29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. [Mark 5:29 NIV] This...
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Mar 15, 20225 min
Go somewhere else! 15/03/2022
Read Mark 5:1-20 [Photo by Amber Kipp on Unsplash.] Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region. [Mark 5:17] What...
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Mar 13, 20223 min
Who is this? 13/03/2022
They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” [Mark 4:41 NIV] [Photo by Tengyart on...
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Mar 11, 20225 min
Parable of Mustard Seed 11/03/2022
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,...
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Mar 9, 20224 min
Parable of the Growing Seed 09/03/2021
[Photo by Karren McPherson.] He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day,...
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Mar 7, 20224 min
Lamp on a stand 07/03/2022
[Photo by Karren McPherson] He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its...
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Mar 5, 20225 min
Use your ears 05/03/2022
Read Mark 4: 1- 8 and 9-20 for more commentary on the parable. See end of blog for quotation. This is a very well-known parable and it...
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Mar 3, 20224 min
Seeing but not perceiving 03/03/2022
He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so...
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Mar 1, 20223 min
Who are my mother and my brothers? 01/03/2022
Read Mark 3:31-35 [Printed at conclusion of this blog] You might expect Jesus family members to be his most loyal supporters. There is a...
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Feb 27, 20224 min
Ultimate Blasphemy 27/02/2022
Read Mark 3:20 - 29. [Full passage printed at end of blog] Jesus utters a very sharp condemnation against these teachers of the law for...
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Feb 25, 20225 min
Twelve Apostles 25/02/2022
Read Mark 3:13-18 [Passage printed at end of blog] Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to...
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Feb 23, 20223 min
Is it ever OK to be angry? 23/02/2022
After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched...
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Feb 21, 20224 min
Conspirators 21/02/2022
So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him. [Mark 3:6 NET]...
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Feb 19, 20225 min
Custard Christians 19/02/2022
Read Mark 2:23-28 [Passage quoted in full at the end of the blog.] Let me explain the reference to "Custard Christians," as it might be a...
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Feb 17, 20224 min
Clash of Old and New 17/02/2022
We might find this a bit confusing. What is all this about sewing a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment and putting new wine into...
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Feb 15, 20224 min
Healthy folk don't need a doctor 15/02/2022
[Photo by Usman Yousaf on Unsplash] I need to be persuaded to phone the doctor's surgery. Maybe it's a 'man thing' but I would bury my...
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Feb 13, 20223 min
Levi the tax collector 13/02/2022
[Picture courtesy of The Chosen - permission granted.] He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was...
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Feb 11, 20224 min
Mind Reading 11/02/2022
Read Mark 2: 6-12 [Passage cited at end of blog] One of the many ways I used to try to entertain my classes in a large secondary school...
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Feb 9, 20223 min
Roofdiggers 09/02/2022
Will we make a special effort to make sure that people who are in desperate need of help encounter the Saviour of the World?
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Feb 7, 20224 min
Capernaum - a privileged city 0702/2022
When I was a wee boy I used to imagine that I would only need to preach to people in my town and they would all become Christians. It...
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Feb 5, 20224 min
Don't tell anyone 05/02/2022
Read Mark 1:43-45 (quoted at the end of the blog) In these verses there are two interesting statements which are very exceptional and...
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Feb 3, 20224 min
Unclean! 03/02/2022
Read Mark 1: 40-45 Here we have a description of the healing of a leper. I have personally never met anyone with leprosy nor have I ever...
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Feb 1, 20224 min
Still dark 01/02/2022
[Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash] Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a...
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Jan 30, 20223 min
A sick mother-in-law 30/01/2022
And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill...
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Jan 28, 20223 min
Holy One of God 28/01/2022
Read Mark 1: 23-26. In his first chapter, Mark records an incident where Jesus commanded an evil spirit to leave a man, whom Jesus met...
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Jan 26, 20224 min
Amazed at His Teaching 26/01/2022
They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his...
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Jan 24, 20223 min
I will make you fishers of men 24/01/2022
Read Mark 1:16-20 I am being old-fashioned with my title for this blog. You will not find it in modern translations of this passage in...
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Jan 22, 20224 min
Repent and believe 22/01/2022
After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of...
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Jan 20, 20223 min
Tempted by Satan 20/01/2022
[Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash.] At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, being...
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Jan 18, 20223 min
Voice from heaven 18/01/2022
[Photo by Sam Schooler on Unsplash.] I believe that everything happens at God's perfect timing. Jesus is about to begin His public...
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Jan 16, 20223 min
He is greater than I am 16/01/2022
[Photo by John Tyson on Unsplash.] If there is one lesson we should learn from John Baptist it is this - he gave Jesus the important...
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Jan 14, 20223 min
The Locust Eater 14/01/2022
“Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.” [Mark 1:6 ESV]...
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Jan 12, 20225 min
The Reluctant Celebrity 12/01/2022
[Photo from RJ Portwine on Unsplash.] Our 21st century society worships celebrities. An industry has grown up to manage their profile and...
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Jan 10, 20224 min
Jesus the Son of God 10/01/2022
The beginning of the Gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. [Mark 1:1 NIV] This is how Mark begins his Gospel. He does not have a...
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Jan 8, 20223 min
Mark is in a hurry 08/01/2022
[Photo by Bradley Dunn on Unsplash] There is an incident recorded in Mark's Gospel which is not mentioned elsewhere in the New Testament....
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Jan 6, 20224 min
Mark's Gospel is different 06/01/2022
[Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash.] Of course it's different, you may say. There are four Gospels and they are all different. And...
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Jan 4, 20225 min
Writer of the Second Gospel (2) 04/01/2022
[Photo by Amritanshu Sikdar from Unsplash] When we left our study of John Mark we saw a young man who had a great start in the Christian...
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Jan 2, 20223 min
Writer of Second Gospel 02/01/2022
For the next few months the plan is to study the first half of Mark's Gospel but before we begin our study in Chapter 1, I want to...
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