I have just spent two weeks in Mexico with the Wycliffe Bible Translators, and I have realized anew that the Gospel of Mark is the most translated boo...
Jesus Came (Mark 1:9-15)
We are studying Mark's record of what happened when Jesus came to Israel. Those two little words, "Jesus came," are always a formula for dramatic and ...
A Day in the Life of Jesus (Mark 1:16-39)
It is a popular literary style today to trace through the events of one day in the life of a person. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has given us a remarkable ...
The Healer of Hurts (Mark 1:40 - 2:12)
We resume our study of the gospel of Mark, this remarkable witness concerning the servant of God -- his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ -- as seen through ...
The Scandal Maker (Mark 2:13 - 3:6)
Many view Jesus in the way he is often pictured -- as a very weak and mild man who sought always to live at peace with everyone and who avoided contro...
False Forces (Mark 3:7-35)
We are beginning the third natural division of the first half of Mark's wonderful picture of the Servant who rules and the Ruler who serves. We have s...
The Dimming of the Light (Mark 4:1-34)
Today we look at the section in which Mark describes how and why Jesus began to use the parabolic method of teaching. A parable is a little story whic...
Seed Thoughts (Mark 4:3-32)
Today we want to join the disciples in listening to Jesus explain what he calls the "secrets of the kingdom of God." These "mysteries of the kingdom,"...
Why are you Afraid? (Mark 4:35 - 5:20)
I would like to invite you to return to where we left off a few weeks ago in our studies in the gospel of Mark. We will examine two incidents -- the s...
The Weakness of the World (Mark 5:21 - 6:6)
Today we want to look at three incidents in the life of the Servant of God, as Mark records his ministry -- the intermingled incidents of the raising ...