Mark – Salty Sacrifice
One of the principles I teach my High School business class is the reality of trade-offs and opportunity costs. Every decision in business and in life involves trade-offs. If I…
Mark – What About Others?
We all have our tribes. Those commonalities that define part of our identity. The classic tribe is family. Perhaps it is the region our people are from. But other things…
Mark: The GOAT
The sports world loves to debate who is the GOAT (the greatest of all time). Everyone has their favorites. And there is no doubt that the names offered have risen…
Mark – Except by Prayer
The disciples failed. A worried father brought his son for healing and deliverance. The disciples followed Jesus’ model, which had worked before, but they failed. That’s the scene Jesus encounters…
Mark – Listen to Him
There are many times when “why” cannot be answered. That is the problem with our next passage from the Gospel of Mark. There are many unanswerable “whys.” But there is…
Mark – The Great Exchange
People spend vast amounts of money to extend their lives. One of the newest things is longevity clinics that propose various solutions to gain time and health for a fee.…
Mark – Messiah
Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Over the years, I’ve written and spoken many times about that question—the most important question in the Bible. And…
Mark – With Clear Eyes
A few years back, I went to the eye doctor. My vision had changed enough due to age that I needed glasses. To find the right prescription, he placed a…
Mark: Do you Understand?
Don’t you understand yet? That is a question that Jesus asked His disciples at a certain point in their journey. Jesus had just miraculously fed a second crowd from scant…
Mark – The Forgotten Answer
We’d like to think that if we were one of Jesus’ disciples, we would get it. We would be quicker to understand Christ’s mission and who He is. But in…
Mark – Everything Well
About 700 years before Jesus, Isaiah prophesied many things concerning the Messiah. For instance, “Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.…
Mark: Faith Test
Have you ever read something in the Gospels and thought, “What was Jesus thinking?” Today’s passage from Mark has one of those moments. On the surface, what Jesus said seems…