Did you know there is a cosmic conspiracy trying to lull us to spiritual sleep? The world is designed by Satan to lull us to spiritual apathy and dullness – he is determined to keep us from being spiritually alert and awake. So how do we stay spiritually awake when everything works against it? Mark […]
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As we continue on through Mark 12, the Jewish religious elite have been asking Jesus tricky questions to embarrass him in front of the crowds. Imagine it being a festive atmosphere with people from all over the world gathered around. The crowds would look at the religious scholars as they asked a question and then at Jesus as he
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Oftentimes we build a framework for what today is going to look like and how this week and this month will go, but we’re never promised that everything will stay stable like that. Everything can change in an instant – and that’s okay because none of it is out of God’s control. He is still
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As we enter the Christmas season, we should remember that a lot of people reject our Christ. They reject that there could be one true religion; they reject that a God who loves us and yet allows bad things to happen could possibly exist; and so they reject Christ. But this rejection doesn’t just happen
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Rejecting the Beloved Son As tensions with the Jewish religious authorities mounted, Jesus “began to speak to them in parables.” A parable is a simple story with a profound point. In this parable, a man carefully develops a vineyard and then leases it to tenants. When the man sends servants to collect his share of the fruit,
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When we see greatness, we naturally long to tell people about it. Marketers strive for this kind of word of mouth contagion; yet Jesus consistently silenced his fans (Mark 7:36; 8:26, 30). If he posted the transfiguration (Mark 9:2-8) on Facebook, he would have customized his privacy settings to include just three people! Peter, James
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