Literal or symbolic? Mark 4:10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them,...

I learned something new this week. It's the first time in a few months that I've been inspired to write a blog entry. So... here we...

It's been a few weeks since I've written here. I still think about Mark's gospel almost every day. To say I've been obsessed would be...

I know I'm going against the grain on this one, but hear me out. In Mark's gospel, when Jesus heals people, I believe it's meant to be...

Mark 5:5 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came...

Why is the gospel of Mark so mysterious? What inspired the author to write the way he did? In Mark's gospel, Jesus says peculiar things....

This is a continuation from the previous post titled "And angels attended him" If you missed the first three of this series of four blog...

This is a continuation from the previous post titled "He was with the wild animals" Let's return to that one little verse, Mark 1:13 and...

This is a continuation, from an earlier post entitled "Being Tested by Satan." Let's return to that one little verse, Mark 1:13 and he...

Mark 1:9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 Just as Jesus was coming up out of...

Mark 1:16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were...

It's approximately the year 450 B.C. in post-exilic Jerusalem. The Temple and the land of Israel have been restored to God's people. ...

Mark 12:1 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress...

Bible scholars have pointed out a very interesting motif in the gospel of Mark, called "the Messianic secret." Throughout the first half...

Don't get me wrong, I think Peter rocks, but Mark doesn't exactly display Peter's character in a positive light. Didn't someone once...

Do you remember when the Israelites followed Moses into the desert, finding themselves with nothing to eat? It wasn't easy following...

Jesus has been predicting his own death. He has willingly walked the path from Galilee toward his final destination, Jerusalem, all the...

I've written about this episode once before, but I want to revisit, and highlight something else that I think is significant: Mark 9:14...

The gospel of Mark is loaded with parables. One might say that the book itself is one big riddle. Mysteries abound, including such as...

The gospel of Mark is largely a polemic against the first century religious establishment in Jerusalem. It's not the first of its kind...