What does it mean to be healed?
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,...
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mattandkim17
Apr 173 min read
Just as it is written about him
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...
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mattandkim17
Nov 30, 20233 min read
There you will see him
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...
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mattandkim17
Nov 10, 20233 min read
If your ear causes you to sin
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...
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mattandkim17
Aug 24, 20233 min read
My name is Legion
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...
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mattandkim17
Jul 31, 20235 min read
What inspired Mark to write the way he did?
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....
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mattandkim17
Jul 24, 20235 min read
He was in the wilderness forty days...
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...
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mattandkim17
Jul 23, 20233 min read
And angels attended him.
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...
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mattandkim17
Jul 21, 20235 min read
He was with the wild animals...
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...
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mattandkim17
Jul 21, 20235 min read
Being tested by Satan...
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...
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mattandkim17
Jun 29, 20234 min read
Fishing for people
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...
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mattandkim17
Jun 13, 20235 min read
Elijah prepares the way?
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. ...
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mattandkim17
Jun 12, 20233 min read
AD70: Farewell, Tenants.
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...
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mattandkim17
May 24, 20235 min read
The Messianic Secret
Bible scholars have pointed out a very interesting motif in the gospel of Mark, called "the Messianic secret." Throughout the first half...
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mattandkim17
May 22, 20232 min read
Picking on Peter
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...
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mattandkim17
May 21, 20237 min read
Bread of the Presence
Do you remember when the Israelites followed Moses into the desert, finding themselves with nothing to eat? It wasn't easy following...
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mattandkim17
May 10, 20232 min read
The "Son of the Father"
Jesus has been predicting his own death. He has willingly walked the path from Galilee toward his final destination, Jerusalem, all the...
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mattandkim17
May 9, 20234 min read
Come out of him and never enter him again!
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...
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mattandkim17
May 8, 20233 min read
Seeing + Perceiving = Understanding
The gospel of Mark is loaded with parables. One might say that the book itself is one big riddle. Mysteries abound, including such as...
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mattandkim17
May 2, 20233 min read
Throw yourself into the Sea!
The gospel of Mark is largely a polemic against the first century religious establishment in Jerusalem. It's not the first of its kind...
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