GOSPEL OF MARK
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Daily Readings: Mark 6 and Psalm 57 All the miracles we observed yesterday were performed in Galilee, so it’s no surprise that the townspeople of Nazareth had heard all about them. Word of a miracle-working rabbi would have travelled fast in the rural world of Galilee. For example, consider how the people of Gennesaret immediately
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Daily Readings: Mark 5 and Psalm 56 Jesus had just demonstrated His power and authority over the forces of nature in Mark 4:35-41 by calming a violent storm on Lake Galilee. Now, in Mark 5, Jesus stilled storms of a different kind. First, He stilled a violent demonic storm with His word of command. Next,
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Daily Readings: Mark 4 and Psalm 55 Mark 4 records four of Jesus’ parables about the Kingdom of God, each teaching us in a different way about the power of God’s Word to bring about the growth of the Kingdom. And then the chapter ends with Jesus miraculously calming a storm with the power of
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Daily Readings: Mark 3 and Psalm 54 So much happens in Mark 3, but the unifying theme that seems to surface for me in my devotional time today is this: You either receive Jesus as the Son of God (v.11), submit to His Lordship and obey Him OR resist Him, refuse to accept His Lordship
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Daily Readings: Mark 2 and Psalm 53 We saw yesterday how the Gospel of Mark emphasizes that Jesus is the Son of Man who came to give His life to liberate people from the murderous power of sin. He came to minister the power of God to forgive us, cleanse us and liberate us from the life-destroying
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Welcome to the Gospel of Mark. It is believed to be the very first Gospel written and to have been penned by John Mark (see Acts 12:25, Acts 15:36-41, 2 Timothy 4:11, and 1 Peter 5:13). Written on the basis of Peter’s eye-witness testimony, the Gospel according to Mark emphasizes that Jesus is the Son
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