"Mark is the shortest gospel. He seems to have been less focused on giving us plenty of details and more focused on getting out a concise and clear, authoritative record of Jesus’ ministry. He set the record, which was an important job. Thankfully, one of the roles of the other gospel writers was to fill in some of those details for us. In our reading today, Mark
has an interesting emphasis on the reactions of evil spirits to Jesus. In Mark 5, we learn that demonic spirits possessed a man, which forced him to live in and among the tombs of the area. As we read, it seems that the man was in intense pain, the demons keeping him in great torment. Some have conjectured that there may have been a kind of “deal” between
the people and the spirits of this land. Jesus arrives in this area known as the Gadarenes (also known as the Gerasenes) and His presence quickly changes the atmosphere. Even the spirits have no choice but to bow to Christ as LORD and Master.
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Traditions; Mark 7-8
"Human beings love traditions. We create routine, ritual, and generally systemize our lives. Just look at all of the different religions that we have built. Even within one religion there are often so many varying traditions that it can be really difficult to figure out what everyone believes. Wh...
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Jesus Transfigured; Mark 9-10
"What is with our tendency to accept only parts of Jesus’ teaching? It is very popular to accept Jesus’ moral message. It is common to know that history proves that He lived, taught, and died by crucifixion, but much less popular to accept that He taught, He was the Messiah, and even less popular...
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Into Jerusalem; Mark 11-12
"The gospel authors do a great job of recording events from Jesus’ life that fulfilled Old Testament prophecies. There are obvious ones like how the Messiah will ride into Jerusalem on a colt, and less obvious ones like the timing of His arrival as outlined in Daniel. But whatever way you look at...
