Marcos
A lesson in trust
As He send them out, still in Mt 10, Jesus tells the twelve what not to take. No credit cards, no extra cash. (10.9) Mark only mentioned...
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Marcos
Mar 19, 20231 min read
Missions training
Continuing in Matt’s chock-full-of-missions Chapter 10, Jesus tells the twelve that they will be going out strictly to Jewish towns and...
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Marcos
Mar 15, 20231 min read
Good.
Earlier this month I traveled east in Mexico to participate in a men’s conference. It was a tremendous event; I came home fully...
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Marcos
Mar 12, 20231 min read
Authority and power
Matthew chapter 10 thrills me. And challenges me. It is so chock-full of missions, and it pulls no punches. Jesus takes all the fun out...
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Marcos
Mar 9, 20231 min read
How you can pray for us
1. This semester my Bible school class is on missions, I (Marcos) would be thrilled if all 30 students decided to go to the mission...
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Marcos
Mar 7, 20231 min read
Does Jesus feel betrayed?
Mom says, “The soup is cooking. I am going out for a bit, turn the stove off when the soups is done.” Two hours later, Mom comes home,...
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Marcos
Mar 1, 20231 min read
A prickly issue
Today I came upon a prickly issue in Mark 4.19. A portion of the sower’s seeds fell among thorns. Jesus explained that there are folks...
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Marcos
Feb 25, 20232 min read
Four recent conversations, and how you can pray
Rachel had a sad question As we drove home from our most recent adoption interview with Social Services, I said to Rachel and Rajim,...
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Marcos
Feb 24, 20231 min read
Lucky number thirteen
Apparently Matthew didn’t think 13 was such an unlucky number. He bunched a batch of parables in his chapter 13. Most of those parables...
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Marcos
Feb 20, 20231 min read
Free, but costly
I just read Mt 13.44. Once a person discovers how great the Kingdom of God is, it gives him or her a no-holds-barred joy. So much so that...
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Marcos
Feb 17, 20231 min read
Not just for the house of Israel
Some people get into a tizzy when they read that Jesus sent the 12 out exclusively to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Mt 10). He...
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Marcos
Feb 15, 20231 min read
No ado about nothing
I never noticed Jesus refers to birds as an example of worry, or lack thereof, in Matthew. In Matthew 6 Jesus advises us to not be...
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Marcos
Feb 13, 20231 min read
I want to be like that
Continuing in Matthew 9's third of seven stories we have a daddy in need, and I am awed by his faith. That father said to the Son, “My...
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Marcos
Feb 7, 20231 min read
Wholly holes
In Chapter 9, Matthew diverts from his multiples of six, and tells us seven stories. In the first three stories Matthew is speaking...
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Marcos
Feb 3, 20231 min read
Surprise!
Continuing in the six “When” stories from Mt 8, I see three that deal with surprises. I don’t know if it is even newsworthy, because...
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Marcos
Jan 30, 20231 min read
She got up and began to serve Him
In the six “When” stories of Mt 8 I see three that have to do with touching and not touching. A leper—very untouchable—gets touched....
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Marcos
Jan 25, 20231 min read
Holes barred
After reading Matthew 9 for the two millionth time, I notice that my good buddy Matt does not even mention that the four friends of the...
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Marcos
Jan 25, 20232 min read
Twice on Sunday
Sometimes folks have grandiose ideas about putting on a production honoring people in ministry. Bah humbug. To me it is like a funeral...
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Marcos
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Here and there
Matthew nine is a “here and there” chapter. Each of the seven stories in this opens with someone coming or going: Verse 1: Jesus getting...
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Marcos
Jan 15, 20231 min read
Amazed at the authority
I imagine his tax collector table as having all the coins neatly stacked, separate piles, every pile in straight, parallel formations, of...
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