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Episode #182: Against The Odds And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region. As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by demons begged Him that he might go with Him. And Jesus did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends anContinue reading “Against The Odds”

Episode 181: Have Mercy And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. And he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, SonContinue reading “How Bad Could It Be?”

Episode #180: Why Are We Here? They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of Gerasenes. When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him, and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind himContinue reading “Why Are We Here?”

Episode #179: Do You Still Have No Faith? And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” (Mark 4:39,40) If the Bible usedContinue reading “Do You Still Have No Faith?”

“With many such parables He spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to His own disciples He explained everything.” (Mark 4:33-34) As we see earlier in the text, Jesus teaches the crowds with parables but He takes the timeContinue reading “There Are Levels to This”

Episode #177: This Little Light of Mine And he was saying to them, “A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand? For nothing is hidden except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but thatContinue reading “This Little Light of Mine”

Episode #176: Good Ground “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. AndContinue reading “Good Ground”

Episode #175 Anytime, Any Place, Anyone He began to teach again by the sea, and such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. (Mark4:1) Once again we see a huge crowd followingContinue reading “Anytime, Any Place, Anyone”

Episode #174: He Did What? And He came home, and the crowd gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.” (Mark 3:20-21) Imagine living aContinue reading “He Did What?”

Episode 173: Jesus Chooses And He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him. And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach, and to have authority to cast out demons. And He appointed theContinue reading “Jesus Chooses”