Mark's Gospel (Page 3)

Mark 12:28-34 Exactly what is the most important commandment that God has given us? This is the apparently sincere question with which a scribe comes to Jesus. In this message, we consider Jesus’ answer: * the greatest commandment is to love God. * the next most impo

Mark 12:18-27 The Sadducees attempted to trick Jesus with a question aimed at showing the people that His teaching was absurd. They brought a question about the resurrection; we consider it and Jesus’ response in order to see how important it is that we believe what

Mark 12:13-17 The Pharisees and Herodians were incensed by Jesus’ teaching and His cleansing of the temple, and so they continued to try and trap him, this time by asking Him if it was lawful to pay a poll tax to Caesar. With His infinite wisdom, Jesus avoided their

Mark 12:1-12 Jesus tells the scribes and elders a parable in which He forewarns judgment against them. What did He say to them, and what is He saying to us through it?

Mark 11:27-33 Jesus warned His disciples about casting pearls before swine; if our audience is insincere and looking for reasons to reject or discredit the message, it may take truth we give, turn and attack us. This is what the scribes and elders in the temple tried

Mark 11:15-19 After entering the temple and seeing people dishonoring God by making it a trade of worldly profit as opposed to a place of prayer and worship, Jesus became offended. From His example, we are challenged to seek for a zeal that is strong enough to make us

Mark 11:12-14, 20-26 In our passage, Jesus uses a fruitless fig tree as a lesson on prayer. We consider: *A reminder that as a believer, you will bear fruit. *A promise that if you ask anything in faith, He will give it to you, and

Mark 11:1-11 When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey’s colt, this was His presentation himself to Israel as her King, in fulfillment of many prophecies given centuries before. Even though Israel rejected Him, He was still crowned King and He reigns today as King

Mark 10:46-52 When Jesus left Jericho, a large crowd followed Him. Bartimaeus, a blind man, was sitting by the road. He knew that Jesus was passing by and cried out to Him for mercy. Because of his faith, Jesus restored Bartimaeus’s sight. If you would be saved, the

Mark 10:35-45 The only way you can be great in God’s kingdom is to become the servant of all. We consider what this means, and how to apply it to our lives.

Mark 10:32-34 Are you afraid of the cost of becoming a Christian? Afraid of not being accepted by others, of losing friends and family, of being hated, of suffering, even of being killed?