by Will | Oct 13, 2014 | Scripture Meditations
Mark 10:1-9 (NIV): Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them. Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his...
by Will | Oct 13, 2014 | Scripture Meditations
Mark 9:49-50 (NIV): For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.” Salt in Jesus’ day was considered primarily a preservative. It was...
by Will | Oct 9, 2014 | Scripture Meditations
Mark 9:42-48 (NIV): “And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter...
by Will | Oct 7, 2014 | Scripture Meditations
Mark 9:38-41 (NIV): “Teacher,” said John, “we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “No one who does a miracle in my name can in the...
by Will | Oct 6, 2014 | Scripture Meditations
Mark 9:33-37 (NIV): They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and...
by Will | Oct 2, 2014 | Scripture Meditations
Mark 9:30-32 (NIV): They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and...