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I Am the Greatest!: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:26-31)
It is all the rage today to proclaim our great abilities (witness the president of the United States, Donald Trump, Muhammad Ali, et al.). We do it to make sure someone gives us a chance to prove it,
Continue reading...The Strange Power of a Meal: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:22-25)
What does it mean when you invite someone into your home for a meal? What level of relationship is symbolized? Eating together is a powerful witness to intimacy or at least the desire for intimacy.
Continue reading...A Turning of the Other Cheek: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:12-21)
Jesus gives us the godly model of how to handle personal betrayal, or betrayal of any kind, for that matter. And it is as much what he doesn’t do as what he does. His response seems to flow from
Continue reading...How Do You Handle Betrayal?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:10-11)
Perhaps one of the most difficult things to deal with is the betrayal of a friend or loved one. We trusted them. We made ourselves vulnerable to them. And they took advantage of that trust and vulnerability
Continue reading...That River in Egypt: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:1-9)
Denial! It is the tool of choice for avoiding unpleasantness for so many of us. We simply act as if what is most unpleasant does not exist. We go about our day with the nagging reality of what is
Continue reading...Don’t Delay: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 13:32-37)
Though Jesus has revealed a lot about the future, there are some things he has not revealed, specifically the hour of his return. And that seems to be the thing we most want to know. Why? I’m
Continue reading...Learn From the Fig Tree: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 13:28-31)
There is so much that God does not tell us about the future. When He did tell Hezekiah, for example, of his impending death, it became a source of great distress for him (Isaiah 38). But Jesus chooses
Continue reading...The Second Coming: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 13:24-27)
The great persecution of the Great Tribulation and the outpouring of judgment by God on those who do not believe, is leading to something, something wonderful. Jesus is coming back! Jesus, the king,
Continue reading...The Great Tribulation: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 13:14-23)
Jesus is in Jerusalem to be killed in our place, but before his arrest he has been teaching his disciples and has predicted a time of unprecedented persecution of believers and indicated that this is the
Continue reading...The Great Persecution: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 13:1-13)
Should Christians expect a time of unprecedented persecution on a world-wide scale? It seems Scripture indicates a time like this. Jesus is at a time of personal persecution in the city of persecution,
Continue reading...Sit Up and Take Notice: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:41-44)
What gets your attention? Nightly news knows that our attention is drawn to the difficult and scary things going on in our world, as well as the heartwarming things. Maybe as glass-half-full kind of
Continue reading...To Serve, Not to Be Served: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:38-40)
Why does Jesus seem to pick on the religious leaders in Israel for his harshest criticism? Undoubtedly because they have the greatest opportunity to use power for self-aggrandizement and the greatest
Continue reading...When Did Jesus Know He Was God?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:35-37)
People sometimes ask if Jesus was aware of his own deity, and, if so, how early in his life was he aware. Taking on human nature and being born as we are, in an infantile state but growing in understanding
Continue reading...All You Need Is Love: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:28-34)
In a way the Beatles were right when they said, “All you need is love.” Of course, they didn’t really get the part about love for God, nor did they understand that our love for one
Continue reading...Eternal Marriage and Resurrection: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:18-27)
Marriage vows often include the promise to remain faithful until death do us part. Latter Day Saints, however, have a way to be married eternally (not because of eternal love but as a means to becoming
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