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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
Continue reading...Non-Zero Sum Game Theory: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:13-17)
In the movie Arrival the main character is asked by her daughter what the mathematical or “sciency” term is for when both sides in a competition get a win rather than one winning and the other
Continue reading...Whose Vineyard Is It?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:1-12)
If you were being opposed by people who had the power to really hurt you, how would you react? Would you pull back? Would you attack? Jesus was in the midst of the storm during Passion Week, his week
Continue reading...Opposers: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 11:27-33)
Opposers! If we ever attempt to proclaim the truth about Jesus Christ we will face opposition. We will get flustered by it, or become defensive, not being confident in the truth of what we’re
Continue reading...Cleansing the Temple: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 11:15-19)
In Martin Luther’s day the church was selling indulgences, “get out of purgatory sooner” cards, and playing on people’s love for their relatives and desire to see them reach heaven
Continue reading...No Fruit: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 11:12-14)
Why doesn’t everyone see how glorious Jesus is and how worthy of following? Why does Islam acknowledge Isa (Jesus) but give him only a bit role in their faith? Why do others hate the name of
Continue reading...Suffering, Then Hosanna: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 11:1-11)
I was reading Psalm 116:1, which says, “I love the Lord because He has heard my voice,” and it is certainly the case that our love for God is premised on the wonderful way in which He has heard
Continue reading...Places of Desperation: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 10:46-52)
We reach places of desperation in our lives. Some of us let desperation drive us to despair. Some of us maintain stiff upper lips. Some of us take our lives. Some of us call out for help. Jesus
Continue reading...We’re Marching to Zion and It Won’t Be Pretty: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 10:32-34)
I have often wondered how I would respond if put in a situation of severe persecution, where perhaps I was told to reject Christ or die. Would I fold or would I bravely trust my God? Many middle eastern
Continue reading...If I Were a Rich Man: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 10:17-31)
What is the kingdom perspective on riches? The vast majority of those on earth are in a serious endeavor to gain wealth. We see money as the security that will provide all we need, which is to say,
Continue reading...To Such Belongs the Kingdom of God: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 10:13-16)
I consider it one of the evidences for the truth of Christianity that our founder acknowledges children and their value as well as their example for how we should live our lives. But the adult disciples
Continue reading...Can I Get a Divorce?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 10:1-12)
What is the message of the kingdom concerning marriage and divorce? This is one of the issues we are most concerned about because the covenant to love one another in marriage has proven so hard for us
Continue reading...Millstone Sins: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 9:42-50)
All sin affects not only the sinner but those connected to the sinner, even if in seemingly imperceptible ways. But there is a sin against others that causes them to sin and is viewed by God as particularly
Continue reading...They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 9:38-41)
It seems to me that the two biggest issues non-Christians have with the Christian faith are the issue of suffering and the issue of Christians themselves and how they behave. We give non-Christians plenty
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