The story of the Gergesa Demoniac (Mark 5:1-20) is one of my top three favorite stories in the Gospel of Mark. Because of its length, I will break the story into three parts. Part 1 – the Context They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when […]

Sileo On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, […]

It’s the Little Things And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, yet when it is sown it grows up […]

Cooking Spaghetti And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. […]

Friends, this is the thirty-first day of our adventure in Mark; I hope you are sticking with me. I will keep going until I run out of Mark! And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to […]

Don’t Hide It! And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” Mark […]

Teaching Future Sowers And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in […]