Pt. 3 – When Pigs Fly? Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they (the spirits) begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.” So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, […]

Pt 2 – The Gergesa Demoniac And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him. And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, […]

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 […]