Lying in wait

Posted on July 20, 2013 by admin

Mark 3:2: It seems that despite Jesus demonstrating that He had the power to heal and despite His teaching on the Kingdom of God the Pharisees were intent on finding wrong in Jesus in order to discredit Him. A Pharisee even told Jesus that they knew that He was a teacher who had come from God (John 3:2). But Jesus was disturbing the well order life Continue reading →

The Old and the New

Posted on July 17, 2013 by admin

Mark 2:18-22: Jesus is faced with another criticism of His work and the actions of His disciples. People were wondering why Jesus’ disciples weren’t more spiritual because they weren’t fasting like the Pharisees and John’s disciples. Once again people were confusing outward appearance and inner spiritual reality. We’ve already discovered that Jesus put more importance on the inner spiritual life but as usual people expect appearances and practices to accompany the spiritual life. Continue reading →

Who are you?

Posted on July 15, 2013 by admin

Mark 2: 17: Jesus really nails it in this verse as he talks with the Pharisees, a group of well intentioned religious purest. No doubt these men, it was a men’s only group, felt that they merited Jesus’ attention if he really wanted to be part of the in group of the day. These men had it all; authority, money, influence and ‘respect’. Continue reading →

A road less travelled…

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Posted on July 13, 2013 by admin

Recently we took a different way home from Marseilles and here’s what we discovered:

Only God Can Forgive Sins