I want to focus on the last sentence of verse 3 “and they took offense at him” and hyper focus on the “offense”. Offense is the Greek word skandalon, from which we get our word scandal. It says they were scandalized by him. What does that mean? During a sabbatical in Cambridge, England, my wife and I…

WHEN GRACE COMES ALL THE WAY HOME And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her,…

Mark’s Gospel may lack a volume of verbiage but it contains much volume in its verbiage. Mark points out peculiar particulars that Matthew, Luke, and John omit. Mark is painting his portrait inspired by the Spirit as Peter recounts His time with Christ. The four gospels were written to cover four aspects…

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Jesus wrote no autobiography. It might be a somewhat of a curiosity to note that Jesus never wrote any book. There is no autobiography. But the Spirit of God selected four men to write histories of the life of Jesus, His work, His death, and…

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GIVEN TO HELP US IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST SIN BY INDWELLING OUR LIVES, CHANGING OUR IDENTITY AND SECURING OUR INHERITANCE.

General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army, surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army, on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA. Lee’s surrender brought about the end of America’s bloodiest and deadliest conflict. However, fighting continued throughout the…