Jesus instructs us to devote more time and energy to aligning our hearts and lives with truth of his Word than to aligning our profiles and feeds with groups or causes. As we read through the last week of Jesus' life in the gospel of Mark, the life of Christ calls us to set aside the vices of 'our flesh' and the world, and instead, live with virtue.

We look at Mark 11:35 - 37 and its impact on how we are to understand Jesus as Messiah.

We wonder just how many temple cleansings there were as Matthew, Mark and Luke have the event at the end while John has it at the beginning.

Jesus instructs us to devote more time and energy to aligning our hearts and lives with the truth of His Word than to aligning our profiles and feeds with groups or causes. As we read through the last week of Jesus' life in the gospel of Mark, the life of Christ calls us to set aside the vices of 'our flesh' and the world, and instead, live with virtue.

We look at Isaiah 56 and Jeremiah 7 & 8 in relationship to the original context in which the words of Jesus were used and how they find their fulfillment in Jesus.

We look at Exodus 34:6-7, Romans 12:17-21 and Revelation 20:11-15 and note how God's attribute of justice carries through the Bible and impacts God's people.