Does Jesus have an anger problem, is he having a bad day, or is something deeper going on when he curses a fig tree and turns tables in the temple?

Pastor Evan and Bennett Pope begin a new Lenten Scripture Study series exploring the final week of Jesus’ life in the Gospel of Mark. In this episode, they examine Mark 11:12–26—two strange and often misunderstood moments: Jesus cursing a fig tree and overturning tables in the temple.

Together they explore how these two stories are connected, what they reveal about Jesus’ commitment to God's prophetic vision of an expansive and diverse expression of communal worship, authentic and genuine life in community, and why this moment matters for people seeking to follow him today and live faithfully within Christian community.