Jesus is transfigured on the mountain, and talks with Elias and Moses; Jesus casts a dumb and deaf spirit from a boy; he teaches about who will be greatest in God's kingdom; he talks about how important it is to remove bad influences from our lives

Jesus feeds a multitude of around four thousand people; he tries to help his disciples understand that the power of the church and the law alone cannot make men perfect; he heals a blind man in Bethsaida; his disciples begin to understand who He is, but fight against the idea that Jesus will be slain

Mark writes about Jesus calling out the Pharisees for their hypocrisy; Jesus heals the daughter of a Greek woman who shows great humility, and heals opens the ears and loosens the tongue of a man who is both deaf and mute; I also have trouble pronouncing the word "Ephphatha"

Mark writes about the execution of John the Baptist; he tells about Jesus feeding the multitude with only five loaves of bread and two fishes; he writes about Jesus walking on the water

Jesus and the legion of devils; Jesus heals the woman with the issue of blood; Jesus raises Jairus' daughter from the dead

Jesus teaches in parables, and explains why He uses them to teach; He shares the parable of the sower (the person who plants seeds), the candle, and the mustard seed; He calms a tempest on the Sea of Galilee

On the sabbath, Jesus heals a man with a withered hand; He calls the Apostles; Those who follow God and His commandments are a family

Jesus heals a man "sick of the palsy"; Jesus eats with sinners; Jesus teaches that He is the Lord of the Sabbath; One thing I like in this chapter - good friends

An introduction to the gospel of St. Mark; Mark chapter 1 narration (King James Version of the Holy Bible); I conclude with a thought about the chapter

An introduction to the podcast - who it's for, why I'm making it, and what I hope it'll do.