Mark 12:38-44

Mark 12:38-44

We tend to digest the scriptures like eating an elephant. Yes, the bible is huge and, frankly, who has the time or mental constitution to devour it in one go? So we fragment it into chapters and verses and snack, piece by piece, bit by bit, and we get through it...
Mark 12:28-34

Mark 12:28-34

“I get it now, it’s all about relationship!”  Yay! Preachers love to get breakthroughs like that every now and then. If you want the core of the Gospel, that is it! It’s all “For the love of God!” Not that you have to earn it but because God gives it freely anyway....
Who is watching who?

Who is watching who?

I was reading an article on the abc news site the other day about China’s social credit system. Essentially you get credit for ‘good works’ as defined by the state and lose credits for ‘bad works’, again as defined by the state. It got me...
2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13

2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13

WHO? The Bible asks questions of me, as much as I ask questions of it. These readings ask me questions.  Who is Jesus?  Is he just Mary’s son, a fatherless child, a carpenter?  His neighbours were asking, “Who does he think he is?”  Jesus does not directly answer...