Understanding the Kingdom So what’s the correlation to the kingdom of God in this parable in Mark 4:26-29? If we consider the context of the book of Mark it’s this: God is in complete control of the results of Jesus’ ministry and the same will be true for the results...
Determining Christ’s Family How does Christ determine who is in his family? Jesus could have mentioned any stipulation here in Mark 3:35–consistently coming to hear his words taught or finding him likable to the point of not thinking he’s a lunatic...
True Discipleship So unlike the crowds, these true disciples in Mark 3:13-19 experienced absolute temporal loss in that they left everything to follow him and this ended up costing them their lives. They became apostles; the foundation of the church, and the Lord used...