by Matthew Borgstrom | Nov 13, 2016 | Faith, Following Christ
Mark 8:31-38 — 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 30, 2016 | Faith, Following Christ
Mark 8:22-26 — 22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 30, 2016 | Faith, Following Christ
Mark 8:10-21 — 10 And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha. 11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said,...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 2, 2016 | Discipleship, Faith, Following Christ
Mark 7:14-23 – 14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” 17 And when...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Sep 25, 2016 | Dependence, Faith, Following Christ
Attempting to Protect Yourself from God’s Word Mark 7:1-13 – Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Sep 11, 2016 | Dependence, Faith, Following Christ
What the Galileans Received from the Son of God Mark 6:53-56 – 53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. 54 And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him 55 and ran about the whole region...