by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 11, 2016 | Servant Mindset
Mark 9:30-37 — 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Nov 27, 2016 | Prayer
Mark 9:14-19 – 14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16 And he asked them, “What are...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Nov 20, 2016 | Suffering
Mark 9:2-13 — 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. 4 And...
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 | Nov 6, 2016 | Following Christ, Uncategorized
You can just sense the jaws of the disciples dropping to the ground when they hear the first part of this teaching from Jesus in Mark 8:31. Surely, they are stunned in disbelief. The problem of not associating suffering with following Christ is still widespread...
