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Category Archives: Mark
The Testament of Abraham: Salvation and Answered Prayer
I recently read the Testament of Abraham for my daily quiet time. The Charlesworth Pseudepigrapha dates it to the first-second centuries C.E. E.P. Sanders, in his editorial introduction to the work, argues that it has an Egyptian Jewish background. In … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Genesis, Hebrews, John, Mark, Matthew, Rabbinics, Religion
Tagged Abel, Charlesworth, E.P. Sanders, hebrews, pseudepigrapha, Testament of Abraham
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Mark 7:24-30: Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician Woman
The sermon at church this morning was entitled “Humility: The Ultimate Faith Additive.” The text for the sermon was Mark 7:24-30. In this text, Jesus went to the region of Tyre, and he found a house there where he could … Continue reading
Derek Leman on the Fig Tree and the Faith That Moves Mountains
Derek Leman is a Messianic Jewish rabbi, and I subscribe to his free Daily D’Var, in which he comments on passages in the Torah and the Gospels from a religious and a scholarly perspective. I would like to share here … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Mark, Religion
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Mark’s Distinct Voice, and the Good News (Extremely Scattered Ramblings)
At church this morning, the pastor preached about Mark 1:9-15. Allow me to post this passage in the King James Version (which is in the public domain): 9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from … Continue reading
Book Write-Up: Mark—-Traditions in Conflict
Theodore J. Weeden. Mark—-Traditions in Conflict. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971. I decided to read this book when I saw that it was mentioned in a book that Richard Bauckham edited, The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences. The … Continue reading
Book Write-Up: The Abomination of Desolation in Biblical Eschatology
Desmond Ford. The Abomination of Desolation in Biblical Eschatology. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1979. I used to listen to Desmond Ford at one of the churches that I attended as a child. The church’s leader would play for … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daniel, Mark, Religion
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Luke the Maverick?
In The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Bart Ehrman argues that Luke-Acts does not believe that Jesus died to atone for people’s sins. Jesus’ death in Luke-Acts is significant in another way, according to Ehrman. Ehrman makes a variety of arguments … Continue reading
Forgiving Each Day in Prayer
When I was doing my daily quiet time recently in the Book of Numbers, studying Numbers 28, I checked my notes on that chapter that I took a few years ago. Numbers 28-29 is about the sacrifices that are offered … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Life, Mark, Matthew, Numbers, Religion, School, Weekly Quiet Time
Tagged c s lewis, Forgiveness, Lord's Prayer
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The Rich Young Ruler and Surrendering
At church this morning, the topic was sacrifice and surrender to Christ. The pastor preached about the rich young ruler, who was loved by Jesus, and yet the rich young ruler did not obey Jesus’ instructions to sell his possessions, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Mark, Music, Religion
Tagged Armstrongite, christianity, comfort zone, I Surrender All, jesus, leaders step, prayer of confession, Religion, rich young ruler, Sacrifice, sell all that you have, spirituality, trusting god
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Why Mark’s Abrupt Ending?
I finished W.D. Davies’ The Gospel and the Land. Davies includes as Appendix IV an article by Gunter Stemberger entitled “Galilee—-Land of Salvation?” Stemberger is arguing against certain viewpoints about Galilee in the Gospels—-that there was a Galilean church, for … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Mark, Religion, Resurrection, School
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James' Ramblings 