Showing posts with label Mitch Reads.... Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mitch Reads.... Show all posts
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 16

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I love Mark 16 because of the questions and uncertainties it poses.  This is not a clean ending to the gospel story.  I feel I can look a...
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Monday, June 22, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 15

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Immediately in the morning the chief priests hold a meeting with the larger council before taking Jesus to Pilate.  Pilate asks Jesus if ...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 14

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After all that apocalyptic rhetoric (or literal predictions of the future!), Mark continues his story two days before Passover.  The chie...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 13

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When Jesus and his crew leave the Temple, one of the disciples marvels at the huge buildings.  I imagine this might be because they were ...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 12

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Then Jesus tells a parable about a very stupid man.  The man plants a vineyard and constructs all the buildings around that are necessary...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 11

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Jesus continues on his mission to Jerusalem.  Stopping at Bethphage and Bethany, he sends two of the disciples ahead of him into a villag...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 10

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Jesus continues into Judea beyond the Jordan River.  Crowds continue to gather and, as is his custom, Jesus teaches them.  It's what ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 9

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Jesus decrees that some people standing in his presence right then would not die before they saw the coming of the kingdom of God.  Now, ...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 8

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Once again Jesus and crew find themselves before a large crowd with nothing to eat.  Once again Jesus tells his disciples to feed them.  ...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 7

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Okay, so it looks like some Pharisees and scribes have come up all the way from Jerusalem just to listen to Jesus talk.  However, they se...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 6

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After raising the girl from the dead and telling no one to say anything (um, people will probably notice that she's not dead anymore)...
Friday, June 12, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 5

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Jesus versus The Incredible Hulk! No, no, hear me out.  After Jesus tames the sea, they reach the shore in the country of the Gerasenes...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 4

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Once again Jesus is speaking along the sea and has his escape boat at the ready.  The crowd becomes so large that Jesus retreats to the e...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 3

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Jesus enters a synagogue again and causes a ruckus.  A man with a withered hand asks Jesus to heal him.  The Pharisees and the scribes ar...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 2

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After a few days, Jesus goes back home to Capernaum.  And by "home" I assume Mark means back to Simon's home, because that...
Monday, June 8, 2015

Mitch Reads... Mark 1

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The Bible is boring.  It's dry, humorless, and rather disjointed. Plus, if it's the perfect, inerrant, literal word of God, the...