Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
losing our souls for Jesus
Mark 8:34-38 34 He summoned the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to follow after me, let them reject themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For the one who wants to … Continue reading
reorientation
Mark 8:31-33 31 Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to undergo extreme suffering, and be declared counterfeit[1] by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after … Continue reading
when truth gets in the way
Mark 8:27-30 27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, … Continue reading
times of partial success
Mark 8:22-26 22 They came into Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and pleaded with him to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he … Continue reading
seeing, hearing and remembering
Mark 8:14-21 14 They had forgotten to take bread; so they had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 And he gave orders to them, saying, “Watch out– beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast … Continue reading
catch-22 generation
Mark 8:10-13 10 And just then 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 him to get a sign[1] from the sky, … Continue reading
again again
Mark 8:1-9 1 In those days when there was again a large crowd without anything to eat, he summoned his disciples and said to them, 2 “I feel sympathy for this crowd, because they have stayed with me now for … Continue reading
private power
Mark 7:31-37 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 They brought a deaf man to him who had a speech … Continue reading
faith motivated by love
Mark 7:24-30 24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not hide from being noticed, 25 and … Continue reading
defective inside
Mark 7:14-23 14 Then he summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside a person that can make it ordinary by going in, but the things that … Continue reading
