Author Archives: Jefferson Vann

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About Jefferson Vann

Jefferson Vann is pastor of Piney Grove Advent Christian Church in Delco, North Carolina.

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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worship and theology disconnect

Mark 7:6-13 6 He said to them, “Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, when he wrote, ‘This people honours me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me, while teaching human … Continue reading →

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not like us

Mark 7:1-5 1 Now after the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, 2 they saw that some of his disciples were eating with ordinary hands, that is, without ceremonially washing them. 3 … Continue reading →

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rescue on demand

Mark 6:53-56 53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. 54 When they got out of the boat, people just then recognized him, 55 and rushed around that whole region and began … Continue reading →

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seeing the ghost of Jesus

Mark 6:45-52 45 Just then he compelled his disciples to get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46 After saying farewell to them, he went up on the … Continue reading →

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an experiment in trust

Mark 6:35-44 35 When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late; 36 send them away so that they may go into the country and villages … Continue reading →

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he chose to continue

Mark 6:29-34 29 When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 30 Then the apostles gathered around Jesus again, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 … Continue reading →

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