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“Therefore, keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn.If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping.What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” (Mark 13:35–36, NIV) Continue reading “‘Keep Watch’: What Does it Mean for Me?”
Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.’ “Yet even then their testimony did not agree. (Mark 14:58–59, NIV) Continue reading “The Temple Rebuilt in Three Days [Devotion]”
Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.“But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.” (Mark 13:1–2, NIV) Continue reading “Politics and Piety [Devotion]”
But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. (Mark 12:33–34, NIV) Continue reading “No One Knows the Day nor the Hour”
“Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” (Mark 14:9, NIV) Continue reading ““Wherever the Gospel is Preached””
“While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.”(Mark 14:3, NIV) Continue reading “A Woman’s Sacrifice”
It’s easy to think that God helps those people who most deserve his help. Continue reading “How to ‘Deserve’ God’s Help”
They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him.“By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you authority to do this?” Continue reading “The Authority of Jesus – Devotion”
None of us like having debt. Even when it is what they call “good debt,” such as for an investment, we still prefer to not be in debt. Continue reading “The Debt You Owe”
This is the story about the Commandment-Keeper, Jesus and false assumptions. Continue reading “The Rule-Keeper, and Why Jesus Challenged Him”