If we claim to be following in Jesus’ footsteps, then why do we spend so much time with other Christians and so little with non-believers? According to people in 4 different congregations I’ve served, the biggest obstacle to their evangelistic efforts is not fear of sharing the good news, or persecution, or laws. It is a lack of non-Christian relationships. For 22 years people have been telling me that their friends and family members, those […]
Mark’s gospel is a good one for our busy American lifestyles. Mark is mostly interested in Jesus’ actions and so moves faster than the other three Gospels. With words like “immediately” and shortened tellings of our most well known stories, Mark is the gospel for the busy schedule. And we’ve already seen that in chapter 1. In the first chapter, we’ve seen John baptizing, and Jesus baptized, tempted, preaching, calling disciples, driving out demons and […]
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The festival calendar of the Old Testament Jews is listed here and it is impressive… Weekly Sabbath – do no work in order to honor God. Festival of Unleavened Bread, beginning with the Passover – remember your redemption from Egypt Festival of Firstfruits – all you have is given by God, so honor Him by giving Him the first portion of your grain harvest Festival of Weeks – celebrate the wheat harvest and remember the […]