Tag Archives: inspiration

Teaching the Disciples

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 9:30-50 Parallel Texts: Matthew 17:22-23; 18:1-14; Luke 9:43-50 Jesus and the disciples are on the road heading for home. As they walk along, Jesus tells them a second time that He must die and rise again. Of course, the … Continue reading →

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Everything is Possible

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 9:14-29 Parallel Texts:  Matthew 17:14-20; Luke 9:37-43 When Jesus, Peter, James and John returned to the other disciples after the transfiguration, there was a dispute in progress; the teachers of the Law were arguing with the disciples. The people … Continue reading →

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Transfiguration

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 9:2-13 Parallel Texts: Matthew 17:1-13; Luke 9:28-36 Six days go by, and then Jesus takes Peter, James and John with him up a nearby mountain. When they arrive, the three disciples are treated to an awesome and shocking sight; … Continue reading →

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This is Big

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Don Merritt

In the last post on Mark, “Peter Gets it Wrong.”  we saw some interesting things. We saw Peter get it wrong, after being so right on the money only a short time earlier. Remember how he was the first to … Continue reading →

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A Tower of Strength

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Don Merritt

Our Lord is a tower of strength, but many times we don’t see Him that way.  He rises above everything that we will ever encounter in this life, but we aren’t always conscious of the fact.  His strength is not … Continue reading →

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Hearing and Speaking

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 7:31-37 Parallel Text: Matthew 15:29-31 After some days in the region of Tyre, Jesus and the disciples moved on in the direction of Sidon, crossing into modern-day Syria, making their way finally to the eastern shore of the Sea … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week: June 25, 2014

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Don Merritt

I know that if I keep posting pictures from this garden they’ll come for my “man card” (and we can’t have that!) but I really like this one.  I certainly have to put it on the “lucky shot” list!

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Demons, Dogs and Foreign Scenes

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 7:24-30 Parallel Text: Matthew 15_21-28 A quick reading of this text will tell us that Jesus heals someone’s daughter, but quick readings don’t always yield the whole story, for there are those times when we are better off slowing … Continue reading →

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To Be Defiled

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 7:1-23 Parallel Texts: Matthew 15:1-20; John 7:1 This is a great story… we could spend a week going over it piece by piece! A group of Pharisees have come up from Jerusalem and in our first glimpse of them, … Continue reading →

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A Stroll on the Lake

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 6:45-56 Parallel Texts: Matthew 14:22-36; John 6:15-21 After feeding the five thousand, a murmur went through the crowd: “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”  Jesus knew they were about to seize Him and make … Continue reading →

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