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The Next Step

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While each of the gospel writers has their own style, pace and priorities – each is a masterful storyteller. Each weaves the accounts and stories into a meta-narrative that reveals something about the person of Jesus and thus is revelatory about the person of God. If your only encounter with the gospels is here on Sunday – while any encounter is a good one – you’re missing the whole of the narrative, missing the ebb and flow. It is like trying to understand the beauty of a quilt by staring into one patch. The one patch is beautiful, the stitching elaborate, but you miss the larger pattern, the greater beauty. Continue reading →

The journey to Caesarea Philippi

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Peter-do-you-love-meThis coming Sunday, the 24th Sunday, is taken from Mark 8:27-35. The account fits into a series of narratives that are part of the context of Mark’s narrative. One thing is clear: Jesus’ running debate with the Pharisees and the scribes from Jerusalem continues unabated – even continuing from before last Sunday’s gospel. Here is an outline of some recent Markan pericopes (stories).

  • The Feeding of the 5,000 (Mark 6:34-44)
  • Jesus walks on the water (Mark 6:45-52)
  • The Healings at Gennesaret (Mark 6:53-56)
  • Conflict over the Tradition of the Elders (Mark 7:1-23) – 22nd Sunday
  • The Encounter with the Syrophoenician Woman (Mark 7:24-30)
  • Healing of the Deaf Man (Mark 7:31-37) – 23rd Sunday
  • Feeding of the 4,000 (Mark 8:1-10)
  • The Demand for a Sign (Mark 8:11-13)
  • Warning against the leaven of the Pharisees (Mark 8:14-21)
  • The Blind Man of Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26)
  • Peter’s Confession (Mark 8:27-35) – 24th Sunday

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