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Faith and healing in the Gospel of Mark: a brief reflection
Faith is closely connected with healing in Mark. Jesus heals the paralytic on the basis of the faith of his friends (and of the paralytic himself, too?) in 2:5. Mark 5:34, 7:29, 10:52 feature similar...
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Restoration in the Wilderness
JBap I heard a good joke today. Good by my standards, anyway, which not all who know my humor will wholly trust. Question: “What do John the Baptist and Kermit the Frog have in common?” Answer: “Well,...
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Mark (NIGTC) in Logos’s Biblia.com
For an exegesis course in seminary, I was assigned R.T. France’s Mark in the New International Greek Testament Commentary (NIGTC) series. The assignment was to read the entire commentary that semester,...
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Two More Greek Gems from †Rod Decker
Long awaited Before Prof. Rodney Decker passed, he finished writing his Koine Greek Grammar, with which I’m already impressed–having just begun working through the Appendixes! One other last (and...
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Good Will Hunting and Making Space to Receive Love
Baseball is Finally Hair Last week Major League Baseball pitchers and catchers started reporting for Spring Training. Spring Training, of course, takes place in Florida and Arizona. Red Sox pitchers...
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Book Note: Mark Strauss’s New Commentary on Mark (ZECNT)
I really dig Zondervan’s Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, as you can see by the multiple volumes I’ve reviewed here. The series continues production, with 10 volumes now available. Recent...
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They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships
Joy vs. Facts, Sleeping in a Storm One place I like to go, from time to time, to rouse my spirits and draw me closer to the heart of God is Wendell Berry’s Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front....
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Book Review: Jesus, the Temple and the Coming Son of Man
Mark 13 is one of the most difficult chapters of the Bible to interpret and understand. From the “abomination of desolation” to the claim of Jesus that “this generation will not pass away until all...
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Free Copy of Mark (ZECNT) in Print, and 80% Off Ebook Gospel Commentaries...
Starting August 8 and going until 11:59 (EST) on August 11, Zondervan is offering a host of commentaries on the Gospels at a steep discount. Almost all of them are ones I use regularly in preaching...
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The Winner Is…
Congrats to Brian Davidson, the winner of Mark in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the NT! Enjoy the book, Brian! I used Random Number Generator to pick the winner–tried and true. If you’d...
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