Mark

If they had been the ones presiding over Jesus’ trial, says biblical scholar Israel Knohl, there wouldn’t have been a crucifixion.

If they had been the ones presiding over Jesus’ trial, says biblical scholar Israel Knohl, there wouldn’t have been a crucifixion.

For now, anyway. After our discernment together, I consider this a success.

Child advocate R. L. Stollar seeks to help people read the Bible in ways that protect and honor children.

Resurrection flies in the face of everything we know to be true.

We fix our gaze on the cross because if we look away we will miss something vital.

Jesus moves in the same direction as other pilgrims but at a pace and purpose that is his own.

Jesus moves in the same direction as other pilgrims but at a pace and purpose that is his own.

We fix our gaze on the cross because if we look away we will miss something vital.

Lament psalms typically move to trust at some point, but reading only those verses feels strange in Lent.

What a roller coaster for the disciples: They are following the Messiah! And doing so will cost them everything.

What a roller coaster for the disciples: They are following the Messiah! And doing so will cost them everything.

Not just Advent

Does Jesus hide from the wild beasts? Hurl rocks at them? Mark doesn’t say.

What Peter, James, and John see on the mountain cannot be neatly packaged for resale.

Paul knew something about being an obnoxious weirdo.

The gospels don’t depict John as much of an organization builder.

I like to think Jesus gives the blind man in Mark 8 vision of another kind: to see past the limits of human sight.

And why would anyone baptize the dead?