Commentary on Mark 2:23—3:6
These two controversy scenes — one in the grainfields and one in a synagogue — [...]
Gospel
Commentary on Mark 3:20-35
Jesus generates a lot of worry in this passage. But I suppose he always has. [...]
Commentary on Mark 4:26-34
Mark contains few parables, but the ones that are there really count. This passage concludes [...]
Commentary on Mark 4:35-41
Now we’re in a place where we can see what Jesus’ disciples are made of. [...]
Commentary on Mark 5:21-43
[Editor’s note: The author has read this text from the perspective of an immigrant, pairing [...]
Commentary on Mark 6:14-29
[Editor’s note: The author has read this text from the perspective of an immigrant, pairing [...]
Commentary on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
Many Christians don’t have a sense of what a spiritual [...]
Commentary on John 6:1-21
Like the earlier figures of Moses and Elisha, Jesus proclaims a message of God’s abundance [...]
Commentary on Mark 10:2-16
Beware this week. As soon as you read the word “divorce” aloud, a whole sermon [...]
Commentary on Mark 10:17-31
The first thing to say about this text, and hopefully not the last thing to [...]
