The Word to the World
There is a series of videos on YouTube called the “Try Not to Cry Challenge.” These videos portray particularly emotional scenes, like blind people seeing for the first time, or colour blind people seeing colour for the first time. Some of them portray people, having
This event occurs in the wider context of the question concerning ceremonial uncleanness. As we learned previously, the Pharisees had entrenched a culture in which tradition trumped truth. Though they had the word of God, the word of man ruled their lives (vv. 8–13). What
John Calvin writes of our text: “Faith will obtain anything from the Lord; for so highly does he value it, that he is always prepared to comply with our wishes, so far as it may be for our advantage.” This account, as recorded by Mark,
“Sheep without a shepherd” is an apt description of the nation of Israel that Jesus came upon. Politically—and most importantly, spiritually—the chosen nation of God was in a mess. For the majority, their relationship with God was merely skin-deep. They merely went through the motions