The Word to the World
Jesus Christ was a story-teller. He was the Master story teller. The Gospel writers all include numerous accounts of him telling stories. Thankfully so, for stories have a way of illuminating our understanding, perhaps better than by direct instructions. Aesop’s Fables—The Tortoise and the Hare;
Of the forty or fifty calls to one another one another in the New Testament, this is the first occurrence, and therefore it sets the precedent for how we should approach these instructions given to the community of faith. This particular instruction to “have peace
Perhaps you recall the song that begins, “I’m so glad I’m a part of the family of God.” Sometimes we might be gladder than at other times. Nevertheless, it beats the alternative. Just observe the previous passage where the children of the devil were front
We serve a beautiful Saviour. We have seen much of his beauty in these opening chapters of Mark’s story, and we will see a whole lot more of it in the rest of the story. But, so far, what has impressed me the most is