Have you ever asked yourself how the other disciples felt when Jesus took Peter, James and John hiking high up in the mountain? (Mark 9:2) Presumably Jesus had explained his intention to “get away by himself” with his “favourite three,” that they may be gone a while; or did they just quietly head off, without a second thought, whilst the other nine were preoccupied? This wasn’t the first time they’d been left behind though, was it? They weren’t privy to the miraculous resurre

"But Jesus said to her "Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." And she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs from under the table eat from the children's crumbs." (Mk.7:27-28). Have you ever thought whether there is anything you could do to impress God? I mean we are talking about someone who knows you better than anyone else, even better than you yourself. Is there anything

In preparing for this I read from the beginning of Mark’s gospel and by the time I got to the end of chapter 6 I was mentally breathless - The pace is unrelenting from the start as was commented on in Day 1 “And there we are… Mark dives straight in and reveals who Jesus is. He is the Messiah, the Son of God”. We’re asking ourselves the question: “Who is this Jesus?” The answer, of course is Son of God, Lord and Saviour and so we need to read these chapters with a view to lett

During Lent we will be studying the gospel of Mark. This post is the second of a weekly series of bible studies.