Reading Mark 11:27-12:17. Is Jesus sidestepping questions in the Temple or embracing the moment of His self-sacrifice? Why is paying taxes a moment a religious piety?

Reading Mark 11:12-26. Why does Jesus curse the fig tree? How will Jesus' disciples pray when the temple is thrown into the sea?

Reading Mark 10:46-11:11. Why does Mark so rarely use the title "Son of David"? How does Jesus' triumphal entry signal what kind of king He intends to be?

Reading Mark 10:32-45; The answer to every question from this passage is Isaiah 53.

Reading Mark 10:13-34. What does it mean to enter the kingdom like a child? Is every baptism an "infant baptism"? How will the first become last?

Reading Mark 9:33-10:12. As we head towards Jesus saying, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God," we look at some unrealistic realism. Jesus' expectation of a new creation changes how we look at everyone redeemed by Him.

Reading Mark 9:14-41. What does it mean that anything is possible for those who believe? How far from following Jesus are the apostles at this point in the Gospel?

Reading Mark 9:1-13; is there a good kind of fear? How does the kingdom come in power? Why does Mark's reading of the transfiguration focus more on Elijah than Moses?