This week we get one of the darkest moments of the Gospels as Jesus prays in the Garden and helps us understand how he entered into our suffering and we can be joined to him through his suffering. Read Mark 14:32-52 and thanks for listening!

In one last and perhaps best Markan sandwich this week we look at the dueling trials of Jesus and Peter, contrasting faithfulness and faithlessness. Read Mark 14:53-72 and thanks for listening!

We return to Mark and one of the more debated passages as Jesus answers a question about the Temple, but seems to say much more. Read Mark 13 and thanks for listening!

Mark's Gospel account approaches the end as Jesus' betrayal looms and we see several different preparations for his death. Read Mark 14:1-31 and thanks for listening!

Who Are You Putting Your Trust In Today?
All of us are trusting someone or something with the details of our everyday lives. Psalm 111 reminds us of why and how we can overcome the enemy of trust (our unbelief), and replace unbelief with faith leading to God's peace.

Jesus answers a final question before asking his own, while we are yet again reminded that the first shall be last and the last shall be first. Read Mark 12:28-44 and thanks for listening!

We pump the breaks as we look at the second challenge to Jesus' authority, this time from the Sadducees, a challenge that speaks to the central importance of the resurrection and its grounding in the Old Testament. Read Mark 12:18-27 and thanks for listening.

Mark concludes the second half of his sandwich with some teaching on prayer that at first seems disconnected, and then concludes this section with a transitional discussion of Jesus' authority. Read Mark 11:20-33 and see you Sunday.