What You Grasp Matters
(This short paper was written for my group as we were prepared for being inducted into a healing ministry.) In our study of the miracles of Jesus last week we read three accounts of Jesus’ healing of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law. During the discussion we took note of the manner in which Jesus ministered to her, […]
Crucified Son of Man or Mighty One
Mark’s Chiastic Gospel Structure and the Question of Jesus’ Identity More than twenty years ago I was preparing to lead a Bible study on Mark. I began with the well known pair of verses that bookend the Gospel in which the heavens are torn. (At Jesus’ baptism and His death.) I then recalled that Mark […]
