John Bryant
Mark 11:27-33--Out of pride and lies, through trouble and loss, toward meaning and purpose
27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,28...
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John Bryant
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Mark 11: 20-25--The Humble Servant of Reality
As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look!...
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John Bryant
Mar 9, 20232 min read
MARK 11:15-19–THE FRIEND OF WOUNDED SOULS, THE ENEMY OF PRIDE AND LIES
And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he...
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John Bryant
Mar 2, 20232 min read
Mark 11: 12-14: Rescued, Led, Given
12 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if...
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John Bryant
Oct 21, 20224 min read
Mark 11:1-11--What An Adult I Was, What A Child I Must Become
11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to...
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John Bryant
Oct 3, 20228 min read
Mark 10: 46-52--Christ the Overturning Word, Christ the Solemn Procession, Christ the Joyful End
46 And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of...
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John Bryant
Sep 8, 20224 min read
Mark 10: 32-45: Hallowed or Devoured By Offering
32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed...
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John Bryant
Aug 24, 20227 min read
Mark 10: 17-31: The Fulfillment of Being Human
17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit...
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John Bryant
Aug 1, 202210 min read
Mark 10: 13-16: The Anguish of the Soul, the Wilderness of Experience, the Faith of a Child.
13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was...
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John Bryant
Jul 5, 20224 min read
Mark 10:1-12: The Marriage of Cigarettes and Grass
And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom,...
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John Bryant
Jun 21, 20225 min read
Mark 9: 42-50: "The Unbearable Burden of Self-Will"
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his...
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John Bryant
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Mark 9:38-41: Changed by Offering
38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,[f] and we tried to stop him, because he was not following...
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John Bryant
Feb 21, 20223 min read
Mark 9:30-37: Forgiven into Service
30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying...
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John Bryant
Feb 11, 20223 min read
Mark 9:14-29: Better Is Not Enough
14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the...
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John Bryant
Feb 3, 20225 min read
Mark 9:1-13: The Look of Those Transfigured
Mark 9:1-13 1And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom...
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John Bryant
Jan 27, 20226 min read
Mark 8: 34-39: His Cross Leads Us To Ours
34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his...
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John Bryant
Jan 13, 202210 min read
Mark 8: 31--33: Affliction and Understanding
31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the...
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John Bryant
Dec 14, 20216 min read
Mark 8:27-30: The Pillaging, Anointing Word of Who Christ Is
27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say...
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John Bryant
Dec 7, 20213 min read
Mark 8:22-26: Jesus Is the Only Way We'll See Jesus
22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by...
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John Bryant
Nov 11, 20213 min read
Mark 8:14-21: What Do I Need To Be Okay
14 Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.15 And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out;...
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