John Bryant
Mark 11:1-9--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, 2022
- 8 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 10 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 10 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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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John Bryant
- Oct 18, 2021
- 4 min
Mark 8:11-13: Our Suspicion That the Christ Who Died Is Not Enough
11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit...
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John Bryant
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
Mark 8:1-10: A Word of Mercy, A World of Grace
1 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, 2...
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John Bryant
- Sep 21, 2021
- 2 min
Mark 7:31-37: A Private Mercy, a Public Witness
31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they...
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John Bryant
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
Mark 7: 24-30: No Protection From Our Own Vulnerability
24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he...
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