Once again and still, the disciples do not understand what being a disciple of Jesus entails. Mark 9:30-32 is the second of three times that Jesus tells the disciples about his death and resurrection. In between the first time (Mark 8:31-33) and this time, Mark describes Jesus’ transfiguration and another healing of a child from […]
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Taking up the cross
When any saying is used often and becomes familiar, it can lose some of its original impact. That has certainly happened with the phrase, “take up your cross”. We often use it to describe any sort of hardship that we encounter in life. But is that what Jesus meant? We need to remember that texts […]
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