Is God Behind Covid 19? (#14)
Keller opens this chapter in the King's Cross with the stark fact that Christianity moves away from wealth. How true that has been in America. In this time of Covid ...
Unless You Become Like A Child (#13)
Jesus tells us that unless we become like a little child, we won't enter the kingdom of heaven! In a positive way, He says the same with the ...
Longest 18 Inches (#12)
It has been said that the longest 18 inches is between the head and the heart. It is one thing to believe about Jesus in your head, it is quite ...
LOSING YOUR LIFE TO FIND IT (#11)
We are at a pivotal point in Mark. Keller calls it "The Turn." The disciples have been following Jesus, believing He had come to rescue them out of all ...
He Keeps On Helping Us See (#10)
Our symbol this week is blindness and how He keeps healing it. We will see how faith leads to seeing and how a lack of faith leads to blindness. We ...
The Heart, The Heart, The Heart (#9)
When speaking at a seminar, I stained my white suit jacket with a permanent red marker, feeling much like the woman in this picture. Yes, it was a costly, humbling, ...
Hearts of Stone (#8)
The title I originally wanted for my book, Idol Lies, was The Stonecutter, based on this verse from Ezekiel: I believe this act of God turning our heart of stone into a ...
Desperate (#7)
So often on this website we have prayed for one another as we have faced huge storms. The love we have developed for one another has made us cry out ...
He Allows Storms for His Beloved (#6)
When our own Chris faced the worst storm of her life, the assault and death of her teenage son Daniel, she pondered the print of this painting by Jean Guichard ...
Parables To Hide & Illumine (#5)
Our symbol this week is the lightbulb, with a prayer for each of us, that we will not grope about in the darkness, but that His Word, His parables, will ...
He Came To End Religion (#4)
Religion hurts people. I always remember the response of a seeker in our study when we were looking at the first miracle and sign of Jesus: turning water into wine. ...
He touched the leper. (#3)
Though the law forbade it, Jesus touched the leper. Our symbol this week is Jesus reaching out in compassion to the leper. It is sobering to realize that this ...
“The Kingdom of God Has Come Near” (#2)
Our symbol this week is a crown, for we see early on in Mark that Christ is the King, who has authority over all. Mark now shows us ...
On Your Mark! (#1)
A new year. A fresh start. An exciting new journey through Mark that will take us through winter, Lent, and all the way up to summer. My favorite Keller commentary ...
AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE
I love the women on this blog, for so many are "without guile," confessing their sin, asking authentic questions, and longing to be closer to Jesus. Our own Laura questioned ...