DAY 3 – Wednesday Daily devotional Read Mark 1:1-3 Ask Use the footnotes in your Bible to find the original context of the Old Testament verses quoted in today’s passage. What is the significance of John the Baptist’s role when understood through this lens? Reflect There are three passages in the Old Testament I want […]
Instagram Jesus Week 1: Devotional Day 2
DAY 2 – Tuesday Daily devotional Read Mark 1:1-8 Ask How about the opening few verses of Mark help you to see Mark as a gospel of action? Reflect Let’s do a little comparison exercise here. Look at the opening verses of the other three Gospels, Matthew, Luke and John. How is Mark different? You’ll […]
Instagram Jesus Week 1: Devotional Day 1
DAY 1 – Monday Daily devotional Read Mark 1:1-8 Ask Open up a study Bible to the introductory notes on Mark’s gospel, and consider what you already know about this gospel in comparison with the other gospels. Think about the way the writer, Mark, recorded the ministry of Jesus. What was Mark’s literary style and […]
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Written by Megan Hackman Associate Pastor at Chapel Hill. Student of God’s Word with colored pencils in one hand, ready to take notes and understand, and a cell phone in the other, ready for it to make a difference in the next appointment I have. Local waterfront, coffee, and running route connoisseur. Saturday through Friday […]
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I hope—and suspect—that you are still basking in the wonder of your Christmas experience. The “eagerest” of beavers among you might already be putting away some of your Christmas decorations. But the Toone family barely got their tree up in time for the holiday! Let me explain. For the first time in years, the four […]