I heard a story once about a young bride who, on the very first Thanksgiving with her new husband, prepared to cook a ham for their dinner. Much to the new husband’s surprise, before putting it into the pan, she took a knife and cut both ends off the ham! He asked her why she…
In the past few weeks, it seems we have lost more and more loved ones to the diseases and tragedies of this world. Is there any place we can find comfort? In this article, Elder Buddy Abernathy reminds us that there is comfort for us in the face of the death of loved ones. May…
We have been looking at the Gospel of Mark lately in our “MONDAY MINUTES,” but today I want to deviate from that focus in order to share an article by Elder Buddy Abernathy. This article on “labels” is very appropriate for our time, for we live in a day when it is common practice to…
We’ve looked already at situations where Jesus seemed to be asleep on the boat, and where it seemed that He got there “too late.” But what happens when it seems that Jesus isn’t there at all? The disciples faced just such a scenario in Mark 6. Beginning in verse 45, we read that Jesus “constrained”…
In the 6th Chapter of the Gospel of Mark, we find an account of the only miracle that is recorded in all four gospels. After returning to His home town, and finding great unbelief there, He sent out His disciples two by two to preach repentance. During this time, He also was informed of the…
Have you ever been afraid that Jesus was going to miss the deadline? That He just wasn’t going to get there on time? That He would be too late? In Mark 5:21-43, we read about what happens when Jesus gets there too late! A man named Jairus – an important man in his day, who…
I want you to picture a man, maybe in his early 60s, living in a little cottage by the Sea. Maybe he is a farmer, maybe a carpenter, getting close to retirement. As he goes into his home, his grandchildren gather around him, clamoring for his attention. As he get seated, the kids surrounding him…
For the past two weeks, Sis. Sherri and I have been traveling out West. In fact, this is one of the reasons I was unable to publish an edition of Monday Minutes last week, and also why this week’s edition is one day late, for which I apologize. While on our vacation, we saw many…
Does it sometimes seem that the storms of life assail you, and yet Jesus is uncaring? At the end of Chapter Four of the Gospel of Mark, we read about a literal storm that overtook the disciples as they were crossing the Sea of Galilee. As they struggled to keep the ship afloat, Jesus was…
Today, let’s summarize what we have discussed regarding the Parable of the Sower in Mark 4. First of all, we learned that the Parable of the Sower does NOT teach us how to figure out who is a child of God and who is not. Rather, it sets forth four different categories of those who…
As we have examined the parable of the Sower and the Seeds found in chapter four of Mark’s gospel, we have discovered that ALL the categories of ground discussed by Jesus are referring to children of God – that is, there is not any category of ground discussed here that could be classified as someone…
We have been examining the parable of the Sower and the Seeds found in chapter four of Mark’s gospel. Jesus Himself told the disciples that this parable is key to understanding the Kingdom of God: “Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?” (Mk 4:13). We have determined that the…
