Category: Mark 11
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Faith: It’s Personal
Mark 11:22 “And Jesus answered them, ‘Have faith in God.’” Many years ago, one of my office coworkers was talking about a subject (I don’t recall what the subject was) and he made this statement: “You have to have faith.” Well, because I knew that this person was not a Christian, I asked him this question: “Faith…
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The Inquisition
Mark 11:27-33 “And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, and they said to him, ‘By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?’ Jesus said to them, ‘I…
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What Could Have Been
Mark 11:20-24 “As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, ‘Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.’ And Jesus answered them, ‘Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be…
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The Unfruitful
Mark 11:12-19 “On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he…
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Of Donkeys
Mark 11:1-3 “Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciplesand said to them, ‘Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie…
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