by Dawson Jarrell | Feb 12, 2022 | Discipleship
Need for Christ-like Compassion in a ‘Six feet apart’ world. Writing in the 90’s, Garland’s word choice is oddly poignant for today. Commenting on chapter one of Mark He notes the particular way Jesus healed a leper. He touched him then heal him. Jesus was willing to...
by Dawson Jarrell | Feb 12, 2022 | Discipleship
David Garland on Discipleship in Mark In preparation to write the Mark study I found a commentary that quickly became my favorite. It is part of the NIV Application Commentary series published by Zondervan. The Mark commentary was written by New Testament scholar...
by Dawson Jarrell | Feb 2, 2022 | Discipleship
Garland on Jesus’ Authority and Church Leadership We are back looking at some of the more provocative thoughts from David Garland’s commentary on the Gospel of Mark. Garland in discussing Jesus’ authority contrasts Jesus’ response to his...
by Dawson Jarrell | Jan 22, 2022 | Discipleship
Radical Discipleship in Mark (Part 2) Jesus’ Approach to Discipleship The theme of discipleship is all over Mark. Mark teaches his readers about discipleship in three ways. 1.) recounting Jesus’s teaching on the subject, 2.) narrating different accounts in which Jesus...
by Dawson Jarrell | Jan 22, 2022 | Discipleship
Cost of Discipleship To get at the Cost of Discipleship in Mark we will look at a few texts in Mark. First Mark 1:16-20 and we will key in on verse 17 and Second Mark 8:34-38. Mark 1:16-20 has much to teach us about discipleship. Jesus gives a command, and a promise...
by Dawson Jarrell | Jan 22, 2022 | Biblical studies, Discipleship
[/et_pb_column] Radical Discipleship in Mark [/et_pb_section] Mark teaches his readers about discipleship in two ways. First way is by recounting Jesus’s general teaching on the subject. Including Mark’s choice of examples that illustrate discipleship for his...
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