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The Gospel of Mark was written between 58 and 63 AD to the Christians in Rome.  The audience is primarily Gentiles because there are very few Old Testament quotations and Aramaic expressions are translated into Greek, and some Latin terms are used, also Mark used the Roman method of reckoning time.  The church in Rome [...]

Jesus did a lot of teaching to different audiences in different places, but the Gospels record only four long multi chapter sermons theologians refer to as The Sermon on the Mount, The Bread of Life Discourse, The Olivet Discourse, and The Upper Room Discourse. Jesus’ teaching in those sermons was radically different from the religious [...]

                                    
The Torah Jesus Taught
In Judaism, the first five books of our Christian Bible are called The Torah. Torah is Hebrew for teaching, and came to be used for “The Law”. Therefore in English it is usually translated “The Law”. It contains the founding legal/religious texts of Israel and Judaism. Between 200 and 300 BC, it [...]

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My favorite sports show on ESPN is a ten minute weekly session in which four commentators review the worst plays in the NFL during the last week. The biggest blunders, missed plays, penalties, fumbles, missteps, etc. are shown, and then the guys all yell out “C’mon Man!”. In case you missed it or don’t get [...]

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This is the time of year when we all say “Happy new year!”. That has always had the connotation to me that people are eager to get this last year behind them and get a new start. It is as if we can, in a way, erase the past mistakes, and get on with a [...]

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                                                  Unnatural Love
Novelists and poets have always delved into the mystery of love. Why are people attracted to one another? Why do people become best friends? A comedian described love as a sea of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses. Plato described love as “a grave mental disease”. Someone else said love is blind, it’s marriage [...]

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                                             Christmas in the Old Testament
Someone told me that the great philosopher, Plato, said that as one goes through life, he must find the opinions of great men unless he can receive a word from God. If he did say that, he is even smarter than I thought (of course he doesn’t know that). We [...]

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