Category Archives: Gospel According to Mark

He is risen

Posted on February 1, 2015 by David Nuottila

Mark 16:1-8 Many of the earliest manuscripts of Mark’s gospel end at verse eight. It is an abrupt ending, one that leaves people hanging as they read it. It seems incomplete, unfinished. It seems in our reading of Mark, moving … Continue reading →

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The Son of God

Posted on January 31, 2015 by David Nuottila

Mark 15:21-39 Jesus let out a loud cry. After speaking words of forsakenness from Psalm 22, Jesus cried out and took in his last breath. With the exhale came his cry, a cry of relief, an exclamation of deliverance. Finally, … Continue reading →

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Innocence found guilty

Posted on January 30, 2015 by David Nuottila

Mark 15:1-20 Several times in the last month or so, there have been stories in the news detailing how some wrongly accused men had been imprisoned for years. Each of these men were finally found to be innocent of the … Continue reading →

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Betrayed – arrested – abandoned – denied

Posted on January 27, 2015 by David Nuottila

Mark 14:26 – 72 Betrayed It isn’t enough to say Jesus was betrayed; such language does not convey the gravity of Judas Iscariot’s actions. From the beginning, Jesus knew Judas was the one who would give him up. Still, Jesus … Continue reading →

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This is my body

Posted on January 26, 2015 by David Nuottila

Mark 14:17-25 Gathered around the Passover table, Jesus reclined with his disciples for one final meal, one last teaching moment, one last time to show them the depths to which God was willing to go in order to save his … Continue reading →

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