Devotions: Mark 12:38-40 So That We Might Live and Be In His Family Forever

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 12:38-40 So That We Might Live and Be In His Family Forever Download audio The Text 38 He also said in his teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who want greetings in the marketplaces, 39 the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets....

February 4, 2022 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 12:35-37 So That We Might Live and Be Glorified

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 12:35-37 So That We Might Live and Be Glorified Download audio The Text 35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he asked, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David? 36 David himself says by the Holy Spirit: The Lord declared to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet....

February 3, 2022 · 9 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 12:28-34 So That We Might Live and Love Him and Love Others

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 12:28-34 So That We Might Live and Love Him and Love Others Download audio The Text 28 One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, Israel!...

February 2, 2022 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 12:18-27 So That We Might Live and Be With Him Forever

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 12:18-27 So That We Might Live and Be With Him Forever Download audio The Text 18 Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and questioned him: 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child, that man should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother....

January 28, 2022 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 12:13-17 So That We Might Live and Belong to Him

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 12:13-17 So That We Might Live and Belong to Him Download audio The Text 13 Then they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to Jesus to trap him in his words. 14 When they came, they said to him, “Teacher, we know you are truthful and don’t care what anyone thinks, nor do you show partiality but teach the way of God truthfully....

January 27, 2022 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 12:1-12 So That We Might Live and Be Sent By Him

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 12:1-12 So That We Might Live and Be Sent By Him Download audio The Text Mark 12:1-12 (CSB) 1 He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away....

January 26, 2022 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 11:27-33 So That We Might Live and Know Him

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 11:27-33 So That We Might Live and Know Him Download audio The Text Mark 11:27–33 (CSB) 27 They came again to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came 28 and asked him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do these things?...

January 25, 2022 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 11:20-25 So That We Might Live and Believe

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 11:20-25 So That We Might Live and Believe Download audio The Text Mark 11:20–25 (CSB) 20 Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up. 21 Then Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”...

January 24, 2022 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 11:15-19 So That We Might Live and Be Saved

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 11:15-19 So That We Might Live and Be Saved Download audio The Text Mark 11:15–19 (CSB) 15 They came to Jerusalem, and he went into the temple and began to throw out those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves, 16 and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple....

January 19, 2022 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 11:12-14 So That We Might Live and Never Die

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 11:12-14 So That We Might Live and Never Die Download audio The Text Mark 11:12-14 (CSB) 12 The next day when they went out from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to find out if there was anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs....

January 18, 2022 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 11:1-11 So That We Might Live

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 11:1-11 So That We Might Live Download audio The Text Mark 11:1-11 (CSB) 1 When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2 and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat....

January 13, 2022 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 10:46-52 God Alone Receives The Poor

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 10:46-52 God Alone Receives The Poor Download audio The Text Mark 10:46-52 (CSB) 46 They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!...

January 12, 2022 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 10:32-45 God Alone Receives the Dead

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 10:32-45 God Alone Receives the Dead Download audio The Text Mark 10:32-45 (CSB) 32 They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were astonished, but those who followed him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that would happen to him....

January 11, 2022 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 10:28-31 God Alone Receives the Last

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 10:28-31 God Alone Receives the Last Download audio The Text Mark 10:28-31 (CSB) 28 Peter began to tell him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” 29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,...

January 10, 2022 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 10:23-27 God Alone Receives the Lost

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 10:23-27 God Alone Receives the Lost Download audio The Text Mark 10:23–27 (CSB) 23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!...

January 7, 2022 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 10:17-22 God Alone Receives the Brokenhearted

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 10:17-22 God Alone Receives the Brokenhearted Download audio The Text Mark 10:17–22 (CSB) 17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone....

January 6, 2022 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 10:13-16 God Alone Receives the Fatherless

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 10:13-16 God Alone Receives the Fatherless Download audio The Text Mark 10:13–16 (CSB) 13 People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these....

January 5, 2022 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 10:1-12 God Alone Receives the Widow

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 10:1-12 God Alone Receives the Widow Download audio The Text Mark 10:1–12 (CSB) 1 He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on him again, and as was his custom he taught them again. 2 Some Pharisees came to test him, asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?...

January 4, 2022 · 9 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 9:49-50 God Alone is Our Source

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 9:49-50 God Alone is Our Source Download audio The Text Mark 9:49–50 (CSB) 49 For everyone will be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” The Devotion Again, we can talk about salt in terms of farming or cooking....

January 3, 2022 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 9:43-48 God Alone Is Far Above Sin

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 9:43-48 God Alone Is Far Above Sin Download audio The Text Mark 9:43–48 (CSB) 43 “And if your hand causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell, the unquenchable fire. 45 And if your foot causes you to fall away, cut it off....

December 20, 2021 · 10 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 9:42 God Alone is Mighty to Save

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 9:42 God Alone is Mighty to Save Download audio The Text Mark 9:42 (CSB) 42 “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. The Devotion So many false teachers, who preach not the gospel, who are causing his little ones to stray–presuming that there is no God and they will not have to answer for leading his sheep astray....

December 17, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 9:38-41 God Alone Saves His People

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 9:38-41 God Alone Saves His People Download audio The Text Mark 9:38-41 (CSB) 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.” 39 “Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in my name who can soon afterward speak evil of me....

December 16, 2021 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 9:33-37 God Alone Receives All Who Would Come

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 9:33-37 God Alone Receives All Who Would Come Download audio The Text Mark 9:33-37 (CSB) 33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” 34 But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest....

December 15, 2021 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 9:30-32 God Alone is Over Death

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 9:30-32 God Alone is Over Death Download audio The Text Mark 9:30-32 (CSB) 30 Then they left that place and made their way through Galilee, but he did not want anyone to know it. 31 For he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men....

December 14, 2021 · 3 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 9:14-29 God Alone Over Faith

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 9:14-29 God Alone Over Faith Download audio The Text Mark 9:14-29 (CSB) 14 When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing with them. 15 When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran to greet him. 16 He asked them, “What are you arguing with them about?...

December 13, 2021 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 9:2-13 We Will Suffer

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 9:2-13 We Will Suffer Download audio The Text Mark 9:2–13 (CSB) 2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured in front of them, 3 and his clothes became dazzling—extremely white as no launderer on earth could whiten them....

December 10, 2021 · 9 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 8:34-9:1 We Must Die

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 8:34-9:1 We Must Die Download audio The Text Mark 8:34–9:1 (CSB) 34 Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it....

December 9, 2021 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 8:31-33 Jesus Must Die

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 8:31-33 Jesus Must Die Download audio The Text Mark 8:31–33 (CSB) 31 Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise after three days. 32 He spoke openly about this....

December 8, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 8:27–30 Jesus Opens the Only Way to God

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 8:27–30 Jesus Opens the Only Way to God Download audio The Text Mark 8:27–30 (CSB) 27 Jesus went out with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 They answered him, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets....

December 7, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 8:22–26 Jesus Opens Our Eyes So That We Would See God

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 8:22–26 Jesus Opens Our Eyes So That We Would See God Download audio The Text Mark 8:22–26 (CSB) 22 They came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?...

December 6, 2021 · 11 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 8:14–21 Jesus Gives Us New Hearts So That We Might Receive God

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 8:14–21 Jesus Gives Us New Hearts So That We Might Receive God Download audio The Text Mark 8:14–21 (CSB) 14 The disciples had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 Then he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod....

November 25, 2021 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 8:11–13 Jesus Changes Our Minds So We Now Understand God

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 8:11–13 Jesus Changes Our Minds So We Now Understand God Download audio The Text Mark 8:11–13 (CSB) 11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign from heaven to test him. 12 Sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation....

November 24, 2021 · 8 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 8:1-10 Jesus Feeds Us So We May Have Life

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 8:1-10 Jesus Feeds Us So We May Have Life Download audio The Text Mark 8:1–10 (CSB) 1 In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He called the disciples and said to them, 2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat....

November 23, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 7:31-37 Jesus Opens Our Ears So We Now Hear God

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 7:31-37 Jesus Opens Our Ears So We Now Hear God Download audio The Text Mark 7:31–37 (CSB) 31 Again, leaving the region of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. 32 They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking and begged Jesus to lay his hand on him....

November 22, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 7:24-30 The Word of God Saves

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 7:24-30 The Word of God Saves Download audio The Text Mark 7:24–30 (CSB) 24 He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice. 25 Instead, immediately after hearing about him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at his feet....

November 21, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 7:14-23 The Word of God is Righteousness

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 7:14-23 The Word of God is Righteousness Download audio The Text Mark 7:14–23 (CSB) 14 Summoning the crowd again, he told them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: 15 Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him....

November 20, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 7:7-13 The Word of God is Law

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 7:7-13 The Word of God is Law Download audio The Text Mark 7:7–13 (CSB) 7 They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines human commands. 8 Abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition.” 9 He also said to them, “You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set up your tradition!...

November 19, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 7:1-7 The Word of God is Love

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 7:1-7 The Word of God is Love Download audio The Text Mark 7:1–7 (CSB) 1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him. 2 They observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, keeping the tradition of the elders....

November 18, 2021 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 6:53-56 Jesus is the Lord of Time

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 6:53-56 Jesus is the Lord of Time Download audio The Text Mark 6:53–56 (CSB) 53 When they had crossed over, they came to shore at Gennesaret and anchored there. 54 As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized him. 55 They hurried throughout that region and began to carry the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was....

November 17, 2021 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 6:45-52 Jesus is the Lord over Sin

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 6:45-52 Jesus is the Lord over Sin Download audio The Text Mark 6:45–52 (CSB) 45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46 After he said good-bye to them, he went away to the mountain to pray....

November 16, 2021 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 6:30-44 Jesus is the Lord of Provision

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 6:30-44 Jesus is the Lord of Provision Download audio The Text Mark 6:30–44 (CSB) 30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat....

November 15, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 6:14-29 Jesus is the Lord over Humanity

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 6:14-29 Jesus is the Lord over Humanity Download audio The Text Mark 6:14–29 (CSB) 14 King Herod heard about it, because Jesus’s name had become well known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that’s why miraculous powers are at work in him.” 15 But others said, “He’s Elijah....

November 14, 2021 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 6:7-13 Jesus is the Lord of Preaching

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 6:7-13 Jesus is the Lord of Preaching Download audio The Text Mark 6:7–13 (CSB) 7 He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean spirits. 8 He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a staff—no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts,...

November 13, 2021 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 6:1-6 Jesus is the Lord of Life

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 6:1-6 Jesus is the Lord of Life Download audio The Text 1 He left there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. 2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom that has been given to him, and how are these miracles performed by his hands?...

November 12, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 5:35-43 Jesus is the Lord over Death

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 5:35-43 Jesus is the Lord over Death Download audio The Text 35 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore?” 36 When Jesus overheard what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.” 37 He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter, James, and John, James’s brother....

November 11, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 5:25-34 Jesus is the Lord of Power

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 5:25-34 Jesus is the Lord of Power Download audio The Text 25 Now a woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years 26 had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. 27 Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothing....

November 10, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 5:21-24 Jesus is the Lord of Prayers

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 5:21-24 Jesus is the Lord of Prayers Download audio The Text 21 When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea. 22 One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet...

November 9, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 5:14-20 Jesus is the Lord of Salvation

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 5:14-20 Jesus is the Lord of Salvation Download audio The Text 14 The men who tended them ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened. 15 They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid....

November 8, 2021 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 5:1-13 Jesus is Lord of Hell

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 5:1-13 Jesus is Lord of Hell Download audio The Text Mark 5:1–13 (CSB) 1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him....

January 16, 2013 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 4:35-41 Jesus is Lord of the Material

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 4:35-41 Jesus is Lord of the Material Download audio The Text Mark 4:35–41 (CSB) 35 On that day, when evening had come, he told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.” 36 So they left the crowd and took him along since he was in the boat. And other boats were with him....

January 9, 2013 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 4:33-34 Jesus is Lord of the Spiritual

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 4:33-34 Jesus is Lord of the Spiritual Download audio The Text Mark 4:33–34 (CSB) 33 He was speaking the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand. 34 He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, he explained everything to his own disciples. The Devotion There are two types of revelation: general and special revelation in relation with how God choses to reveal himself to mankind....

December 19, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 4:30-32 Jesus Grows His Kingdom

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 4:30-32 Jesus Grows His Kingdom Download audio The Text Mark 4:30–32 (CSB) 30 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it? 31 It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground....

December 5, 2012 · 3 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 4:26-29 Jesus Grows Us

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 4:26-29 Jesus Grows Us Download audio The Text Mark 4:26–29 (CSB) 26 “The kingdom of God is like this,” he said. “A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. 28 The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head....

November 14, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 4:23-25 Jesus Gives More, Do We Receive?

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 4:23-25 Jesus Gives More, Do We Receive? Download audio The Text Mark 4:23–25 (CSB) 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.” 24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and more will be added to you. 25 For whoever has, more will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him....

November 7, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 4:21-22 Jesus is the Light

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 4:21-22 Jesus is the Light Download audio The Text Mark 4:21–22 (CSB) 21 He also said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it to be put on a lampstand? 22 For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light....

October 31, 2012 · 3 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 4:13-20 Jesus Sows, We Grow

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 4:13-20 Jesus Sows, We Grow Download audio The Text Mark 4:13–20 (CSB) 13 Then he said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all of the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 Some are like the word sown on the path. When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them....

October 24, 2012 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 4:10-13 Jesus Helps Us to Understand, See, Hear, Feel, and Know God

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 4:10-13 Jesus Helps Us to Understand, See, Hear, Feel, and Know God Download audio The Introduction Mark 4:10–13 (CSB) 10 When he was alone, those around him with the Twelve asked him about the parables. 11 He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables...

October 17, 2012 · 3 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 4:1-9 Jesus Teaches, How Do We Respond?

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 4:1-9 Jesus Teaches, How Do We Respond? Download audio The Text Mark 4:1–9 (CSB) 1 Again he began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore. 2 He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them,...

October 10, 2012 · 3 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 3:31-35 Jesus is Family

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 3:31-35 Jesus is Family Download audio The Text Mark 3:31–35 (CSB) 31 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him and told him, “Look, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside asking for you.” 33 He replied to them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?...

October 3, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 3:28-30 Listen to the Holy Spirit

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 3:28-30 Listen to the Holy Spirit Download audio The Introduction Jesus did all things with the fullness of the Spirit. Teaching Preaching Healing Calling Ministering In stark contrast to the previous passage (Mark 3:20-27) where Christ, being the single authority on the Satan, demons and the spiritual realm continues this his teaching authority on all things spiritual. Why would he be the only authority on the spiritual?...

September 20, 2012 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 3:20-27 Christ is Stronger

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 3:20-27 Christ is Stronger Download audio The Text Mark 3:20–27 (CSB) 20 Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.” 22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons....

September 18, 2012 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 3:7-19 Jesus is on Mission

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 3:7-19 Jesus is on Mission Download audio The Introduction When you read the Gospel of Mark, if nothing else, if you are even halfway paying attention, is that Christ is one of action. We have read where Jesus heals, prays, accepts sinners, forgive sinners, heals hearts, and preaches the gospel. But Christ was no ordinary man who did a bunch of great and even supernatural things....

September 3, 2012 · 6 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 3:1-6 Jesus is Life

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 3:1-6 Jesus is Life Download audio The Text Mark 3:1-6 (CSB) Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a shriveled hand. 2 In order to accuse him, they were watching him closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3 He told the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand before us....

August 29, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 2:23-28 Jesus is Our Rest

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 2:23-28 Jesus is Our Rest Download audio The Text Mark 2:23-28 (CSB) On the Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, picking some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25 He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry — 26 how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence —which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests —and also gave some to his companions?...

August 27, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 2:18-22 Jesus is the Bridegroom

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 2:18-22 Jesus is the Bridegroom Download audio The Text Mark 2:18-22 (CSB) Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. People came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19 Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast....

August 22, 2012 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 2:13-17 Jesus is the Good Doctor

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 2:13-17 Jesus is the Good Doctor Download audio The Text Mark 2:13-17 (CSB) Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14 Then, passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him....

August 17, 2012 · 2 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 2:1-12 Jesus Forgives

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 2:1-12 Jesus Forgives Download audio The Text Mark 2:1-12 (CSB) When he entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word to them. They came to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four of them....

August 15, 2012 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:40-45 Jesus Accepts

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:40-45 Jesus Accepts Download audio The Text Mark 1:40-45 And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean....

August 13, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:35-39 Jesus Prays

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:35-39 Jesus Prays Download audio The Text Mark 1:35-39 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out....

August 10, 2012 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:29-34 Jesus Heals

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:29-34 Jesus Heals Download audio The Text Mark 1:29-34 And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them....

August 9, 2012 · 5 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:21-28 Jesus Rules and Reigns Over Satan and Demons

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:21-28 Jesus Rules and Reigns Over Satan and Demons Download audio The Text Mark 1:21-28 (CSB) They went into Capernaum, and right away he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach. They were astonished at his teaching because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not like the scribes. Just then a man with an unclean spirit was in their synagogue....

August 8, 2012 · 7 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:16-20 Jesus Rules and Reigns Over All the People

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:16-20 Jesus Rules and Reigns Over All the People Download audio The Text Mark 1:16-20 Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him....

August 7, 2012 · 3 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:14-15 Jesus is the Good News

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:14-15 Jesus is the Good News Download audio The Text Mark 1:14-15 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” The Devotion When you read the other gospels, such as Matthew, you will get more of John the Baptist preaching, “Repent for the kingdom of God is near....

August 6, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:12-13 Jesus is Led by the Holy Spirit

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:12-13 Jesus is Led by the Holy Spirit Download audio The Text Mark 1:12-13 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him. The Devotion Romans 8:12-17 (CSB) So then, brothers and sisters, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh, because if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die....

August 5, 2012 · 3 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:9-11 Jesus is God

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:9-11 Jesus is God Download audio The Text Mark 1:9-11 (CSB) He proclaimed, “One who is more powerful than I am is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John....

August 4, 2012 · 3 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:7-8 Jesus Baptizes Us in the Holy Spirit

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:7-8 Jesus Baptizes Us in the Holy Spirit Download audio The Text Mark 1:7-8 (CSB) He proclaimed, “One who is more powerful than I am is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” The Devotion There are things we do in the church that are so important and so sacred....

August 2, 2012 · 3 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:2-6 Jesus is the Center of Our Lives

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:2-6 Jesus is the Center of Our Lives Download audio The Text Mark 1:2-6 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’” John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins....

August 1, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan

Devotions: Mark 1:1 Jesus is the Good News

The Audio Listen to Devotions: Mark 1:1 Jesus is the Good News Download audio The Text Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Lets go through this grand introduction, idea by idea. The beginning Who wrote Mark? Who is Mark Mark is said to be the writer for Peter What does Mark write about? Mark testifies about Christ Jesus...

July 30, 2012 · 4 min · Joseph Louthan