8/3/24: Mark 4

Gospel = good news about the Kingdom of God at hand; Desire to be free; Multiple gods; Virtues; Deciding good and evil; Truth; "Logos" = right reason of God; Unreliable witnessing; Killing Jesus; Understanding jurisdiction; Limiting your knowledge; Contextualizing the gospels; Cause/effect universe; Family problems; Finding causes; Why Rome was in Judea; Why want Christ dead?; Calling no man "Father"; Counterfeit Christianity; Mark review; "Brethren" of Christ; Mark 4:1 Teaching by the seaside; Christ's doctrine; Parables - indirect truth; Running toward Jesus; "Master" of subject matter; Parable of the Sower; "choke"; Good ground?; Pharisees; Doing what Christ/Moses said; Changing today's society; Refuting our perceptions; Pompey's presence in Judea; "Appealing"; Abraham example; Knowing the mystery of the kingdom; Allowing dissention; How to know parables; Mark 4:14 explaining parable; Reasonable/true speech; Entrapping Jesus; False messiahs; Caiaphas' repentance; "Nation"; Covetousness leads to bondage; Demonic control; "Unclean" = not pure; Distracting from reason; "offended"; Authority in you; Accepting the truth you hear; Constantine's church; Crowning YOU as free souls under God; Becoming human resources; Bearing fruit; Doing His word; Sacrifice; Mark 4:26; Christ's "way"; Your journey of discovery; Temples; "Born again"; Understanding the meaning of the word; Motherly responsibility; Daily sacrifice; Attending to your own blind spots; Moses source; Fasting from benefits; Family destruction; Following your prayers; Teaching apostles; What is faith?; Seeing the thorns; Becoming the "good ground"; Exodus grumblers; Golden calf; Minister permission; Common purse?; Seeking guidance from Holy Spirit; Toxic food?; Drawing near to God; Righteousness; Forgiveness; Legal charity?; Seek His Kingdom and Righteousness.