Across this week, we have followed Mark’s account of the week prior to Jesus’ resurrection. It is interesting to note that Mark skips from the crucifixion…

The account of Jesus’ death on the cross holds many poignant moments, but none so heart-wrenching as this one…

“‘Truly I tell you,’ Jesus answered, ‘today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times.’ But Peter insisted emphatically, ‘Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.’ And all the others said the same.”

She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her…

In the U.S., many of us have never experienced true persecution for our faith. We may have been made fun of from time to time. Our effort to explain our faith to friends and family may have fallen on deaf ears. But in many parts of the world…

“‘The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”