Oct2023
A question of authority
by Georgie Schuster
[The chief priests, the scribes and the elders] said, ‘By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?’ (Mark 11:28).
Oct2023
It wasn’t meant to be this way
by Georgie Schuster
[Jesus] was teaching and saying, ‘Is it not written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations”? But you have made it a den of robbers’ (Mark 11:17).
Oct2023
Great expectations
by Georgie Schuster
Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!’ (Mark 11: 9,10)
Oct2023
Eyes opened
by Georgie Schuster
Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well’. Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way (Mark 10:52).
Oct2023
You’ve got it backwards
by Georgie Schuster
But it is not so among you; instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all (Mark 10: 43,44).
Oct2023
Integrity
by Georgie Schuster
Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality (Matthew 22:16).