Mark was a realist and a very close friend of Jesus. We do not know when the two met and when their friendship began. It may have been when Jesus’ family made their annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem, or it may have been when Mark became a disciple of Jesus. What was and what still is … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #76 →

Pilate understood the Jewish fanatical stubbornness and he gave them what they wanted. The witness of Mark’s Gospel saw no compassion in Pilate, in his soldiers, or even in Jesus’ accusers, except some in Simon of Cyrene. The witness in Matthew remembered that Pilate’s wife had a dream that her husband should have nothing to … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #75 →

Jesus and his disciples were led to the Upper Room and ate the Passover after the sun had set on preparation day, which was two days before the Passover. It was night! And it stayed dark long after Jesus had died on the cross, when darkness covered the land. After Jesus and his disciples had … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #74 →

The Evangelist Luke recorded how Jesus felt when He saw Jerusalem: And when Jesus drew near and saw the city he wept over it, saying, “Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes. For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #73 →