Mark 14:43-52 Being in a mob can be one of the most dangerous places. Mobs are very unpredictable. You can’t really predict what will happen. Something very small can trigger some very unexpected outcomes. A scurrying animal can spook a mob. Only one or two people see the animal, but the screams set offContinue reading “Mob Rule”
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Hard Reality Comes Knocking
Mark 14:41-42 Sometimes reality hits us square in the face. And we have a couple of choices in that moment: we can accept the reality or we can move into fantasy land. Fantasy land often looks like a adolescent temper tantrum, but performed by adults. It isn’t a pretty sight. This especially true whenContinue reading “Hard Reality Comes Knocking”
In Trouble
Mark 14:37-40 Have you ever gotten in trouble for what you failed to do? You were supposed to be doing one thing, and you did something else instead. The other thing might have even been a good thing, but you paid the price for failing to do the one thing. Sleeping while onContinue reading “In Trouble”
Going a Little Further
Mark 14:35-36 Sometimes distance can be a difficult thing to judge. For some, driving at night is a very difficult and dangerous task because they have greater difficulty judging distance in the dark. They can see the car approaching, but speed and distance data doesn’t get captured properly. They just aren’t able to tellContinue reading “Going a Little Further”
Deeply Distressed and Troubled
Mark 14:32-34 Do you remember the movie Meet the Fockersand the ‘circle of trust?’ If you were in the circle, you could be trusted with the family secrets. If you were outside the circle, and you didn’t want to get outside the circle, you couldn’t be trusted. And once you were outside, you couldn’tContinue reading “Deeply Distressed and Troubled”
Rewind
Mark 14:32-42 All of us have moments in our lives that we wish we could redo. Words spoken, actions taken, hurt inflicted, sin accomplished. Sometimes those moments replay in our minds, over and over again. Some become a living memorial to that moment. They get triggered repeatedly in our lives by current events. InContinue reading “Rewind”
Hard to Swallow
Mark 14:29-31 When Jesus tells us something that we perceive as negative, we should accept His assessment. We aren’t used to accepting contrary opinions. Most of us think we are right, and that our view of things is the correct view. So when someone comes along and disagrees with us, we usually put upContinue reading “Hard to Swallow”
Missed Good News
Mark 14:28 If you hear these words, “What do you want first, the good news or the bad news?” always take the good news! When telling people a combination of good and bad news, if the bad news comes first, most people don’t hear the good news. The bad news throws our brain intoContinue reading “Missed Good News”
Three Strikes
Mark 14:27 In American Baseball, three strikes means you are out. You are finished with your turn at bat. You failed as a batter. You let down your team. The worst time to strike out happens when the bases are loaded. There are three runners just waiting for the opportunity to score. So whenContinue reading “Three Strikes”
Denial (Not the Egyptian River)
Mark 14:27-31 There is a very funny scene in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail where the good guy meets an enemy and has a sword fight. The good guy chops off the arm of his opponent. Then the other arm. Then each leg in turn. Then the armless and legless manContinue reading “Denial (Not the Egyptian River)”
The Arnold Journey 