This week BibleWorm reads Mark 2:1-22, beginning with the story of a man whose friends dig a hole through the roof so they can lower him down to Jesus. We discuss the relative importance of forgiveness and healing, with this text suggesting that the most urgent matter is being set right with God whatever the abilities and limitations of our particular bodies might be. We notice, too, that Jesus heals him based on their faith, and we ponder whether our faith, too, can have effects for others, whether our faith in God or our faith in people themselves. And we discuss a series of stories in which Jesus contrasts a new community of radical welcome with an older structure of righteousness, concluding that God values both the old way and the new way, desiring only that each makes space for the other to thrive.
Episode 538 Unity in the Cross (Acts 18:1-14 & 1 Corinthians 1:10-18)
Episode 537 The Church in Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-9 and 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10)
Episode 536 The Disciples' First Miracle (Acts 3:1-10)
Episode 535 Waiting for the Spirit (Acts 1:1-14)
Episode 534 Easter without Jesus (Mark 16:1-8)
Episode 533 SPECIAL EPISODE Good Friday (Mark 15:16-41) REPLAY
Episode 532 SPECIAL EPISODE The Last Supper (Mark 14:12-42)
Episode 531 The Triumphal Entry and the Anointing at Bethany (Mark 11:1-11 and 14:3-9)
Episode 530 The Markan Apocalypse (Mark 13:1-8, 24-38)
Episode 529 Loving God and Neighbor (Mark 12:28-44)
Episode 528 The Parable of the Tenants (Mark 12:1-17)
Episode 527 The Healing of Bartimaeus (Mark 10:32-52)
Episode 526 The Eye of the Needle (Mark 10:17-31)
Episode 525 The Last Will Be First (Mark 9:30-37) ASH WEDNESDAY SPECIAL EPISODE
Episode 524 Who Do You Say That I Am? (Mark 8:27-9:8)
Episode 523 Sending the Disciples (Mark 6:1-30)
Episode 522 Healing Interrupted (Mark 5:21-43)
Episode 521 Making the Demons Tremble (Mark 5:1-20)
Episode 520 The Parables of Jesus (Mark 4:1-34)
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