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Chapter 1

The Gospel of Mark – Introduction
  “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God … Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight,…
Manuel Seibel January 26, 2025
Absolutely holy: Christ could not sin
The fact that the Lord Jesus was tempted by Satan in the wilderness in no way implies that He could have succumbed to the seductive…
Gerrid Setzer March 25, 2026
Begotten by the Spirit of God
Christ – the Holy One “Behold, I was born in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me” (Ps 51:7). In this verse, David…
Gerrid Setzer April 24, 2026

Chapter 2

The Lord Calls Levi – And Also You and Me
Levi — also named Matthew — was one of Jesus’ disciples. He also wrote the gospel that describes the Lord Jesus as the promised King…
Ernst-August Bremicker September 30, 2024

Chapter 3

Who Were the Twelve Disciples?
They were twelve men. Twelve whom Jesus Christ had called to follow Him. But the Lord Jesus knew their inner selves, their weaknesses, their doubts,…
Stefan Ulrich April 14, 2025

Chapter 4

Does Your Lighthouse Work?
  The keeper of a lighthouse in Calais boasted about the brightness of his lantern, which could be seen ten nautical miles off the coast.…
Alex Schneider October 24, 2025
The Pillow of Peace
The still waters in Psalm 23 speak of a serenity of heart. This is not necessarily about peaceful circumstances but about peace and calmness of…
John Thomas Mawson November 14, 2024

Chapter 5

A request the Lord Did Not Answer
  Possessed, tormented, self-destructive, naked, screaming, alone, hopeless. This was the state of the Gadarene in Mark 5 before he was released by the Lord.…
Alex Schneider July 21, 2025

Chapter 8

Losing Your Life for Christ
There are two basic attitudes that we believers can adopt towards our lives. We can try to save it, or we can consciously lose it…
William MacDonald June 10, 2025
Catching Oneself
Indian hunters have devised a clever way of catching rhesus monkeys: They don’t catch them at all—but they make sure they do it themselves! First,…
Alex Schneider June 18, 2025

Chapter 9

Prayer and Fasting
“He said to them, ‘This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.’” (Mark 9:29) When the Son of God descended from the Mount…
Jan Philip Svetlik August 9, 2026
Entering Life as a “Cripple”
There are verses in the Bible that we stumble over when we read them. Either we don’t understand them immediately because they are difficult, or…
Hartmut Mohncke January 18, 2025
Objection: “Hell Can’t Be That Bad!”
Have you noticed that “hell breaks loose” in the department store just before Christmas? Did you “go through hell” with your last illness? Have you…
Alex Schneider March 3, 2025

Chapter 10

10,000% Interest
This would be every investor’s dream – 10,000% interest. Banks do not advertise more than a small percentage in the low single digits. Not worth…
Alex Schneider January 9, 2025
The Ransom
The Lord Jesus gave His life as a ransom. The Bible says this in three places. If we take a closer look at these Bible…
Gerrid Setzer February 23, 2025
The Healing of Bartimaeus
On His last journey to Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus passed through Jericho. By the roadside sat the blind beggar Bartimaeus. Although Bartimaeus had never seen…
Gerrid Setzer July 27, 2026

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Giving or Keeping?
The poor woman gave much less than the fine gentlemen. Only a fraction of what went from the rich man’s fat wallet into the treasury.…
Alex Schneider February 15, 2025

Chapter 14

Gethsemane – Rekindling Our Worship
The Lord Jesus and His disciples spent several years of their lives together. The disciples were not always able to follow the Lord Jesus not…
T.A. May 22, 2025
Cowards Become Martyrs
All the disciples fled in the darkest hour when their lives were at stake. But it is very moving to see in church history that…
Alex Schneider October 16, 2025
The Feet of the Lord
Just as the hands and eyes of the Lord Jesus make a deep impression on us, His feet also touch our hearts. Let’s take a…
Alex Schneider April 13, 2025

Chapter 16

Wanted: Missionaries
In professional life, many young and older people find themselves unemployed “on the street.” In the spiritual realm, every Christian has a task, a job.…
Manuel Seibel March 6, 2025
Controversy: Speaking in Tongues
  About 100 years ago, “speaking in tongues” became popular again in Christianity. It is often seen as a revival of the powerful gift that…
Gerrid Setzer December 29, 2024