Mark Part LI - The Stone Which the Builders Rejected (12:1-12)
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Date:
8/9/2009
Price:
FREE
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Last week we saw the authorities in Jerusalem question Jesus’ authority. On Monday Jesus had pronounced judgment on the Temple after driving out those who bought and sold in the Temple. On Tuesday the authorities confront Jesus about his action, demanding to know who he thinks he is doing such things. Jesus uncovers the disingenuous nature of their question and refuses to answer them directly. Instead he tells them a parable, a story – and it is this parable that we study today. But we’ll find that, like King Amaziah of Judah, the scribes, chief priests, and elders refuse to give heed to Jesus' warning and immediately begin paving the way for their own destruction.
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Stuart Bryan attends St. David's Anglican Church in Post Falls, Idaho and is currently an STM student at Trinity Anglican Seminary in Ambridge, PA. For 17 years, he served as senior pastor of Trinity Church in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He and his wife, Paige, have been married since college and have been blessed with seven grown children (four biological and three adopted internationally) and many... read more
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