The Empty Tomb All four gospels depict the women’s surprise when they find the empty tomb. However, the Gospel of Mark gives the most specific and intense description of the women’s emotional response: And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone,…
The Great Commandment
Notes on the lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page. And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength,…
Your Faith has made you well
Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” And Jesus said…
The Cup that I Drink
Gospel Reading for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 10:35-45 Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will…
The Eye of the Needle
Gospel Reading for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Mark 10:17-31 Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at his…
Do Not Hinder Them
Gospel Reading for the Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Mark 10:2-16 Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I…
It is Better – Gospel Reading for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 9:38-48
Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it…
