While storms and demon-possession may be out of our normal life experience, this next part of Mark is all too well-known – the suffering of chronic illness and death. And yet even in these we can have confidence in Jesus Christ.

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Sometimes when Jesus gives you what you ask for, it is terrible – and when he refuses what you ask for, it can be wonderful.

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It has been impossible to avoid fear in the last twelve months – whether our own or that of others. Yet even in the worst storms, Jesus asks us, “Why are you afraid?” and gives us good reason not to be.

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We all need encouragement at the moment and Jesus gives us wonderful encouragement in these final two parables from Mark chapter 4.

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The parable of the lamp is a prime example of how parables both reveal and conceal truth – so what does it mean?

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Jesus’s parables are like the beans in Jack and the Beanstalk – on the surface, not that impressive, but immensely disruptive in the right soil! So has his word found a place to grow in our lives?

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