LITTLE DOGS AND BIG FAITH (20 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 7:24-30
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Little Dogs and Big Faith (20 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 7:24-30
All right, well let's take out your leather-bound bible or your hard-backed bible, or your soft-backed bible, or your paperback bible, or your iPad, or your phone that you're pretending to be your bible and get to Mark chapter 7. We are in the second passage here, the second sermon in this chapter, and there's so much to it.
Have you ever read something that was interesting, but the only thing you could think of was ''Hmm!'' You read it and were like, ''Hmm...I don't know what to do with that.'' For instance, I had some random things that made me go ''Hmm.'' Texas is the only state that's allowed to fly its state flag as the U.S. flag. Hmm. For you old-timers, what did Tonto call the Lone Ranger? Kemosabe, which we assumed meant ''friend.'' But actually, in the Navajo language, it means ''soggy shrub.'' Hmm. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Now, when you think about it, that really does make sense. Every second of every day, Americans collectively eat 100 lbs. of chocolate. That's more like, ''Mmmmm,'' right? Here's the last one: the number one most shoplifted book of all time is the bible. Hmm. Wonder what happens when they get to Exodus 20. Look it up.
There are just some things that make you go ''Hmm.'' I have to admit, in reading this passage, I've spent hours reading this text that we're on, studying it, and there are just some things that I'm like, ''Hmm, I'm thinking about skipping this. Is there a way to go around this, because it's really going to be hard to make Jesus look good here.'' Some of you are saying, ''That sounds bad.'' It is, but I'm just being honest - this is a tough passage. There are some things here, you look at, and on first read, you're like, ''I don't know what to make of that, because that's not the Jesus I've heard about, that's not the Jesus I've known, that's not the Jesus I've been preached to, that just doesn't sound ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 7:24-30
All right, well let's take out your leather-bound bible or your hard-backed bible, or your soft-backed bible, or your paperback bible, or your iPad, or your phone that you're pretending to be your bible and get to Mark chapter 7. We are in the second passage here, the second sermon in this chapter, and there's so much to it.
Have you ever read something that was interesting, but the only thing you could think of was ''Hmm!'' You read it and were like, ''Hmm...I don't know what to do with that.'' For instance, I had some random things that made me go ''Hmm.'' Texas is the only state that's allowed to fly its state flag as the U.S. flag. Hmm. For you old-timers, what did Tonto call the Lone Ranger? Kemosabe, which we assumed meant ''friend.'' But actually, in the Navajo language, it means ''soggy shrub.'' Hmm. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Now, when you think about it, that really does make sense. Every second of every day, Americans collectively eat 100 lbs. of chocolate. That's more like, ''Mmmmm,'' right? Here's the last one: the number one most shoplifted book of all time is the bible. Hmm. Wonder what happens when they get to Exodus 20. Look it up.
There are just some things that make you go ''Hmm.'' I have to admit, in reading this passage, I've spent hours reading this text that we're on, studying it, and there are just some things that I'm like, ''Hmm, I'm thinking about skipping this. Is there a way to go around this, because it's really going to be hard to make Jesus look good here.'' Some of you are saying, ''That sounds bad.'' It is, but I'm just being honest - this is a tough passage. There are some things here, you look at, and on first read, you're like, ''I don't know what to make of that, because that's not the Jesus I've heard about, that's not the Jesus I've known, that's not the Jesus I've been preached to, that just doesn't sound ...
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