WelshRev's Podcast

What does real greatness looks like? In this Word for the Week, we walk the road to Jerusalem with Jesus in Mark 10:32-45, where He tells his friends and followers for a third time what is coming. They are (as we can be) very, very slow on the uptake, and two of them ask for the best seats in his kingdom ... which proves they are! So Jesus spells it out for them very expllicitly, and turns our world’s idea of greatness upside down. Using the work of Oxford philosopher J. L. Austin (How to Do

Why's there a ransom deal in the Bible?! A ransom is a price paid to set somebody free. In Mark 10:45, Jesus says he came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. In this Super Short Thought, we unpack what that means and why it is good news. FREE: Read the Gospel of Mark here: https://live.bible.is/bible/ENGNLH/MRK/1 In this video: - What the word “ransom” means in Mark 10:45 - Why a ransom cannot be earned or repaid, only received - Why Jesus’ journey to

What makes a person truly great? In Mark 10:43, Jesus says the great one among His followers is the servant, and the first is the servant of all. TLDR: Jesus does not condemn leadership. He condemns using other people to make yourself look and feel important. In his kingdom, the strongest person carries the most weight for everybody else. In this Super Short Thought, I reflect on what it means when leaders lord it over people, and why Jesus told his disciples “it won’t be that way amongst you

Is it wrong to want your life to matter? When James and John asked Jesus for the best seats in his kingdom, He didn’t laugh at them or mock their ambition. He asked whether they could drink the cup He was about to drink. In this Super Short Thought from Mark 10:35-45, we look at what Jesus meant by “drinking His cup”. It's not an invitation to go for beers after work. It is a challenge about the price of real, true greatness, which has nothing to do with earning status by climbing over every

Everyone expected a Messiah who would crush the Roman invaders. Instead, Jesus walked ahead of his friends up the road to Jerusalem and told them exactly what was coming: arrest, mockery, a Cross. In this Super Short Thought from Mark 10:32-45, we look at what greatness actually looks like. Jesus is not trapped and not surprised. He is choosing to walk toward tremendous personal sacrifice, to give the people who deserve nothing an undeserved, glorious and forever life as a gift. It was not w

How do you know you’ll be alright? When the winters come, when the health goes, when the work dries up or the market turns? In Mark 10:17-31 a good, respectable, wealthy man runs up to Jesus, kneels in the dust, and asks what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said one thing that sent him grieving away. In this Word for the Week we look at what was really holding that man back, what the camel and the needle’s eye actually mean, why Jesus says salvation is