What Does It Feel?

In the book of “Luke” in “The Holy Bible” Jesus is crucified and while on the cross he also calls out to his father, which is God. 7 After Luke is let out of the hole he goes back to his bunk, he returns ” broken by his tormentors and stripped of the respect of worshipful inmates”(William Web). They were disappointed because Luke finally gave into the bosses and they offer Luke no help at all. The other inmates appear sad and some are even trying. This is very similar to how Jesus was forced to carry his cross, and did not receive any help from his disciples, whom had followed him for years. His disciples only act sad and cry from the sidelines. 8 Dragline and Luke escape in the end and we see them hiding out in an orchard. Drag ends up selling out Luke’s whereabouts to the bosses, because he believes they will go easier on him. One of the saddest stories in ”The Holy Bible” is the story of how Judas betrayed Jesus and sold him out to be crucified in exchange for 30 pieces of silver. Jesus and Luke were both sold out to one of their closest and most reliable followers. 9 After Dragline betrays Luke, Luke is shot and killed by the man with no eyes. One of the last scenes depicts Dragline surrounded by inmates

This group either deconvert or change faiths due to negative experiences. Their characteristics include: varying levels of resentment, disavowed returning to church, moved on from Christianity, regrets usually center on parents and they are broken out of constraints. The last of the three groups is the exiles. Kinnaman discusses these in chapter four. He uses the example of Ryan. Through this we see exiles are pushed out and pushed away from something familiar, which in this case is the Church. According to Kinnaman, in the modern day we see those who grew up in the church are now physically or emotionally disconnected in some way, but also remain. These mosaics are energized to pursue God-honoring lives. Their profile includes: they are not inclined to being separate from the world, skeptical of institutions but not wholly disengaged. Young exiles sense God moving outside the walls of the church and are not disillusioned with tradition. They are frustrated with slick or shallow expressions of religion. They also express a mix of concern and optimism for their peers. They found faith to not be instructive to their calling or gifts and struggle when other Christians question their motives. Finally, most exiles feel tension between work and their

“Everyone who want to be saved must follow me,” says David “the end is near.”

Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution to avoid anything that would give an advantage to their enemies, there could be no interferance with worldly concerns or even the appearance of selfishness and evil at all measures. Christ foretold troubles, so that the troubles would not be a surprise, to His disciples, but that they might "affirm and bring to light their faith!"

Christ is the central person in Christian discipleship. Without Christ, Christianity would not exist and there would be no followers of Christ. To be true followers of Christ, believers must be willing to learn of the ways and teachings of Christ. Christ is central to Christian discipleship because He is the teacher of His disciples. Through the Holy Spirit and Word of God, Jesus Christ calls His disciples to Him and then

The last passages from the story that is in the Good News, Bad News. The wonderful quote is “You can be around the church, like I was growing up, and not understand the gospel. Some people have a “head knowledge” of Jesus but not a “heart understanding” of the gospel. They miss his life by about eighteen inches. Rather than knowing about Jesus, we need

Establishing a Sense of Urgency: The Deep and Visible Concerns of Fellow Church Members Walking Away from God

They had enjoyed a time of fellowship with Jesus and teaching from Him. But He was now preparing them to understand that he was going to leave them. This was one of the factors that were going to turn these believers world upside down and bring and opportunity to turn the world upside down. Because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is

Then it is told that, ?he will do one of two things/he will admit to everything/or he'll say he's just not the same,? which is meaning he might come out and say he needs help and stay, or he might leave and never return. The last verse ends with, ?and you'll begin to wonder why you came,? once again, any which way telling us that even at the end of the conversation he is doubting his skills to help the youth.

The principle of consecration could be considered weak by spiritually superficial people because it excludes people from following who are not quite ready for full commitment. They may be ready tomorrow, but not today, not at the time of the call. Spiritually superficial people would complain that the requirement of an immediate decision and follow through is “unfair”. Jesus’ response to such was not to beg them to follow Him. He was interested in those who had leadership potential, those who were willing to count the cost and pay the price, today. Jesus clearly spoke to the multitude to let them know that the cost of being His disciple was high. He said, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also he cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.”10

The theme of this text seems to be centered on the cost of following Christ. God wants everybody; but with regards to discipleship, He wants only those willing and able. Jesus knows the hearts of those following Him and it is not the number of people He is concerned with, but the volume of their hearts. ?The audience has shifted from the Pharisees and dinner guests of 14:1-24 to the large crowds of people who were traveling with Jesus. Apparently Jesus has resumed his journey toward Jerusalem (9:51) and now will address the crowds? (Evans 228). He is on His final walk, a journey that will lead Him to a cross. This crowd is not ready. It is one thing to be part of a group,

Fear causes people to pray for salvation and have Christian resignation because of the hope they gain from it. Christian resignation refers to the submission

In this paper, I am writing about the Gospel of Mark. The Gospel of Mark is the shortest Gospel, but is a really cool one. It covers a lot of key events that happened during Jesus’ lifetime. After reading the chapters, we pointed out things that stood out to us, which we thought were strange or interesting. We also pointed out spiritual lessons that taught us about our faith. We also wrote down questions that we had about the material.

Jesus' decision to physically cast out the moneylenders from the temple stands as one of the most interesting events of his life, because it represents what seems to be the only moment in the Gospel narratives where he becomes visibly angry to the point of physical action. While one could argue that Jesus is frequently (and justifiably) angry with the disciples from time to time, this is the only moment that Jesus' anger moves him to physical force. Although the event is recorded in all four of the Gospels, this study will focus specifically on its rendering in Matthew, because when considered in the context of Matthew's larger narrative, one can see how Jesus' decision to cleanse the temple does not represent an aberration in either his character or theological message, but rather the natural culmination of Jesus' life and works prior to that point, and demonstrates a kind of revolutionary, anti-authoritarian element of Jesus' message of salvation that is all too often overlooked by Christians and critics alike.

This research assignment aims to analyse and interpret an influential part of the New Testament – Mark’s Gospel. An analysis of Mark and his community will be discussed as well as interpreting Jesus’ teachings and his significant theme of Discipleship as it was then and in present society.