Do You Love Jesus… or Just What He Can Do for You? | Mark 11

About this episode

This episode explores the distinction between loving Jesus and loving what He can do for you, as illustrated in the Gospel of Mark during Palm Sunday.

What if the thing standing between you and really loving Jesus… is everything He can do for you? This Palm Sunday, we trace one of the most surprising threads in the Gospel of Mark — a pattern where Jesus heals people, raises the dead, and casts out demons… and then tells everyone to keep it secret. What is He up to? And what does it reveal about the difference between following Jesus and actually loving Him? Along the way, we'll meet a crowd that goes from "Hosanna" to "Crucify Him" in fiv...

People in this episode

Host: Paul D. Anderson

Topics covered

• love for Jesus
• Gospel of Mark
• faith
• crowd dynamics
• healing
• spirituality

Keywords

• Jesus
• Gospel of Mark
• Palm Sunday
• love
• faith
• healing
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Gospel of Mark

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