Video devotionals · Pastor Mark Groen
Dwell in the WordMark
“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” Mark tells the story of Jesus at full speed: he teaches with authority, calms the sea, forgives sins, and raises the dead, and then he sets his face toward Jerusalem to give his life as a ransom for many. These sixty-eight short video devotionals walk through the whole Gospel of Mark, one passage at a time.
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16Chapters
Mark
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Mark 1 5 episodes
The Beginning of the Gospel
Mark opens with good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and a word we will hear again and again: immediately.
WatchFishers of Men
Jesus’ first words: the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe. Four fishermen leave their nets immediately.
WatchWith Authority
In the synagogue at Capernaum, Jesus teaches with authority and silences an unclean spirit with a word.
WatchThat Is Why I Came
Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law, rises early to pray, and moves on to preach: “that is why I came out.”
WatchBe Clean
Jesus touches a leper and says, “I will; be clean.” A picture of what he does for sinners.
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Mark 2 4 episodes
Your Sins Are Forgiven
Friends lower a paralyzed man through the roof, and Jesus shows he has authority to forgive sins.
WatchThe Great Physician
Jesus calls Levi the tax collector and eats with sinners: he came to call sinners, not the righteous.
WatchNew Wine
Why don’t Jesus’ disciples fast? The bridegroom is here, and something new has come.
WatchLord of the Sabbath
The disciples pluck grain on the Sabbath, and Jesus declares that the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.
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Mark 3 4 episodes
Stretch Out Your Hand
Jesus heals a withered hand on the Sabbath while the Pharisees watch to accuse him.
WatchCalled to Be Sent
Jesus appoints the twelve apostles to be with him and to be sent out, while his family thinks he is out of his mind.
WatchThe Strong Man Bound
The scribes say Jesus works by Satan. Jesus answers: he is the stronger man who binds the strong man.
WatchThe Family of God
When his mother and brothers come for him, Jesus points to a family bound together by doing the will of God.
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Mark 4 5 episodes
Good Soil
The parable of the sower is really a parable of the soils: where the Word takes root and bears fruit.
WatchThe Secret of the Kingdom
Why did Jesus teach in parables? To veil the message from outsiders while explaining it to his disciples.
WatchThe Seed Grows
A lamp on a stand and seed that grows while the farmer sleeps: God’s Word does its work.
WatchThe Mustard Seed
The kingdom of God starts small, like a mustard seed, but it grows large.
WatchPeace! Be Still!
Jesus sleeps through a storm, then rebukes the wind and sea. “Who then is this?”
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Mark 5 2 episodes
Go Home and Tell
Jesus frees a man possessed by a legion of demons in Gentile country and sends him home to tell what the Lord has done.
WatchDo Not Fear, Only Believe
A woman touches Jesus’ garment and is healed; Jairus’s daughter is raised. Jesus has power over sickness and death.
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Mark 6 6 episodes
A Prophet Without Honor
In his hometown Jesus meets unbelief: “Is not this the carpenter?”
WatchTwo by Two
Jesus sends the twelve out two by two with authority, and tells them to shake off the dust where they are rejected.
WatchHe Heard Him Gladly
Herod hears John the Baptist gladly, yet beheads him rather than break a foolish oath.
WatchYou Give Them Something to Eat
Jesus has compassion on the crowd and feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fish.
WatchTake Heart; It Is I
Jesus walks on the sea and calms the wind, but the disciples’ hearts are hardened.
WatchThe Fringe of His Garment
At Gennesaret, people bring the sick to Jesus and all who touch his garment are healed.
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Mark 7 4 episodes
Far from Me
Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for honoring God with their lips while their traditions void his Word.
WatchFrom Within
What defiles a person is not food but what comes out of the heart.
WatchCrumbs from the Table
A Gentile woman answers Jesus with faith: even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.
WatchBe Opened
Jesus says “Ephphatha” and a deaf man hears and speaks plainly: a picture of what Christ does for us.
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Mark 8 5 episodes
Compassion on the Crowd
Jesus feeds four thousand, then refuses the Pharisees’ demand for a sign.
WatchBeware the Leaven
The disciples worry about bread; Jesus warns them about the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod.
WatchSeeing Clearly
A blind man at Bethsaida first sees people like trees walking, then everything clearly.
WatchWho Do You Say That I Am?
Peter confesses, “You are the Christ.” Jesus asks each of us the same question.
WatchTake Up Your Cross
Jesus foretells his death and resurrection, rebukes Peter, and calls us to deny ourselves and follow.
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Mark 9 4 episodes
Listen to Him
On the mountain, Jesus is transfigured and the Father says, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”
WatchHelp My Unbelief
A father cries, “I believe; help my unbelief!” and Jesus casts out a spirit the disciples could not.
WatchServant of All
Jesus foretells his death again, while the disciples argue about who is the greatest.
WatchCut It Off
Whoever is not against us is for us. And sin is so serious that Jesus says to cut off what causes it.
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Mark 10 5 episodes
What God Has Joined Together
Asked about divorce, Jesus points back to creation and the faithfulness God built into marriage.
WatchLet the Children Come
Jesus is indignant when the disciples turn children away: the kingdom must be received like a child.
WatchThrough the Eye of a Needle
A rich young man asks what he must do to inherit eternal life and goes away sorrowful.
WatchA Ransom for Many
James and John ask for seats of glory; Jesus came not to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom.
WatchSon of David, Have Mercy
Blind Bartimaeus cries out to the Son of David, receives his sight, and follows Jesus on the way.
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Mark 11 4 episodes
Hosanna!
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a colt to shouts of “Hosanna!” Then he goes, calmly, to the temple.
WatchA House of Prayer
Jesus curses a leafy fig tree with no fruit and cleanses a temple full of activity but bearing no fruit.
WatchHave Faith in God
The withered fig tree leads Jesus to teach about faith, prayer, and forgiveness.
WatchBy What Authority?
The temple leaders challenge Jesus’ authority, and he answers with a question about John the Baptist.
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Mark 12 6 episodes
The Stone the Builders Rejected
In the parable of the tenants, the vineyard owner’s servants and finally his son are killed.
WatchRender to Caesar
Asked about taxes, Jesus says: render to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.
WatchThe God of the Living
The Sadducees try to trap Jesus about the resurrection, and he shows them God is the God of the living.
WatchThe Great Commandment
Love God with all your heart and your neighbor as yourself: the summary of the law.
WatchDavid’s Son and David’s Lord
Jesus quotes Psalm 110: how can the Christ be David’s son if David calls him Lord?
WatchAll She Had
Jesus warns against the showy scribes, then praises a poor widow who gives everything she has.
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Mark 13 3 episodes
Not One Stone
Jesus predicts the temple’s destruction and warns his disciples of what they will face.
WatchBe on Guard
Jesus warns of the abomination of desolation and of false christs and false prophets.
WatchStay Awake
The Son of Man coming in clouds, the fig tree, and the call that rings through all of it: stay awake.
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Mark 14 6 episodes
A Beautiful Thing
A woman anoints Jesus with costly ointment, while Judas goes to betray him.
WatchMy Blood of the Covenant
At the Passover, Jesus foretells his betrayal and institutes the Lord’s Supper.
WatchWatch and Pray
The disciples vow they will not fall away, then cannot stay awake in Gethsemane.
WatchThey All Left Him
Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss, and every disciple flees, even a young man who runs away naked.
WatchI Am
Before the high priest, Jesus openly declares that he is the Christ and is condemned for blasphemy.
WatchBefore the Rooster Crows Twice
Peter denies Jesus three times, the last time with a curse, and breaks down and weeps.
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Mark 15 4 episodes
The Great Exchange
Pilate releases Barabbas, a murderer, and delivers the innocent Jesus to be crucified.
WatchHe Saved Others
Jesus is mocked by soldiers, passersby, priests, and criminals, and stays on the cross.
WatchThe Curtain Torn in Two
Jesus dies, and the temple curtain is torn from top to bottom.
WatchDead and Buried
Joseph of Arimathea buries Jesus, and the women see where he is laid.
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Mark 16 1 episode
He Has Risen
The tomb is empty, and the women flee, afraid. What will we do with this good news?
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The heart of Mark
A ransom for many
All through Mark, people ask, “Who is this?” The disciples expected a conquering king. Jesus told them plainly that the Son of Man “came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). The Son of God went to the cross in our place, and on the third day the tomb was empty.
“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.”
Mark 1:1
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