I prefer the shorter title than the one suggested by AI:Living Like the Blessed One: A Life of Delight, Productivity, and Divine ProtectionThe theme is based on my exegesis of Psalm chapter 1. I preferred the shorter title because it is easily remembered and its Tagalog translation is more suitable and relevant to Filipino readers. At least, that's how I feel when I read the Tagalog version of my interpretation.

Another narrative from the Gospel of Mark. This time it is Chapter 15, verses 21 to 39. After doing a careful exegesis of the passage, I came up with this theme:Hostility towards the Gospel of GraceWe find seven groups of men and each group responded differently to the suffering of Christ on the cross:

This is the final piece in my series of articles based on Mark 8:22 to 9:1. After sharing my take on the first two parts of the entire narrative, we now approach the third and last part, and that is chapter 9:1. Let us quote the text:

I mentioned in my previous post that the healing of the blind man can only be understood from the perspective of the succeeding context found in Mark 8:27 to 9:1. The healing of the blind man found in Mark 8:22–26 won’t make sense without understanding the correlation of the narrative to what follows.

In writing this post, I am torn between the two titles: Revisiting Our Understanding of Christianity or Christianity that is Biblically Faithful. Though the title would be different, the essence remains the same.What I intend to do this time is to write an article about biblical Christianity based on the Gospel of Mark. The specific passage I have in mind is Mark 8: 22 to 9:1.

Not all questions deserve an answer. Skeptical questions or questions caused by unbelief are better left unanswered because the questioners are not seeking the truth but aiming for self-validation. Such is the question raised by the Pharisees to Jesus in Mark 8 verses 11 to 13. Instead of seeking a genuine desire to understand the person and work of Christ, their question emerged from a hardened heart and a refusal to accept Jesus' identity despite the many miracles He has already performed.