Parable of the Sower

Hey Cameron, Hope all is well and this finds you abundantly blessed. Whenever you have people responding to the gospel you always want to balance your caution with joy.  You mustn’t become cynical. When Jesus taught the parable of the sower he mentioned that...

The Sheepfold

Hey Cameron, Hope all is well.  When you are trying to sort out the point of a parable just remember there is only one point.  To use the word allegory when speaking about the scriptures is frowned upon because the sense is that once you give spiritual...

The Vine

Hey Cameron,Hope all is well.  A guy just came into the office today and we were speaking bout this, when he cut me off to mention that ‘dead branches are cut off & go into the fire, if there’s not spiritual life then they go to Hell.’  I said to...

Atmosphere questions

Hey Cameron, Hope all is well.  Sounds like everything is moving along tickety boo.  One of the challenges in the last segment of Mark is that neither the terms, grammatical structure, literary form or atmosphere tell you much.Atmosphere – In light of the...

How do you betray Jesus?

Hey Cam,In answer to your questions: YES, YES, and YES. of course it is possible for followers of Jesus to betray him. Of course it is possible for those who have sat at the Lord’s feet for an extended period of time to stumble over what Jesus is doing in their...