Marcos 8:27-35 ¿Qué significa estar comprometido? Mientras pensaba en ello, llegué a la conclusión de que este es un gran problema en la sociedad. La gente no entiende lo que significa estar comprometida, ni tiene la integridad para seguir siéndolo. Hoy en día, tener intimidad física significa estar comprometido con
Continue readingMark 8:27-35 What does it mean to be committed? As I thought about it—and, admittedly, it didn’t take very long—I concluded that this is a huge problem in society. People don’t understand what it means to be committed, nor do they have the integrity to remain so. Nowadays, being physically
Continue readingMarcos 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 ¿Qué hace que una persona sea buena o mala? Recuerdo estar sentado al otro lado del grueso cristal de una ventana hablando por teléfono con un hombre que pronto iba a ser deportado. Conocía a este hombre bien. Era un marido, un padre y un cristiano.
Continue readingMark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 What makes a person good or bad? I remember sitting on the other side of a thick windowpane talking to a man on the phone who was soon going to be deported. I knew this man quite well. He was a husband, a father—he was a
Continue readingJuan 6:51-58 Si te preguntara, como cristiano creyente, “¿Quién sabe más? ¿Tú o Dios?”, no tengo duda de que todos ustedes responderían: “Dios”. Eso es tan obvio para el cristiano que incluso mi hija menor, Eva, lo tiene claro. A menudo dice: “Dios lo sabe todo, incluso más que papá”.
Continue readingJohn 6:51-58 If I were to ask you, as a believing Christian, “Who knows more? You or God?”, I have no doubt that all of you would answer, “God”. That is such a no-brainer for the Christian that even my youngest daughter, Eva, has it clear in her mind. She
Continue readingMarcos 6:7-13 Hice una búsqueda en Google y descubrí que hay 3237 nombres diferentes registrados en la Biblia. Si ese número es exacto o no, no lo sé, ni siquiera me importa mucho, porque no importa. El punto es que hay muchas personas diferentes (personas reales) que tienen sus nombres
Continue readingMark 6:7-13 I did a Google search and discovered that there are 3,237 different names recorded in the Bible. Whether or not that number is accurate, I don’t know, nor do I even care that much because it doesn’t matter. The point is that there are a lot of different
Continue readingMarcos 6:1-6 Vamos a centrarnos en el versículo 4 de este texto porque es el corazón de la historia. Jesús cita este proverbio al pueblo de Nazaret: “En todas partes se honra a un profeta, menos en su tierra, entre sus familiares y en su propia casa.” En otras palabras,
Continue readingMark 6:1-6 We are going to focus on verse 4 of this text because verse 4 is the heart of the story. Jesus quotes this proverb to the people of Nazareth: “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.” In other
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