Stagione 1
Hosanna in the Highest
I Am the Resurrection, and the Life
I Am the Good Shepherd
I Am the Light of the World
The Mountain and the Valley
He Hath Done All Things Well
The Bread of Life
Peace, Be Still
Lord of the Sabbath
Mark 10:32–52; John 12:1–11; Mark 11:1–33; John 12:12–19 On the road up to Jerusalem, Jesus tells his disciples plainly what awaits him there, while James and John are still angling for the best seats in his kingdom. Outside Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus refuses to be quieted and gets his sight back for his persistence. Six days before the Passover, Mary of Bethany empties a jar of costly perfume over Jesus' feet, filling the house with its fragrance while Judas objects. Then, at last, the crowds gather, palm branches wave, and Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a colt to shouts of "Hosanna" — a welcome that curdles by week's end. By Monday, he's overturned the money-changers' tables and cursed a fig tree that will be found withered by morning. We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 10:32–52, John 12:1–11, Mark 11:1–33, John 12:12–19 (Bartimaeus healed at Jericho, the anointing at Bethany, the Triumphal Entry, the cleansing of the temple, and the cursed fig tree).
Mark 10:1–31; John 11:1–57 In Perea, Jesus is tested on divorce, blesses the children brought to him despite his disciples' objections, and watches a rich young man walk away sorrowful rather than sell everything he owns. Then word arrives that Lazarus, a dear friend in Bethany, is deathly ill. Jesus waits two full days before setting out — and by the time he arrives, Lazarus has been in the tomb four days already. Martha meets him on the road with grief and faith tangled together, Mary falls at his feet in tears, and Jesus himself weeps. Then, standing before a sealed tomb, he calls a dead man by name — and Lazarus walks out, still wrapped in his grave clothes. We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 10:1–31, John 11:1–57 (teaching on divorce, blessing the children, the rich young man, and the raising of Lazarus).
John 9:1–42; John 10:1–42 A man born blind is healed on the Sabbath, and the celebration is short-lived — the Pharisees interrogate him, then throw him out of the synagogue for defending the man who healed him. Jesus finds him afterward, alone, and gives him something greater than sight. From there, Jesus paints a picture of a shepherd who calls his sheep by name, who lays down his life for them rather than fleeing like a hired hand, and who has other sheep not yet gathered into the fold. Months later, at the Feast of Dedication, the same argument resurfaces — is he the Christ, or is he blaspheming? — and Jesus makes one of the clearest claims of his ministry: he and the Father are one. We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 9:1–42, John 10:1–42 (the healing of the man born blind, his interrogation and expulsion from the synagogue, the Good Shepherd discourse, and the Feast of Dedication).
John 7:1–8:59. Jesus' own brothers push him toward the Feast of Tabernacles, certain he should make a public show of himself — and he goes up to Jerusalem in secret instead. Once there, the city can't stop arguing about who he is. A woman is dragged before him by accusers who quietly walk away one by one. And by the time the debate reaches its peak, Jesus makes a claim about his own identity so bold the crowd reaches for stones. We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 7:1–8:59 (Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, teaching in the temple, the invitation on the last day of the feast, the woman caught in adultery, Jesus as the Light of the World, and his declaration "before Abraham was, I am").
Mark 8:31–9:50. For the first time, Jesus tells his disciples plainly what's coming — and Peter can't accept it. Six days later, three of them follow him up a mountain and watch him transformed before their eyes, standing beside Moses and Elijah. But coming back down, they find a father whose son they couldn't heal, and a hard lesson still waiting about who among them is greatest. We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 8:31–9:50 (Jesus predicts his death, the Transfiguration, healing a boy with an evil spirit, a second prediction of his death, the dispute over who is greatest, and teaching on salt and peace).
Mark 7:1–8:30. The Pharisees have a complaint about unwashed hands, and Jesus has a much bigger one about what actually makes a person unclean. Then he crosses into foreign territory, where a mother's persistence wins a miracle for her daughter, and a deaf man hears his own voice for the first time. A second crowd is fed, a sign is refused, and at Caesarea Philippi, Jesus finally asks his disciples the question that's been building since chapter one: who do you say that I am? We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 7:1–8:30 (traditions of the elders, the Syrophenician woman, healing a deaf man, feeding the four thousand, the Pharisees' demand for a sign, healing a blind man at Bethsaida, and Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi).
John 6:1–71. Five loaves and two fish should not be enough for five thousand people — until they are. That night, the disciples cross the sea without him, and find him walking toward their boat on the water. By morning, the crowd is hungry again, but this time Jesus offers them something they don't expect, and it costs him almost every follower he has. We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 6:1–71 (the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus walking on water, the Bread of Life discourse, and many disciples turning back).
Mark 4:35–6:29 A storm rises without warning on the Sea of Galilee, and the disciples find Jesus still asleep in the boat. On the far shore, a man tormented by more spirits than he can count meets them among the tombs. A synagogue ruler begs for his dying daughter, and a woman who has suffered for twelve years reaches for the hem of a robe. And back in Herod's court, a request made at a birthday feast will cost John the Baptist his life. We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 4:35–6:29 (the calming of the storm, the Gerasene demoniac, Jairus' daughter and the woman healed, rejection at Nazareth, the sending of the twelve, and the death of John the Baptist).
Mark 2:23–4:34 Twice in one day, the Sabbath becomes a battleground — first over a handful of grain picked in a field, then over a withered hand healed in the synagogue — and the question of who the Sabbath is actually for hangs in the air. As crowds grow too large to manage, Jesus climbs a mountain and comes back down with twelve men who will carry everything forward after him. Religious leaders from Jerusalem accuse him of working for the devil himself, and his own family arrives, worried he’s lost his mind. By the time evening falls, he’s sitting in a boat just off the shore, telling stories about seeds, soil, and a kingdom that grows in ways no one can fully explain. We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today’s episode covers: Mark 2:23–4:34 (Sabbath controversies in the grainfield and synagogue, the choosing of the twelve apostles, accusations of demonic power, and the parables of the sower, the lamp, the growing seed, and the mustard seed).
Mark 1:39–2:22, John 5:1–47 A leper kneels in the road and asks for the one thing no one can give him — to be made clean — and Jesus reaches out and touches him anyway. Back in Capernaum, four friends refuse to take no for an answer, tearing open a roof to lower a paralyzed man into a crowded room, and Jesus responds with words that stop the religious leaders cold: your sins are forgiven. A tax collector gets an unlikely dinner invitation, and questions about fasting reveal a bridegroom hiding in plain sight. Then in Jerusalem, at a pool surrounded by the sick and hopeless, a thirty-eight-year healing collides with a Sabbath law — and a claim about the Father that will follow Jesus for the rest of his ministry. We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today’s episode covers: Mark 1:39–2:22; John 5:1–47 (healing a leper, the paralytic lowered through the roof, the call of Levi, questions about fasting, and healing at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath).