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Context Session 3: You Always Have the Poor with You

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Josh Scott explains the structure of the Gospel of Mark and illuminates the social and historical context of Jesus’s remark, “The poor will always be with you.”

Speakers:Josh Scott

Writers:Josh Scott

Topics:Mark 14 Mark Bible

Source:Abingdon Press

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Sessions

Context Session 1: A More Excellent Way

In this session, author Josh Scott discusses how putting the Bible in context can illuminate and protect the interpretation of Scripture. He shows how 1 Corinth...

Context Session 2: Your People Will be My People

Josh Scott discusses the historical context of the Book of Ruth and sheds new light on the famous line, “Where you go, I will go.”

Context Session 3: You Always Have the Poor with You

Josh Scott explains the structure of the Gospel of Mark and illuminates the social and historical context of Jesus’s remark, “The poor will always be with y...

Context Session 4: For Surely I Know the Plans I Have for You

Scott discusses Jeremiah 29 and the verse that implies that God has a plan for each person. He shows how this is directed at a community rather than an individu...

Context Session 5: I Can Do All Things Through Him Who Strengthen Me

Josh Scott discusses Philippians 4:13 and the idea that we can do all things through Christ. He shows how Paul’s original meaning was one of endurance rather ...

Context Session 6: Sodom and Gomorrah

Josh Scott considers the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and shows what can happen when a story is taken out of context and weaponized.

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Context looks at verses we know by heart but may not know the people, places, and times that give them meaning. Josh Scott delves into well-known scripture vers...

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