In Mark's Gospel chapter 1, Jesus said the words “come and follow me.” And then he goes on to say, “I'll send you out to fish for people.” And then verse 18 says, “At once they left their nets and followed him.” Isn't that a powerful phrase? I wondered about the immediacy of our willingness to...

As we continue in Mark's Gospel, I pick up the second part of chapter 1 verse 17, and Jesus says, having said, “Come follow me”, he now goes on and says, and “I will send you out to fish for people.” There is a powerful thing which we don't really take seriously enough in our world today, and...

Today we're picking up verse 17 where Jesus continues in his engagement with people and says to these folk, both Simon and Andrew and others, “Come, follow me.” Let's stay with those three words for the moment. Understand that God is the inviting God! As Dallas Willard reminded me, God is the...