Today we read Mark 2:13-17, "Calling Sinners to Repentance

Bibliography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance, Volume III

R. C. Sproul, Mark: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (2nd ed.)

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Life Application Bible Commentary: Mark

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Today we read Mark 2:1-12, "Forgiveness and Healing of the Paralytic."

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following S.G.  De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people.

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Reference Works

Cornelis De Graaf — Promise and Deliverance, Volume III

R.C. Sproul — Mark: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener — The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (2nd ed.)

J.C. Ryle — Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C.H. Spurgeon — Sermons (e.g., “The Physician Pardons His Palsied Patient”)

Today on Sunrise Devotions: Reading the Gospels Together, we read Mark 1:29.45, Power in Prayer and Compassionate Cleansing.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following S.G.  De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people.

Bibliography / Sources Used

De Graaf, S. G. Promise and Deliverance, Vols III–IV (Paideia Press / Presbyterian & Reformed).

Calvin, John. Commentaries on Malachi and the Gospels; Institutes II, 12–17.

Ryle, J. C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels (Mark 1).

Sproul, R.C. Mark: An Expositional Commentary

Spurgeon, C. H. Sermons, Morning and Evening, 

Strauss, Mark L. Four Portraits, One Jesus (Zondervan, 2016).

Strauss, Mark L. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: Mark (2002).

Keener, Craig S. IVP Bible Background Commentary: NT (2014).

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, Crossway Bibles, 2016.

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press.

ChatGPT (OpenAI). & Navigate the Way AI, used as a research, lesson drafting, and organizational assistant

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